Metroad 3

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Metroad 3 as King Georges Rd looking south at Roselands

Metroad 3 is a Metroad in Sydney, New South Wales Australia. It replaced State Route 33 in April 1993^{[citation needed]}, from Metroad 10 in Mona Vale to Metroad 1 in Blakehurst. The Metroad traverses several different roads. From north to south they are Mona Vale Road, Ryde Road, Lane Cove Road, Devlin Street, Church Street, Concord Road, Homebush Bay Drive, Centenary Drive, Roberts Road, Wiley Avenue and King Georges Road.

It is the only Metroad that has not changed alignment since the Metroad system was adopted.

Metroad 3 is the inner-western Sydney ring road. In its previous incarnations, it was Ring Road 3 from 1964 to 1974^{[citation needed]} and State Route 33 from 1974 until 1993.^{[citation needed]} It is the main thoroughfare for the inner western suburbs and the Northern Beaches and links them to all major arterials. It does not have any stretch of freeway and is very congested during peak hours, especially on the 2 lane sections of road.

It was upgraded to 3 lanes in each direction during the late 1970s & 1980s, between North St Ives, and the M5 Motorway at Beverly Hills. It remains, however, 2 lanes in each direction between Beverley Hills and South Hurstville at the southern end, and between St Ives and Terrey Hills to the north. From Terrey Hills to its northern termination at Mona Vale, it is mostly 1 lane in each direction. It is not known when the widening to 3 lanes between Beverley Hills and South Hurstville will be completed as the previous preparations for this, i.e. Houses moved back from roadway and road reservations (empty blocks of land) were made but no continuance to the project was made.

There are grade separated crossings at the Pacific Highway (Metroad 1) at Pymble (grade separation completed in 1989), M2 Hills Motorway (Metroad 2) at Macquarie Park, Epping Road at North Ryde, Victoria Road at Ryde, M4 Western Motorway (Metroad 4) at Homebush and M5 South Western Motorway (Metroad 5) at Beverly Hills. It terminates at the Princes Highway junction at Blakehurst.

It is believed that this route will be known as the A3 when alphanumerical road numbering is introduced in New South Wales in the near future.

Metroad Suburbs

• Mona Vale
• St. Ives
• Pymble
• West Pymble
• Macquarie Park
• North Ryde
• Ryde
• Rhodes
• Liberty Grove
• Sydney Olympic Park (formerly Homebush Bay)
• Homebush West (Flemington)
• Wiley Park
• Beverly Hills
• Hurstville
• Blakehurst

v t e Sydney Metroads Metroad 1 Metroad 2 Metroad 3 Metroad 4 Metroad 5 Metroad 6 Metroad 7 Metroad 9 Metroad 10