M5 Motorway | |
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| Looking west along M5 Motorway east of the interchange with Fairford Road, Riverwood | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Motorway |
| Length | 28.8 km (18 mi)[1] |
| Opened | 1992–94 (Prestons–Beverly Hils) 2001 (Beverly Hills–Mascot) |
| Gazetted | June 1993[2] |
| Route number(s) |  M5 (2013–present) |
| Former route number |  Metroad 5 (1993–2013) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Hume MotorwayPrestons, New South Wales |
| East end |  General Holmes DriveMascot, New South Wales |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Bankstown, Moorebank, Liverpool |
| Highway system | |
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The M5 Motorway is a 28.8-kilometre (17.9 mi)[1] series of tolled motorways located in Sydney, New South Wales designated as route M5. It is part of the Sydney Orbital Network.
The M5 Motorway comprises two connected parts:
- South West Motorway is a toll road operated by Interlink Roads, between the Roden Cutler Interchange in Prestons (where the M5 meets Westlink M7 and Hume Motorway) and the interchange with King Georges Road at Beverly Hills. The section between Hammondville and Beverly Hills is tolled under the M5 South-West tolls.
- The M5 East is an above-ground road from King Georges Road east to Bexley Road which continues into a 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) tunnel from Bexley North to Arncliffe that opened in December 2001 to connect with General Holmes Drive at Mascot. The section between King Georges Road and Marsh Street is tolled since July 2020.
The M8 Motorway also runs roughly parallel to the M5 East and links it at Kingsgrove to the Rozelle Interchange along separate twin tunnels. Both the M5 East and M8 Motorway are tolled as part of WestConnex, separate to the M5 South-West tolls. This results in two separate tolls when travelling along the M5 between Moorebank and Mascot.
- ^ a b "M5 Motorway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Main Roads Act 1924". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 72. National Library of Australia. 30 June 1993. p. 3337. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.