Gore Hill and Epping Road cycleways

The Gore Hill and Epping Road cycleways is a 8.4-kilometre-long (5.2 mi)[1] conjoined shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, and an on road cycleway located in the lower north shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The eastern terminus of the cycleway is in Naremburn, while the western terminus is in North Ryde.[2]

Gore Hill and Epping Road cycleways
Established
  • May 2007 (2007-05) (east);
  • 2008 (2008) (west)
Length8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi)[1]
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Trailheads
Use
Elevation
Elevation gain/loss 106 metres (348 ft);
 127 metres (417 ft)
Highest point102 metres (335 ft) AHD 
Lowest point105 metres (344 ft) AHD 
Cycling details
Trail difficultyEasy
SeasonAll seasons

Route
Gore Hill and Epping Road cycleways
 km
0 Naremburn (33°49′08″S 151°12′11″E)
 3.2 Artarmon → Pacific Highway
 6.7 Lane Cove River
 8.4 North Ryde (33°47′29″S 151°07′49″E)

The eastern terminus of the cycleway is at Merrenburn Avenue, Naremburn. The eastern segment of the conjoined 4-metre-wide (13 ft) cycleway, opened in 2007, follows the direction of the Gore Hill Freeway, west to Willoughby Road where it proceeds over Willoughby Road on a shared pedestrian and cycleway bridge. Form here the cycleway continues west alongside the Gore Hill Freeway, where it climbs up a ramp to the Pacific Highway.[3] Travelling west, initially alongside Longuiville Road and then Epping Road where the bus lane is permitted to be used by cyclists, the western segment of the conjoined cycleway was completed in 2008 at a cost of A$7.6 million.[4] The cycleway ends at Wicks Road in North Ryde.

The nearest connecting railway stations are North Sydney, St Leonards, Artarmon and Macquarie Park.

At the junction of Epping Road and Delhi Road, cyclists can transfer from the M2 cycleway, operating east bound only.

At the eastern terminus there is a long-term plan to link the Gore Hill and Epping Road cycleways with the Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway, to the southeast.[5][6][7][8]

Cycleway use

In the twelve months to February 2014, between 400 and 500 cyclists used the cycleway at Merrenburn Avenue on an average weekday.[9]

In 2008 the NRMA called for the Epping Road segment of the cycleway to be scrapped, claiming that it registered 25 trips per day on this segment.[4] Three years later in an academic study of use of the cycleway by cyclists and pedestrians front that on a peak day in November 2011 a total of 271 cyclists and 164 pedestrians were counted on the shared-use path at a set point on the southern side of Epping Road, east of the junction with Mowbray Road West; with a similar result some fourteen days later.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. 19 Merrenburn Avenue, Naremburn NSW 2065 to Wicks Road, North Ryde NSW 2113 (Map). Google Maps. 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. "Cycleway Finder". Roads & Maritime Services (Version 3 ed.). Government of New South Wales. 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. New, Carolyn (May 2007). "The 'Lane Cove Tunnel - Gore Hill Bike Path' is open". Bike North. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. Smith, Alexandra (10 January 2008). "Money wasted on cyclists: NRMA". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. Saulwick, Jacob (19 December 2013). "'Sydney's Cycling Future': North shore and inner west cyclists face further delays for paths under state government plan". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. McNally, Lucy (7 December 2016). "Sydney Harbour Bridge cyclists can expect $35 million bike ramp and upgrade by 2020". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  7. Stempien, Filip (7 December 2016). "New ramps and cycleways for Sydney Harbour Bridge". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  8. McNab, Heathery (8 August 2016). "Plan in the works to ramp up access to Sydney Harbour Bridge". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  9. "Cycling statistics". Roads and Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. March 2016.
  10. "Epping Road cycleway proves its worth in new usage study" (Press release). University of Technology Sydney. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  11. Sharples, Rosemary (2011). "Traffic counts in the Epping Road corridor". Reduction in road capacity. Dr Rosemary Sharples. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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