Syd Einfeld Drive, formerly the Bondi Junction Bypass, is a partially elevated dual carriageway in Sydney, Australia. It was built to bypass a section of Oxford Street through Bondi Junction.
Route Syd Einfeld Drive commences at the intersection of Oxford Street and Ocean Street in Woollahra and heads east as a six-lane, dual-carriageway road, elevated for most of its length over connector roads into central Bondi Junction just to its south. It terminates at the intersection Oxford Street, Old South Head Road and Bondi Road at the eastern end of Bondi Junction. It has a speed limit of for its entire length.
History The decision to go ahead with the bypass was not made until late 1976, meaning the project only had just over two years to be built in time for the scheduled opening of the bus and rail interchange in early 1979.Bondi Junction By-Pass Main Roads June 1977 pages 98–101 Construction commenced in February 1977, with the road opened as the Bondi Junction Bypass on 9 January 1979 by local member of parliament Syd Einfeld.By-pass today, mall tomorrow Sydney Morning Herald 10 January 1979Eastern Suburbs Railway Fleetline issue 43 February 1979 page 17Buses Trolley Wire issue 180 February 1979 page 17 Construction of the road included 26 span prestressed concrete viaduct at Bondi Junction, totalling in length.Bondi Junction By-Pass Opens Main Roads March 1979 page 66
The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board 10 November 1924 through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (MRB). With the subsequent passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. 8 April 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, the Department of Main Roads, having succeeded the MRB in 1932, re-aligned Main Road 172 from its old route along Oxford Street through Bondi Junction to the bypass road not long after it opened.
It was renamed Syd Einfeld Drive in February 1988.A Tragedy In Two Acts: Marcus Einfeld And Teresa Brennan - Fiona Harari On 10 March 1989, a baby boy was born in an ambulance stopped on the road.Double trouble Canberra Times 11 March 1989
The County of Cumberland planning scheme had envisaged a freeway being built from the Sydney central business district to Bondi Junction. However, this was the only section of the road completed, being built in conjunction with the Eastern Suburbs railway line and Bondi Junction railway station.
The passing of the Roads Act of 1993State of New South Wales, An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes. 10 November 1924 updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Syd Einfeld Drive retains its declaration as part of Main Road 172.
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