- Newcastle Inner City Bypass
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Newcastle Inner City Bypass 
Direction North-South From 
Pacific Highway, Bennetts Green, New South WalesTo Pacific Highway, Sandgate, New South WalesThe Newcastle Inner City Bypass is a ring road in Newcastle New South Wales, Australia. Alternate titles include State Highway 23, Main Road 123 and H23.[1]
The road is divided into five sections.[2] The southern most section is the West Charlestown Bypass, which is a 6.5 km long freeway standard road which was opened to traffic in 2003.[3] The second section consists of parts of Charlestown Road and Lookout Road, which were widened into a divided dual carriageway non-freeway configuration during the 1980s. The third section is a planned freeway diverging from Lookout Road near the intersection of McCaffrey Drive, skirting around the west of the John Hunter Hospital and passing over Newcastle Road to join the fourth section,[4] the Jesmond bypass which is a freeway that was constructed during the 1990s. The final planned section is another freeway section from the northern end of the Jesmond Bypass to join the Pacific Highway at Sandgate.
With the third and fifth sections of the route having not yet been completed, more circuitous routes through suburban roads remain in use for those sections.
Pre-construction early works for the northern most section, between Shortland and Sandgate, began in June 2010. The work to be completed as part of that contract was for digging a cutting where the Sandgate Road bridge is to be built over the bypass and filling two other areas, including constructing retaining walls and relocating water mains.[5] The contract for construction of that section was awarded to Reed Constructions in February 2011, with construction expected to start in April 2011.[6]
See also
- Highways in Australia
- List of freeways in Australia
- List of highways in New South Wales
References
- ^ "Newcastle inner city bypass Sandgate to Shortland. Review of environmental factors". NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. 30 June 2006. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/downloads/hunter/sandgate_shortland_ref_dl1.html. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Newcastle Inner City Bypass". NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. 17 September 2010. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectsregional/hunter/newcastleinnercitybypass/index.html. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ A Colenbrander; W Davies, R Handley (23 March 2004). "West Charlestown Bypass: Construction of Urban Freeway Embankments using High Plasticity Clays" (PDF). GHD Group. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070914180914/http://www.ghd.com.au/aptrixpublishing.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/PP+WCBPEmbankments+PDF/$FILE/WCBP+tech+paper2.pdf. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Barker, Sarah (4 March 2008). "Rankin Park to Jesmond - Submissions Report, RTA, March 2008" (PDF). NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/downloads/hunter/rankinpark-jesmond_submissions_0308.pdf. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Archived Tender Detail View - RTA.09.2535.2697". NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. 22 March 2010. https://tenders.nsw.gov.au/rta/?event=public.rft.showArchived&RFTUUID=73ED1279-DEC3-EBA2-D92A63097116EC4E. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Proposed upgrade of Newcastle Inner City Bypass between Shortland and Sandgate". NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. 18 February 2011. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectsregional/hunter/newcastleinnercitybypass/sandgate_shortland.html. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
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New England Highway · 
Pacific Highway · 
Newcastle Inner City Bypass · Hunter Street · 
Hunter Expressway (under construction)
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