Southern Cross Drive

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Southern Cross Drive at Zetland
Southern Cross Drive at Zetland

Southern Cross Drive is a major road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This freeway links the Eastern Distributor at Moore Park to General Holmes Drive at Sydney Airport. Eastlakes Golf Club runs alongside Southern Cross Drive.

The road was originally built to provide access to the Sydney central business district for suburbs in Southern Sydney and South-eastern Sydney.

With the development of many other motorways and freeways, Southern Cross Drive is part of the 110 kilometre Sydney Orbital Network, providing links without interruption between Greater Western Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, the North Shore and Hills District. It allows a continuous link from the M5 Motorway, General Holmes Drive, Westlink M7, Eastern Distributor, Cahill Expressway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Warringah Freeway, M4 Motorway, Gore Hill Freeway, Lane Cove Tunnel and the M2 Hills Motorway.