Meccano Set

New South Wales
Meccano Set is located in New South Wales
Meccano Set
Meccano Set
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad junction
Junction typeControlled at-grade intersection
LocationLansdowne / Villawood
OpenedDecember 1962 (1962-12)
Built byDepartment of Main Roads
Maintained byTransport for NSW
Roads at junction
Location(s)
LGA(s)City of Canterbury-Bankstown

The Meccano Set is an overhead gantry located above a busy controlled at-grade road intersection located at the boundary between Lansdowne and Villawood in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The intersection is a junction where the Hume Highway, Henry Lawson Drive and Woodville Road intersect.

In December 1962 a large overhead gantry with directional signs and traffic lights, was erected by the Department of Main Roads.[1] It was quickly nicknamed the Meccano Set with reference to the children's construction toy Meccano. At that stage, the intersection was a junction for through traffic between Brisbane and Melbourne. Although this was superseded by the Cumberland Highway in August 1988, it remains an important intersection.[2][3]

In early 2019, the overhead structure was replaced with a new identical pre-fabricated version and was completed in June 2019.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "The Old Hume Highway – History begins with a road" (PDF). Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales; Australian Government. May 2013. p. 13.
  2. ↑ "Consultation on the future of the Meccano Set". Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Georgakopoulos, Chris (9 June 2015). "Meccano set future on hold". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Replacing the Hume Highway 'Meccano Set'". Roads and Maritime Services. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Meccano Set traffic intersection reopens after major upgrade". Daily Telegraph. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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