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| end_b = | route = | former = | est = 1975–1987 | through = Helensburgh, Wollongong, Dapto | exits = }} The Princes Motorway, formerly known as the Southern Freeway〔(F6 Southern Freeway ), ''Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website''. Retrieved on 24 August 2008.〕 is a motorway linking Sydney to Wollongong. It currently is designated as part of the M1, but it once was signposted as F6 (Freeway Route 6) and is still commonly known by this latter name. As Wollongong and Port Kembla are important industrial centres, freight traffic is heavy. Despite the current decline of the local steel industry, emergence of Wollongong as a commuter city of Sydney has kept the freeway and the adjacent Mount Ousley Road busy. == History == The Princes Motorway route starts at Waterfall in the north, taking more or less a parallel route with Princes Highway until the sprawling Bulli Tops interchange (with Appin Road (State Route 69) and Princes Highway). There it continues downhill, avoiding the steep Bulli Pass, and bypasses Wollongong CBD, through Gwynneville and continues for to Yallah where it rejoins the Princes Highway. From its opening on 24 July 1975, the Waterfall to Bulli Tops section of the then Southern Freeway incurred a toll.〔(F6 Southern Freeway – Construction ), ''Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website''. Retrieved on 24 August 2008.〕 This part of the freeway did not feature the Helensburgh Interchange (which subsequently opened in February 2000). The toll operated for 20 years, which was 10 years short of its intended operating length. The main reason for this was local residents complaining that the F3 Freeway (Now Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle)) had their toll dropped in 1988, which was at the time intended to be dropped as its loans had been fully paid off unlike those of the F6. After much pressure the toll for the F6 freeway was removed on 30 July 1995 as the loans had been repaid. Remnants of the tollbooths are still able to be seen at the old toll plaza at Waterfall. One of the lanes and very faint markings are still intact. Heading southbound one set of warning lights to slow down for the toll plaza are also still intact minus signage. There is also signage on Bulli Pass and Appin Road which are now coverplating the words "TOLLWAY F6 2km" and "TOLLWAY 1 1km". In early 2013, as part of the New South Wales alphanumeric route conversion process, the road name changed from the Southern Freeway to the Princes Motorway. The new name has also been applied to what was formerly known as Mount Ousley Road. In November 2015, it was announced that the section between Bulli Tops and Picton Road would have a third lane added in each direction. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Princes Motorway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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