The Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation is a 1.5 km stretch of freeway grade road in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

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. It forms part of Metroad 10

Metroad 10

Metroad 10 is one of Sydney, Australia's Metroads. It replaced State Route 14 in December 1998. It travels from the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney to Metroad 3 at Mona Vale.Metroad 10 changes names several times as it passes through the city...

 and is the only freeway grade section of that route.

It begins just past the Spit Bridge

Spit Bridge

The Spit Bridge is a bascule bridge that carries Spit Road over Middle Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at a point called "The Spit", 10 km north-east of the CBD. It connects the suburbs of Mosman, on the south bank and Seaforth, on the north bank...

 and runs from Sydney Road, Balgowlah to Condamine St, Manly Vale. There are no entry or exit ramps, and sound barriers run the entire length. Myrtle St and Kitchener St run over it but there are no access ramps to or from these roads. It runs, in a northbound direction, close to Frenchs Forest Road, then Brook Rd, Bangaroo St, Serpentine Cr, Daisy St, Myrtle St, Kitchener St, West St, Griffiths St then terminates at Condamine St.

It is not tolled and runs in a curve-to-the-right (south to east) direction. The speed limit is 80 km/h for most of its length, reducing to 60 km/h prior to either terminus. The entire freeway grade road can be considered starting at the Spit Bridge

Spit Bridge

The Spit Bridge is a bascule bridge that carries Spit Road over Middle Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at a point called "The Spit", 10 km north-east of the CBD. It connects the suburbs of Mosman, on the south bank and Seaforth, on the north bank...

 and is 2.5 kilometres long with exit ramps on Battle Blvd and Ethel St also running over it. But the two freeway grade roads are cut in two because of the traffic lights where it intersects with Sydney Road.

For those who don't or can't go on freeway grade roads, the most direct alternate route is to go east on Sydney Rd then north on Condamine St.

Although it appears to be an isolated oddity, the road is a reminder of many planned and never built freeways in the Sydney Basin, much like the Gladesville Bridge

Gladesville Bridge

Gladesville Bridge is an arch bridge near Gladesville that spans the Parramatta River, west of central Sydney, Australia. It links the suburbs of Huntleys Point and Drummoyne. It is a few kilometres upstream of the more famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and is part of Victoria Road...

 road complex. The original plans for the Warringah Freeway

Warringah Freeway

The Warringah Freeway is a major road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This freeway forms part of the Sydney Orbital Network to provide access to most of the suburbs in Sydney and is also a major route to the north, south, east and west of the metropolis.-History:Planning began in 1951...

 show the Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation as part of an expressway that would service the growing Northern Beaches area, but it was never built.

Suggestions have been floated in recent years to connect the two freeways, with the aid of a tunnel, but the cost of doing so is quite prohibitive.

The road takes its name from Burnt Bridge Creek which flows beneath the road, although there is no sign of the "burnt bridge" which gives the creek its name.

Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...  Metroad Metroad Metroads are the primary road routes serving the Sydney and Brisbane metropolitan areas in Australia. The Metroads form a network of radial and circumferential routes throughout the city, lengths of some of which are of freeway grade.-History:... s