Meccano Set

Overhead gantry in Sydney, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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Meccano Set
Coordinates
  • 33°53′23″S 150°58′23″E
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
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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 Although this was superseded by the Cumberland Highway in August 1988, it remains an important intersection.[2][3]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]

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