Meccano Set

Meccano Set New South Wales
Meccano Set
Coordinates	33°53′23″S 150°58′23″E
General information
Type	Road junction
Junction type	Controlled at-grade intersection
Location	Lansdowne / Villawood
Opened	December 1962 (1962-12)
Built by	Department of Main Roads
Maintained by	Transport for NSW
Roads at junction	Hume Highway (A22) Henry Lawson Drive Woodville Road
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 Although this was superseded by the Cumberland Highway in August 1988, it remains an important intersection.[2][3]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.