Southern Cross Drive

Southern Cross Drive New South Wales

Aerial view of Southern Cross Drive in 2012, with Botany Lakes and Mill Steam astride the road
North end South end
Coordinates	33°54′36″S 151°12′47″E / 33.909925°S 151.213054°E / -33.909925; 151.213054 (North end) 33°56′28″S 151°11′34″E / 33.941048°S 151.192669°E / -33.941048; 151.192669 (South end)
General information
Type	Motorway
Length	4.9 km (3.0 mi)
Gazetted	January 1993
Route number(s)	M1 (2013–present)
Former route number	Metroad 1 (1993–2013) National Route 1 (1992–1993) State Route 64 (1974–1992)
Major junctions
North end	South Dowling Street Kensington, Sydney
	Wentworth Avenue Mill Pond Road
South end	General Holmes Drive Mascot, Sydney
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns	Eastlakes, Pagewood, Rosebery
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales

Southern Cross Drive is a 4.8 km (3 mi) dual carriage untolled motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1 and Sydney Orbital Network, the road, a freeway that opened in 1969, links South Dowling Street (and Eastern Distributor just beyond) at Kensington in the north to General Holmes Drive at Sydney Airport in the south.