The M4 cycleway is a 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi)[1] shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians that is generally aligned with the M4 Motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
[2] With an extensive network of on-road and shared paths located within Sydney Olympic Park,[3] the cycleways eastern terminus is on Australia Avenue and continues west via the Holker Busway where the shared busway and on-road cycleway cross the Haslams Creek and meet with Hill Road.
Signs along the path explain the history of the industrial heartland of the area including a now-defunct Duck River ferry service that allowed passengers and freight to alight.
The start of this path adjoins an L-plate motorcycle school and a small corkscrew climb to reach the bridge that runs overhead of James Ruse Drive and on the northern side of the M4.
[5] Between Fox Street, Holroyd and Ledger Road, Merrylands the cycleway becomes a 675-metre-long (2,215 ft) off-road shared bicycle and pedestrian path.
Here, a spur line to the north passes under the M4 and provides access to a road crossing of the Great Western Highway and the Wentworthville shopping centre.