the congested Balgowlah shopping strip, offering 3 kilometres of almost freeway-grade motoring. The route was signed State Route 14 across its entire length in 1974, continuing north of Mona Vale along Barrenjoey Road to Palm Beach. The majority of the route was then designated as Metroad 10 in 1998, between Artamon and Mona Vale, removing the former allocation along Barrenjoey Road. Traffic headed south-east on Warringah Freeway originally had no ability to exit the freeway to enter Falcon Street, so the original Metroad 10 route was extended further west via Pacific Highway to meet Gore Hill Freeway at Artamon. When north-facing, tolled off-ramps were constructed directly connecting Warringah Freeway to Falcon Street in 2007, Metroad 10 route was truncated back to Falcon Street. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 10 was replaced with route A8. Major intersections Major roads and routes intersected along the A8 ( from south to north ) include: The commencement of the A8 at the intersection of Falcon Street (A8) with the Warringah Freeway (M1) at North Sydney. The junction of Spit Road and Military Road, at Mosman The junction with Sydney Road and, indirectly, to the Wakehurst Parkway, at Seaforth The junction with Condamine Street, at Balgowlah The junction with Pittwater Road, at Brookvale The junction with Warringah Road (A38), at Brookvale The junction with the Wakehurst Parkway, at North Narrabeen The junction with Mona Vale Road (A3) at Mona Vale, where the A8 ends Military Road E-Ramp A toll is charged when entering or exiting Warringah Freeway (north) to and from the A8 via the tolled E-ramps. Known as the Military Road E-ramps and previously the Falcon Street Gateway, they were opened in 2007 and operated by Connector Motorways until 2010. They are now operated by Transurban under a toll concession until 2048. See also References Sydney Metroads