ɹˈoʊd lˈɪŋkɪdʒᵻz nˈɔːɹθ tə sˈɪdni wɜːɹ ˈoʊnli kəmplˈiːɾᵻd ɪnðə sˈɛkənd hˈæf ʌvðə twˈɛntiəθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi wɛn ðə klˈaɪd ɹˈɪvɚ wʌz bɹˈɪdʒd æt bˈeɪtmənz bˈeɪ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks.
Road linkages north to Sydney were only completed in the second half of the twentieth century when the Clyde River was bridged at Batemans Bay in 1956.