Federal Highway (Australia)

Federal Highway
Length	73 km (45 mi)
Direction	Northeast-Southwest
From	Hume Highway, Goulburn, New South Wales
via	Collector
To	Barton Highway, Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory
Major junctions	for full list see major intersections

Lake George in August 2005 with the Federal Highway on the left.

The Federal Highway (official designation: National Highway 23) is a short highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. It is a part of the Sydney-Canberra National Highway link.

The Federal Highway starts at its junction with the Hume Highway near the city of Goulburn. It runs about 70 kilometres south west to Canberra, the national capital of Australia, where it ends at the intersection of Northbourne Avenue and Barton Highway Lyneham. The Federal Highway runs past Lake George.

It was initially constructed from 1932 to 1934, replacing the previous access from Goulburn (via Tarago and Queanbeyan). From 1986 onwards, the Federal Highway was reconstructed to a full four-lane dual carriageway standard, a project finally completed in 2000.

Major Intersections

Federal Highway
Northeastbound	Distance to Sydney (km)	Distance to Canberra (km)	Southwestbound
End Federal Highway continues as Hume Highway to Goulburn / Sydney	208	77	Start Federal Highway from Hume Highway
Yass, Melbourne Hume Highway
Collector Church Street	229	56	Collector Church Street
Tarago Collector Road	230	55	Tarago Collector Road
Collector Murray Street	231	54	Collector Murray Street
Sutton, Queanbeyan Sutton Road	267	18	Queanbeyan, Sutton Sutton Road
NEW SOUTH WALES STATE BORDER AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Fyshwick Majura Road Gungahlin Horse Park Drive	275	10	Fyshwick, Tuggeranong, Cooma Majura Road Gungahlin Horse Park Drive
Watson Antill Street	277	8	Watson Antill Street
Mitchell Flemington Road	279	6	Mitchell Flemington Road
Start Federal Highway from Northbourne Avenue and Barton Highway	281	4	Belconnen, Yass, Melbourne Barton Highway
			End Federal Highway continues as Northbourne Avenue to Canberra City Centre / Queanbeyan / Cooma

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in New South Wales

External links

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