Illawarra Highway
| Illawarra Highway | |
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Proposed  to replace [1] |
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| Length | 62 km (39 mi) |
| Direction | West-East |
| From |  Hume Freeway,Sutton Forest, New South Wales |
| via | Moss Vale, Robertson |
| To |  Princes Highway,Albion Park, New South Wales |
| Major junctions | for full list see major intersections |
Illawarra Highway connects Wollongong to NSW Southern Highlands. It links Princes Highway and Hume Highway and signed as National Route 48.[2][3]
It is named after the geographical area it crosses, the Illawarra region. Typical scenery is beautiful and it crosses the spectacular Macquarie Pass, with many hairpin bends and many steep gradients, unsuitable for big trucks and other articulated vehicles. Trucks are instead advised to use the Mount Keira Road (State Route 88), also known as Picton Road. The pass has one of the southernmost stands of Australia's sub tropical rainforest.
The main towns en route are Albion Park in Shellharbour and Robertson and Moss Vale on the Southern Highlands. Spectacular National Parks surrounds them. Both Robertson and Moss Vale are quaint country towns with 19th century buildings still intact.
[edit] Major Intersections and Towns
| Illawarra Highway |
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| Westbound | Distance to Goulburn (km) |
Distance to Wollongong (km) |
Eastbound |
| End Illawarra Highway continues as Canyonleigh Road to Canyonleigh |
-- | 81.5 | Start Illawarra Highway from Canyonleigh Road |
| Mittagong, Campbelltown, Sydney Hume Freeway  .svg){kind=small}  |
Mittagong, Campbelltown, Sydney Hume Freeway |
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| Goulburn, Canberra, Melbourne Hume Freeway |
57 | 81 | Goulburn, Canberra, Melbourne Hume Freeway |
| Exeter Exeter Road |
63 | 75 | Sutton Forest |
| Sutton Forest | Exeter Exeter Road |
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| Westbound | Distance to Moss Vale (km) |
Distance to Wollongong (km) |
Eastbound |
| MAIN SOUTHERN RAIL LINE | 0 | 69 | Moss Vale |
| Moss Vale | MAIN SOUTHERN RAIL LINE | ||
| continues as |
1 | 68 | Bowral, Mittagong Argyle Road  .svg){kind=small} |
| Bowral, Mittagong, Sydney Argyle Road |
duplexes with |
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| duplexes with |
5 | 64 | Kangaroo Valley, Nowra Nowra Road |
| Nowra Nowra Road |
continues as |
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| continues as |
11 | 58 | Bowral, Mittagong Sheepwash Road  Nowra Sheepwash Road |
| Kangaroo Valley, Nowra Sheepwash Road Bowral, Mittagong Sheepwash Road |
duplexes with |
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UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE.svg){kind=small} |
21 | 48 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| Robertson | 22 | 47 | Robertson |
| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE | 25 | 44 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| duplexes with |
25.5 | 43.5 | Jamberoo, Kiama Jamberoo Mountain Road |
| Jamberoo, Kiama Jamberoo Mountain Road |
continues as |
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| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE | 26.5 | 42.5 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE | 28 | 41 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| Shellharbour Tongarra Road  |
46.5 | 22.5 | Albion Park |
| Albion Park | Shellharbour, Kiama Tongarra Road |
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| Start Illawarra Highway |
49 | 20 | End Illawarra Highway |
| Roundabout (clockwise from highway) Princes Highway to Wollongong and Sydney Princes Highway to Shellharbour, Kiama and Nowra |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Alpha-Numeric Route Numbering for NSW. It is here!, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on 19 February 2010.
- ^ National Route 48, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
- ^ Illawarra Highway, Hotkey. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
