Olympic Highway
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| Length | 318 km (198 mi) |
| Direction | Northeast-Southwest |
| From |  Mid-Western Highway,Cowra, New South Wales |
| via | Young, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Culcairn |
| To |  Hume Highway,Table Top, New South Wales |
| Allocation | Wagga Wagga – Wagga Wagga West:
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| Major junctions | Sturt Highway
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Olympic Highway[2] is a New South Wales trunk road that links Cowra and Albury at a distance of 318 kilometres. It is designated National Route 41 and was formerly known simply as the Olympic Way. It was named as it was the path that the Olympic Torch took on its journey to Melbourne for the 1956 Summer Olympics.[3]
From Albury to Cootamundra it runs parallel with the Sydney–Melbourne railway line. Olympic Way offers an alternative route from Albury to Sydney as it links Hume Highway to Mid-Western Highway and Great Western Highway via Bathurst.
Major towns enroute include:
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[edit] Olympic Torch relay
For the 1956 Summer Olympics the Olympic Flame, or torch, was carried along the road from Cowra to Wagga Wagga.[citation needed] The torch was carried from Cairns to Melbourne.[3] For the 2000 Summer Olympics the torch was carried from Wagga Wagga to Cowra in mid-August en route to Sydney.
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Olympic Highway, Route A41, links Albury to Cowra
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Sturt and Olympic Highway Intersection at Wagga Wagga
[edit] Major Intersections and Towns
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[edit] Source
Olympic Highway on Google Maps.
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ Alpha-Numeric Route Numbering for NSW. It is here!, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on 16 August 2008.
- ^ Olympic Highway, Hotkey. Retrieved on 25 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Olympic Highway National Route 41". Ozroads. http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/National%20Routes/41/nr41.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
