O'Connell Road
O'Connell Road | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Rural road |
| Length | 41.7 km (26 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Great Western Highway (A32), Bathurst, New South Wales |
| South end | Goulburn-Oberon Road, Oberon, New South Wales |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | O'Connell |
O'Connell Road is a New South Wales rural road linking Oberon to the regional highway hub of Bathurst, where several roads including the Great Western Highway, Mid-Western Highway, Mitchell Highway and Bathurst-Ilford Road join. The road is designated as Main Road 253.[1]
It is fully sealed over its entire length and of high enough standard to accommodate B-double trucks.
In conjunction with the Goulburn-Oberon Road from near the Hume Highway to Oberon, this scenic route provides a leisurely and surprisingly direct route between Bathurst and Goulburn.
The only town on O'Connell Road between Bathurst and Oberon is O'Connell.
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst | Kelso | 0 | 0.0 | Great Western Highway (A32) - west - Bathurst / east - Marrangaroo | Northern end of the road from Bathurst to Oberon, which runs south as Littlebourne Street and then south-east as O'Connell Road. |
| Brewongle | 7.2 | 4.5 | Tarana Road - east - Tarana | ||
| Fish River | 16.4 | 10.2 | O'Connell Bridge | ||
| Oberon | O'Connell | 18.7 | 11.6 | Mutton Falls Road - east- Tarana | |
| Oberon | Oberon | 30.0 | 18.6 | Mayfield Road - south-west - Mayfield | |
| 41.1 | 25.5 | Abercrombie Road - south-west - Taralga, Goulburn / Albion Street - east - Oberon, Jenolan Caves | Roundabout. Through traffic for Taralga and Goulburn turns right. Jenolan Caves traffic can bypass Oberon CBD by turning left. | ||
| 41.6 | 25.8 | Carrington Avenue- east - Oberon | Runs to Oberon CBD | ||
| 41.7 | 25.9 | Rupert Street - east - Oberon / west - Taralga, Goulburn | Southern end of O'Connell Road | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads - gazetted road 253" (PDF). Roads & Maritime Services. April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "O'Connell Road (Bathurst to Oberon)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
