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New South Wales

The present highway network in New South Wales, Australia was established in August 1928 when the Country Roads Board (the predecessor of the Department of Main Roads and the Roads and Traffic Authority) superseded the 1924 main road classifications and established the basis of the existing New South Wales (NSW) main road system. (the full list of main roads gazetted appears in the NSW Government Gazette of 17 August 1928). The number of a road for administrative purposes is not the same as the route number it carries e.g. the Great Western Highway is Highway 5 for administrative purposes but is signposted as part of route A32.)

Many major routes in New South Wales, including Sydney motorways and even some routes named as "highways" are not officially gazetted as highways. For a list of all numbered routes in New South Wales, see List of road routes in New South Wales.

While highways in many other countries are typically identified by number, highways in Australia, including New South Wales, are known mostly by names. These names typically come from 19th-century explorers, important politicians or geographic regions.

List of gazetted highways

Road number[1] Road name Route Date of original gazettal Distance Notes
HW1 Princes Highway Sydney to Victoria border via Wollongong
HW2 Hume Highway (includes Hume Motorway) Sydney to Victoria border via Goulburn, Gundagai, Albury
HW3 Federal Highway Hume Highway to ACT border
HW4 Snowy Mountains Highway Princes Highway to Hume Highway via Cooma Named as Monaro Highway until 1955
HW5 Great Western Highway Sydney to Bathurst
HW6 Mid-Western Highway Bathurst to Hay
HW7 Mitchell Highway Bathurst to Queensland border via Dubbo
HW8 Barrier Highway Nyngan to South Australia border
HW9 New England Highway Pacific Highway to Queensland border via Tamworth
HW10 Pacific Highway Sydney to Queensland border via Newcastle and Coffs Harbour
HW11 Oxley Highway Pacific Highway to Mitchell Highway via Tamworth 653 km (406 mi)
HW12 Gwydir Highway Pacific Highway to Castlereagh Highway via Moree
HW13 Cumberland Highway Liverpool to Wahroonga
HW14 Sturt Highway Hume Highway to South Australia border via Wagga Wagga 8 August 1933[2]
HW15 Barton Highway Yass to ACT border
HW16 Bruxner Highway Pacific Highway to Newell Highway via Lismore
HW17 Newell Highway Victoria border to Queensland border via Nerrandera and Dubbo
HW18 Castlereagh Highway Lithgow to Queensland border via Mudgee
HW19 Monaro Highway ACT border to Victoria border via Cooma 25 March 1938[3] 285.1 km (177.2 mi)[4]
HW20 Riverina Highway Deniliquin to Victoria border
HW21 Cobb Highway Wilcannia to Victoria border
HW22 Silver City Highway Sturt Highway to Queensland border via Broken Hill
HW23 Unnamed (Newcastle Inner City Bypass) Windale to Sandgate
HW24[citation needed] Mount Lindesay Highway Tenterfield to Qld Border, via Woodenbong Decommissioned 12 February 1982[citation needed]
HW25 Illawarra Highway Hume Highway to Princes Highway via Moss Vale
HW26[citation needed] Calga–Ourimbah Expressway[citation needed] Decommissioned after completion of parallel section of Pacific Motorway[citation needed]
HW27 Golden Highway New England Highway to Newell Highway via Dunedoo
HW28 Carnarvon Highway Moree to Queensland border
HW29 Kamilaroi Highway Bourke to New England Highway
HW30 Central Coast Highway Pacific Motorway to Pacific Highway via Gosford
HW31 Gold Coast Highway Pacific Motorway to Queensland border 1 May 2009[5]
  Decommissioned

See also

References

  1. ^ Roads & Maritime Services (January 2014). "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "The Sturt Highway". Main Roads. V (I). NSW Department of Main Roads: 20. November 1933.
  3. ^ "Monaro Highway" (PDF). Main Roads. NSW Department of Main Roads. December 1959. pp. 44–49. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Monaro Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ Daley, Michael (1 May 2009). "Reclassification of roads in association with Pacific Highway - Tugun Bypass in Tweed Shire" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. NSW Government. p. 1947. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
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