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New South Wales. Road routes in New South Wales assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state. Today all numbered routes in the state are allocated a letter (M, A, B or D) in addition to a one- or -two digit number, with 'M' routes denoting motorways, 'A' routes denoting routes of national significance, 'B' routes denoting routes of state significance, and 'D ...
Pacific Highway is a national highway and major transport route of 790 kilometres (490 mi) [1] along the east coast of Australia from Sydney to Brisbane. [1] It is an integral part of Highway 1 which circumnavigates the Australian continent.
Mudgee (/ m ʌ dʒ i /) is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley 261 km (162 mi) north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being the council seat. At the 2021 Census, its population was 11,457. [1]
Coordinates (Northeast end); (Southwest end); General information; Type: Rural road: Length: 138.3 km (86 mi) [1]: Gazetted: August 1928 [2]: Major junctions; Northeast end: Golden Highway Sandy Hollow, New South Wales: : Wollar Road: Southwest end: Castlereagh Highway Ilford, New South Wales: Location(s); Major settlements: Baerami, Bylong, Rylstone, Kandos: Bylong Valley Way is a New South ...
The Lane Cove section was abandoned for environmental reasons, leaving the then Sydney-Newcastle Freeway (now Pacific Motorway) to terminate at Pennant Hills Road. In the 1960s, the Department of Main Roads signposted a number of ring roads via existing surface streets. Of these, only the A3 ring-road remains today. [1]
Prior to the opening of the M2 Hills Motorway in 1997, the Metroad 2 route ran along Epping Road, Beecroft Road, Pennant Hills Road (Part of the Cumberland Highway), Castle Hill Road and Showground Road, Old Windsor Road and Windsor Road. These former stretches were parts of State Routes 28 and 30 until Metroad 2 replaced them in November 1993.
The Mudgee Racecourse was used as a landing ground when the first passenger air service from Mudgee to Sydney commenced 3 August 1937 by Southern Airlines and Freighters Limited. Mudgee was the first stop on a service that proceeded to Dubbo, Narromine, Nyngan, Cobar, Wilcannia, then turned around at Broken Hill for the return trip.
The line – seen on the right – runs adjacent to the Goulburn River as it passes through Widden. The Sandy Hollow Line between Sandy Hollow, Gulgong and Maryvale (between Wellington and Dubbo), was originally surveyed in 1860 as a more easily graded crossing of the Great Dividing Range than the Blue Mountains line nearer to Sydney.