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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 ...
2: In 2008, Queensland's State Route 2 from the Gold Coast was extended a short distance into far northern NSW and remains the only official state route. State Routes were eventually replaced by the alphanumeric system in 2013; as many had been decommissioned beforehand, very few survived to be converted into an alphanumeric route number.
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.
It consists of alphanumeric routes, a two-digit number prefixed with a letter (M, A, or B) that denotes the grade and importance of the road, displayed on signs as yellow text on a green background with a white border; the ACT is now the only jurisdiction in Australia to use a border around allocations (NSW, previously the only other state that ...
The National Highways road routes developed under the former system are still designated as National Highways on route markers and road guidance signs. However, the new alphanumeric route numbering system introduced to New South Wales and the ACT in 2013 does not distinguish between the former National Highways and other routes.
The original route led west from Tumblong along the Murrumbidgee River, before turning south over difficult country, crossing what is now the Sturt Highway and rejoining the current route of the highway as Lower Tarcutta Road. This was replaced in December 1938 by the first Tumblong deviation, to the east of the current route.
Coordinates (West end); (East end); General information; Type: Motorway: Length: 28.8 km (18 mi) [1]: Opened: 1992–94 (Prestons–Beverly Hils) 2001 (Beverly Hills–Mascot): Gazetted: June 1993 [2]: Route number(s): M5 (2013–present): Former route number: Metroad 5 (1993–2013): Major junctions; West end: Hume Motorway Prestons, New South Wales: : Westlink M7; Hume Highway; Fairford Road ...
Route numbers were adapted from the Metropolitan Route Numbering System, with numbers 80 to 90 exclusively reserved for Freeway Routes. The system was decommissioned between 1987 and 1990: routes were either replaced by a metropolitan route or a National Route number, or simply removed if allocations already existed concurrent to the Freeway Route.