List of road routes in New South Wales
Major roads in New South Wales are organised into many routes. These help drivers to navigate their way between places in the state. Each route is given its own route number. The number consists of a letter (M, A or B) and a one- or two-digit number. 'M' routes are motorways, 'A' routes are national routes, and 'B' routes are state routes. The route system includes highways, motorways, and other important roads that have not been declared highways.
Route numbers have been allocated to roads in New South Wales since 1955. To supplement the national route number system, three ring roads were built in Sydney in 1964.[1] These were numbered 1, 3 and 5. In 1973, a system of numbering freeways was introduced to New South Wales to complement the national routes and ring roads.[2] In 1974, the National Highway network was defined, which in New South Wales included the Hume Highway, Federal Highway, Barton Highway, Sydney-Newcastle Freeway (now Pacific Motorway) and New England Highway.[3] In 1993, Sydney's Metroad system was introduced.
In 2013, the state replaced its entire system of State Routes, National Routes, National Highways and Metroads with a new route numbering system of letters and numbers. The roads no longer uses National Highway shields on any route. This new system of routes are the routes that are listed below.[4]
Motorways (M routes)
changeRoute # | Road name | Destinations | Distance (km) |
---|---|---|---|
M1 | Pacific Motorway | Ewingsdale to Queensland border | 56 |
M1 | Pacific Motorway | Grafton Bypass | |
M1 | Pacific Motorway | ||
M1 | Pacific Motorway | ||
M1 | Pacific Motorway | Wahroonga to Newcastle | 127 |
M1 | M1 (Sydney) | Artarmon to Kyeemagh | 21 |
M1 | Princes Motorway | Waterfall to Wollongong | 53 |
M2 | M2 (Sydney) | Artarmon to Seven Hills | 25 |
M4 | M4 Western Motorway, M4 East | Haberfield to Lapstone | 46 |
M5 | M5 (Sydney) | Mascot to Edmunson Park | 26 |
M6 | Southconnex (proposed) | ||
M7 | Westlink M7 | Prestons to Seven Hills | 40 |
M8 | Westconnex M8 | A3 /M5 junction to St Peters | 9 |
M9/M10 | Outer Sydney Orbital (under proposal) | ||
M12 | Western Sydney Airport Mwy (proposed) | ||
M15 | Hunter Expressway | Cameron Park to Belford | 39 |
M23 | Federal Highway | Yarra to ACT border | 66 |
M25 | Barton Highway (under construction) | ||
M31 | Hume Motorway/Hume Highway | Prestons (Sydney) - Goulburn - Gundagai - Albury - Victoria border | 512 |
Routes of national significance (A routes)
changeRoute # | Road name | Destinations | Distance (km) |
---|---|---|---|
A1 | Pacific Highway | Ewingsdale to Newcastle | 620 |
A1 | Pacific Highway | Wahroonga to Artarmon | 15 |
A1 | A1 (Sydney) | Kyeemagh to Waterfall | 31 |
A1 | Princes Highway | Wollongong to Victoria border | 426 |
A2 | A2 (Sydney) | Seven Hills to Windsor | 21 |
A3 | A3 (Sydney) | Mona Vale to Blakehurst | 52 |
A4 | A4 (Sydney) | North Sydney to North Strathfield | 15 |
A6 | A6 (Sydney) | Carlingford to Heathcote | 34 |
A8 | A8 (Sydney) | Mona Vale to North Sydney | 23 |
A9 | A9 (Sydney) | Campbelltown to Windsor | 61 |
A15 | New England Highway | Branxton - Tamworth - Armidale - Queensland Border | 541 |
A20 | Sturt Highway | Gundagai to Victoria Border | 597 |
A22 | Hume Highway, Parramatta Road | Sydney to Liverpool | 30 |
A25 | Barton Highway | ACT border to Yass | 40 |
A28 | Cumberland Highway | Wahroonga to Prestons | 42 |
A32 | Barrier Highway, Great Western Highway, and Mitchell Highway | Lapstone to SA Border | 1146 |
A34 | Milpera Road, Canterbury Road, New Canterbury Road | Liverpool to Newtown | 26 |
A36 | Princes Highway, King Street, City Road | Kogarah to Sydney | 11 |
A37 | Newcastle Inner City Bypass | Windale to Sandgate | 16 |
A38 | A38 (Sydney) | North Ryde to Dee Why | 18 |
A39 | Newell Highway | Victoria border - Narranderra - Dubbo - Narrabri - Queensland border | 1059 |
A40 | Victoria Road | Rozelle to West Baulkham Hills | 29 |
A41 | Mid-Western Highway and Olympic Highway | Bathurst to Albury | 423 |
A43 | New England Highway and Motorway Link | Warnervale to Branxton | 115 |
A44 | Great Western Highway (Sydney) | Strathfield to Emu Plains | 45 |
A48 | Illawarra Highway | Sutton Forest to Wollongong | 62 |
A49 | Central Coast Highway | Doyalson to Kariong | 50 |
Routes of state significance (B routes)
changeRoute # | Road name | Destinations | Distance (km) |
---|---|---|---|
B23 | Monaro Highway | ACT border - Cooma - Victoria border | |
B51 | Kamilaroi Highway | Willow Tree to Narrabri | |
B52 | Kings Highway | ACT border to Batemans Bay | |
B53 | B53 (NSW) | Wallsend to Morisset | |
B55 | Castlereagh Highway | Lithgow - Mudgee - Gilgandra - Queensland border | |
B56 | Oxley Highway | Port Macquarie to Coonabarabran | |
B57 | B57 (NSW) | Speers Point to Charlestown | |
B58 | Riverina Highway | Deniliquin to Victoria border | |
B59 | Bells Line of Road | Windsor to Lithgow | |
B60 | Bruxner Highway | Ballina to Boggabilla | |
B62/ Tourist Drive 24 | Ewingsdale to Lismore | ||
B63 | Kotara to Nelson Bay | ||
B64 | Mid-Western Highway | Cowra to Hay | |
B65 | Bulli Tops - Wollongong - Shellhabour | ||
B68 | Beresfield to Cessnock | ||
B69 | Appin Road | Campbelltown to Bulli Tops | |
B70 | Warnervale to Noraville | ||
B71 | Mitchell Highway | Nyngan to Queensland border | |
B72 | Snowy Mountains Highway | Steeple Flat to Stony Creek | 287 |
B73 | Mittagong to Nowra | ||
B74 | Wyong Road | Tuggerah to The Entrance | |
B75 | Cobb Highway | Wilcannia - Deniliquin - Victoria border | 598 |
B76 | Gwydir Highway and Kamilaroi Highway | South Grafton to Bourke | |
B78 | Waterfall Way | Urunga to Armindale | 165 |
B79 | Silver City Highway | Curlwaa to Broken Hill | |
B81 | Lachlan Valley Way | Yass to Molong | |
B82 | B82 (Hunter Region, NSW) | Freemans Waterhole to Branxton | |
B83 | Pacific Highway | Wahroonga to Somersby | |
B84 | Golden Highway | Belford to Dubbo | 314 |
B85 | Goldfields Way | West Wylong to Junee | 113 |
B87 | Kidman Way | Jerilderie to Bourke | 644 |
B88 | Picton Road | Picton to Wollongong | 45 |
B89 | West Wallsend to Belmont | ||
B91 | Summerland Way | Grafton to Queensland border | 199 |
B94 | Burley Griffin Way | Bowning to Griffith | 289 |
B95 | Fossickers Way | Tamworth to Warialda |
References
change- ↑ "Sydney Ring Roads". Ozroads. 28 August 1964. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ↑ "Northern Distributor". Ozroads. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- ↑ "The National Highway System". Ozroads. 1974-09-20. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- ↑ "NSW alpha-numeric routes". Ozroads. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2013-09-28.