List of road routes in New South Wales

New South Wales
Road routes in 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 or B) in addition to a one- or -two digit number, with 'M' routes denoting motorways, 'A' routes denoting routes of national significance, and 'B' routes denoting routes of state significance. The route system includes the officially designated highways, urban and intercity motorways and arterial roads, and important cross-state roads that have not been declared highways.

History

Route numbers have been allocated to NSW roads since 1955. National Route 1 ('Highway 1') was one of the best known numbered national routes, likely because of its fame for circumnavigating the continent. The insignia of national routes was a five-sided black and white shield, chosen as it is the shape of the Australian national coat of arms.

To supplement the national route number system, three ring roads were introduced to Sydney in 1964.[1] These were numbered 1, 3 and 5, with relatively (but not proportionately) increasing radii. While they were officially decommissioned in 1974, some old ring road 3 signs remained posted into the 1980s, and ring road 1 signs into the 1990s.

In 1973, a system of freeway numbering was introduced to the state to complement the national routes and ring roads. The shields were replicas of the red, white and blue U.S. Interstate Highway shields, and were numbered F1 to F8. The F1 was the Warringah Freeway, the F2 reserved for the Castlereagh Freeway, a corridor similar to today's M2 Hills Motorway, the F3 is the Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle section), the F4 was the western part of today's M4 Western Motorway (formerly Western Freeway), the F5 was the freeway section of National Highway 31, the F6 is the Southern Freeway, the F7 was reserved for a corridor similar to today's Cahill Expressway, Eastern Distributor and Bondi Junction Bypass and the F8 was a section of Wollongong's Northern Distributor,[2] now part of State Route 60. Most of these routes were replaced with other numbers over the decades, and by the 1990s, only the F1, F3 and F6 were still marked as such, with simpler, green-on-white shields. None of these shields remain, but the F3 and F6 are still usually called by those names.

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] National highways were marked with the same shield as the national routes, except for their green and gold colour and the word 'national' added across the top.

Also in 1974, the three ring roads, 1, 3 and 5, were decommissioned and replaced by new State Routes, which had the same shields as the new freeways but without the red crest. Scores of other State Routes were also designated across New South Wales, marking out urban arterial routes and secondary rural highways. They were allocated as follows:

In 1993, Sydney's Metroad system was introduced, with its prominent, blue-on-white hexagonal shields. There were initially six metroads: Metroad 1 replaced National Route 1 within the metropolitan area, Metroad 2 replaced parts of State Routes 28 and 30 (and was subsequently absorbed by the M2 Hills Motorway), Metroad 3 replaced State Route 33 (once Ring Road 3), Metroad 4 replaced the F4 Freeway and the metropolitan part of National Route 32, Metroad 5 replaced part of the metropolitan part of National Highway 31 and Metroad 7 replaced State Route 77. Later, Metroad 6 replaced State Route 45, Metroad 9 replaced the metropolitan part of State Route 69 and Metroad 10 replaced State Route 14 south of Mona Vale. There was never a Metroad 8.

In 2013, the state replaced its entire system of State Routes, National Routes, National Highways and Metroads with an alphanumeric route numbering system. All numbered routes are allocated a letter (M, A or B) in addition to its number, with 'M' routes denoting motorways, 'A' routes denoting routes of national significance, and 'B' routes denoting routes of state significance. Instead of shields, the route numbers are displayed as yellow text on green rectangular background outlined in white. Unlike other Australian states, New South Wales's implementation of alphanumeric route numbers no longer uses National Highway shields on any route. The changeover to alphanumeric routes was announced from March 2013 and signs were updated throughout 2013, either by removing old "shield" coverplates installed on newer signs, or installing new alphanumeric coverplates on old shielded signs.

Motorways (M routes)

Route Component roads From Via To Length Notes

M1
Pacific Motorway Queensland border Ewingsdale 56 km (35 mi)
Pacific Motorway Newcastle Wahroonga 127 km (79 mi)
Gore Hill Freeway Artarmon Naremburn 3 km (2 mi)
Warringah Freeway Naremburn North Sydney 4 km (2 mi)
Sydney Harbour Tunnel North Sydney Sydney (City) 2.8 km (2 mi)
Cahill Expressway Sydney Woolloomooloo 900 m (984 yd)
Eastern Distributor Woolloomooloo Kensington 6 km (4 mi)
Princes Motorway Waterfall Yallah 53 km (33 mi)

M2
Lane Cove Tunnel Artarmon North Ryde 3.6 km (2 mi)
Hills Motorway North Ryde
  • Macquarie Park
  • Carlingford
  • Baulkham Hills
Seven Hills 21 km (13 mi)

M4
Western Motorway North Strathfield
  • Sydney Olympic Park
  • Parramatta
  • Blacktown
Lapstone 46 km (29 mi)

M5
Southwestern Motorway Prestons
  • Padstow
  • Beverly Hills
  • Arncliffe
Kyeemagh 26 km (16 mi)

M7
Westlink M7 Prestons
  • Horsley Park
  • Blacktown
  • Norwest Business Park
Seven Hills 40 km (25 mi)

M15
Hunter Expressway Cameron Park Belford 39 km (24 mi)

M23
Federal Highway Yarra ACT border 66 km (41 mi)

M31
Hume Motorway/Hume Highway Prestons (Sydney)
  • Goulburn
  • Gundagai
  • Albury
Victoria border 512 km (318 mi)

Routes of national significance (A routes)

Route Component roads From Via To Length Notes

A1
Pacific Highway Ewingsdale Newcastle 620 km (385 mi)
Pacific Highway Wahroonga Artarmon 15 km (9 mi)
A1 (Sydney) Kyeemagh Waterfall 31 km (19 mi)
Princes Highway Yallah Victoria border 426 km (265 mi)

A2
Old Windsor Road, Windsor Road Seven Hills Windsor 21 km (13 mi)

A3
A3 (Sydney) Mona Vale Blakehurst 52 km (32 mi)

A4
A4 (Sydney) North Sydney North Strathfield 15 km (9 mi)

A6
A6 (Sydney) Carlingford Heathcote 34 km (21 mi)

A8
A8 (Sydney) Mona Vale North Sydney 23 km (14 mi)

A9
A9 (Sydney) Campbelltown Windsor 61 km (38 mi)

A15
New England Highway Branxton
  • Tamworth
  • Armidale
Queensland Border 541 km (336 mi)
Cameron Park Newcastle West 15 km (9 mi)

A20
Sturt Highway Gundagai Victoria Border 597 km (371 mi)

A22
Hume Highway, Parramatta Road Sydney Liverpool 30 km (19 mi)

A25
Barton Highway ACT border Yass 40 km (25 mi)

A28
Cumberland Highway Wahroonga Prestons 42 km (26 mi)

A32
Barrier Highway, Great Western Highway, and Mitchell Highway Lapstone Cockburn 1,146 km (712 mi)

A34
Milperra Road, Canterbury Road, New Canterbury Road Liverpool Newtown 26 km (16 mi)

A36
Princes Highway, King Street, City Road Kogarah Sydney 11 km (7 mi)

A37
Newcastle Inner City Bypass Windale Sandgate 16 km (10 mi)

A38
A38 (Sydney) North Ryde Dee Why 18 km (11 mi)

A39
Newell Highway Victoria border
  • Narranderra
  • Dubbo
  • Narrabri
Queensland border 1,059 km (658 mi)

A40
Victoria Road Rozelle West Baulkham Hills 29 km (18 mi)

A41
Mid-Western Highway and Olympic Highway Bathurst Albury 423 km (263 mi)

A43
New England Highway, Pacific Highway and Motorway Link Warnervale Branxton 115 km (71 mi)

A44
Great Western Highway (Sydney) Strathfield Emu Plains 45 km (28 mi)

A48
Illawarra Highway Sutton Forest Wollongong 62 km (39 mi)

A49
Central Coast Highway Doyalson Kariong 50 km (31 mi)

Routes of state significance (B routes)

[4]

Route Component roads From Via To Length Notes

B23
Monaro Highway ACT border Cooma Victoria border

B51
Kamilaroi Highway Willow Tree Narrabri

B52
Kings Highway ACT border Batemans Bay

B53
Wallsend Morisset

B55
Castlereagh Highway Lithgow
  • Mudgee
  • Gilgandra
Queensland border

B56
Oxley Highway Port Macquarie Coonabarabran

B57
Speers Point Charlestown

B58
Riverina Highway Deniliquin Albury

B59
Bells Line of Road Windsor Lithgow

B60
Bruxner Highway Ballina Boggabilla

B62
Bangalow-Lismore Road Bangalow Lismore

B63
Kotara Nelson Bay

B64
Mid-Western Highway Cowra Hay

B65
Bulli Tops Wollongong Shellharbour

B68
Cessnock Road, John Renshaw Drive Beresfield Cessnock

B69
Appin Road Campbelltown Bulli Tops

B70
Sparks Road, Wallarah Road & Main Road Warnervale Noraville

B71
Mitchell Highway Nyngan Queensland border 338 km (210 mi)

B72
Snowy Mountains Highway Steeple Flat Stony Creek 287 km (178 mi)

B73
Mittagong Nowra

B74
Wyong Road Tuggerah Bateau Bay

B75
Cobb Highway Wilcannia Deniliquin Victoria border 598 km (372 mi)

B76
Gwydir Highway and Kamilaroi Highway South Grafton Bourke

B78
Waterfall Way Urunga Armindale 165 km (103 mi)

B79
Silver City Highway Curlwaa Broken Hill

B81
Lachlan Valley Way Yass Molong

B82
Freemans Drive and Wine Country Drive Freemans Waterhole Branxton

B83
Pacific Highway Wahroonga Somersby

B84
Golden Highway Belford Dubbo 314 km (195 mi)

B85
Goldfields Way West Wylong Junee 113 km (70 mi)

B87
Kidman Way Jerilderie Bourke 644 km (400 mi)

B88
Picton Road Picton Wollongong 45 km (28 mi)

B89
West Wallsend Belmont

B91
Summerland Way Grafton Queensland border 199 km (124 mi)

B94
Burley Griffin Way Bowning Griffith 289 km (180 mi)

B95
Fossickers Way Tamworth Warialda

Minor arterial roads

See also

References

  1. "Sydney Ring Roads". Ozroads. 1964-08-28. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  2. "Northern Distributor". Ozroads. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  3. "The National Highway System". Ozroads. 1974-09-20. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  4. "NSW alpha-numeric routes". Ozroads. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
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