Golden Highway
Golden Highway New South Wales | |
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Direction sign at end of Bylong Valley Way | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 313 km (194 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) | B84 (2013-present) |
Former route number | State Route 84 (1974–2013) |
Major junctions | |
East end | New England Highway Belford, New South Wales |
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West end | Newell Highway Dubbo, New South Wales |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Denman, Sandy Hollow, Merriwa, Dunedoo |
Highway system | |
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The Golden Highway is a 313-kilometre (194 mi)[1] highway, located in the Hunter and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Designated as route B84, it runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle on the coast and enables road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney.
Route[]
From west to east, the Golden Highway runs through Dunedoo – where it is concurrent with the Castlereagh Highway for approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) – then through Merriwa, Sandy Hollow, Denman, Jerrys Plains and , joining the New England Highway at Belford, south of Singleton. The Bylong Valley Way turns off the Golden Highway 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of Sandy Hollow. The Golden Highway and The Putty Road are concurrent for around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), east of the Mount Thorley industrial estate near Singleton. The highway then turns east onto Mitchell's Line of Road while the Putty Road continues to Singleton.[2]
The Golden Highway provides a fairly low altitude crossing of the Great Dividing Range.[3] It runs through the Hunter Region[4] and gives access to the golden west of New South Wales.[5]
Major junctions[]
LGA | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Singleton | Belford | 0.0 | 0.0 | New England Highway (A15) – Kurri Kurri, Newcastle, Singleton, Tamworth | T intersection; eastern terminus of Golden Highway and route B84 | |
10.0 | 6.2 | Putty Road – Singleton | T intersection; eastern concurrency terminus with Putty Road Route B84 continues south along Putty Road, east along Mitchell Line of Road | |||
13.4 | 8.3 | Putty Road (west) – Putty, Windsor Mount Thorley Road (south) - Mount Thorley | Hybrid interchange; western concurrency terminus with Putty Road Route B84 continues north along Jerrys Plains Road, east along Putty Road | |||
Warkworth | 23.4 | 14.5 | Wallaby Scrub Road – Bulga, to Putty Road | |||
Hunter River | 46.7 | 29.0 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Muswellbrook | Denman | 64.5 | 40.1 | Denman Road (north-east) – Muswellbrook | T intersection; Golden Highway continues southwest, south-east | |
Hunter River | 65.3 | 40.6 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Muswellbrook | Sandy Hollow | 82.6 | 51.3 | Bylong Valley Way – Bylong, Mudgee | ||
83.0 | 51.6 | Wybong Road – Muswellbrook | ||||
Upper Hunter | Merriwa | 119 | 74 | Scone Road – Scone | ||
Merriwa River | 120 | 75 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Krui River | 144 | 89 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Warrumbungle | Leadville | 215 | 134 | Castlereagh Highway (B55 east) – Gulgong, Mudgee, Lithgow | Eastern concurrency terminus with route B55 | |
Dunedoo | 225 | 140 | Castlereagh Highway (B55 west) – Gilgandra | T intersection; western concurrency terminus with route B55 | ||
Dubbo | Dubbo | 313 | 194 | Newell Highway (A39) – Coonabarabran, Parkes, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide | T intersection; western terminus of Golden Highway and route B84 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[]
- Highways in Australia
- List of highways in New South Wales
References[]
- ^ a b c "3800 New England Highway, Whittingham NSW 2330". Google Maps. Google Inc. 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "NSW State Route 83: Golden Highway". Ozroads. Retrieved 28 October 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Golden Highway Home Page". Craigmhor Enterprises. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Upper Hunter Country". Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- ^ "Heart of Country, NSW, Accommodation, Tours, Events and Hire". Visit NSW.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
- Highways in Australia
- Roads in the Hunter Region
- Hunter River (New South Wales)