Gwydir Highway

Gwydir Highway New South Wales
The Gwydir River Bridge on the highway at Gravesend.
General information
Type	Highway
Length	568 km (353 mi)[1]
Opened	1928
Route number(s)	B76 (2013-present)
Former route number	National Route 38 (1962–2013)
Major junctions
West end	Castlereagh Highway Walgett, New South Wales
	Newell Highway Fossickers Way New England Highway Summerland Way
East end	Big River Way Grafton, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Collarenebri, Moree, Warialda, Inverell, Glen Innes
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales

The Gwydir Highway is a 568-kilometre (353 mi)^[1] state highway in northern New South Wales, Australia.

The highway was named after the Gwydir River, which in turn was named after a locale in Wales.

Route[]

Rocky Ford Bridge on the highway over the Barwon River at Collarenebri

The Gwydir Highway traverses the New England region from the inland plains to the coastal region, linking the Castlereagh Highway, Collarenebri, Moree, Warialda, Inverell, Glen Innes and Grafton. The western termination of the highway is at the junction of the Castlereagh Highway, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Walgett.^[2] The highway was allocated National Route 38 in 1962 from Grafton to Collarenebri, and both the Highway and National Route 38 were extended from Collarenebri to the Castlereagh Highway in December 1993. It was replaced with the alphanumeric route B76 across the whole highway in 2013.

At Moree it intersects the Newell Highway. At Inverell, it has an intersection with Thunderbolts Way. At Glen Innes it intersects the New England Highway. At Grafton on the Clarence River, it joins the Pacific Highway, the Summerland Way and the Orara Way. Between Glen Innes and Grafton, the Gwydir Highway runs between the Gibraltar Range and Washpool National Parks.

In December 1960, a 160-kilometre deviation opened between Glen Innes and Grafton with the old road renamed Old Glen Innes Road.^[3]

Major junctions[]

LGA	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Walgett	Walgett	0	0.0	Castlereagh Highway (B55, B76 south) – Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Coonamble, Gilgandra	Y-intersection; western terminus of Gwydir Highway, route B76 continues south along Castlereagh Highway
	Collarenebri	60	37	Herbert Street / Wilson Street	4-way intersection; route B76 continues west along Herbert Street, south along Wilson Street
Barwon River				Rocky Ford Bridge
Moree Plains	Moree	200	120	Heber Street / Balo Street	4-way intersection; route B76 continues west along Heber Street, north along Balo Street
		201	125	Carnarvon Highway – Mungindi, St George (QLD)	T-intersection
		202	126	Boggabilla Road (B76 west) / Moree Bypass (Newell Highway) (A39) – Boggabilla, Toowoomba	T-intersection; route A39 northern concurrency terminus, route B76 continues west along Boggabilla Road, south along Moree Bypass
Mehi River		203	126	Doctor Geoffrey Hunter Bridge
Moree Plains	Moree	204	127	Alice Street (B76 east) / Moree Bypass (Newell Highway) (A39) – Narrabri, Gilgandra, Dubbo	4-way intersection; route A39 southern concurrency terminus, route B76 continues north along Moree Bypass, east along Alice Street
Gwydir River		259	161	Gwydir River Bridge
Gwydir	Warialda	279	173	Allan Cunningham Road (Fossickers Way) (B95) – Bingara, Barraba, Tamworth	T-intersection
		281	175	Warialda Road (Fossickers Way) – Yetman, to Bruxner Highway	T-intersection
Macintyre River		342	213	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Inverell	Inverell	342	213	Byron Street / Otho Street	Roundabout; Gwydir Highway continues south-west along Byron Street, south-east along Otho Street
		343	213	Tinga Road (Thunderbolts Way) – Uralla, Walcha, Gloucester	T-intersection
Glen Innes Severn	Glen Innes	409	254	Ferguson Street (B76) / Church Street (New England Highway) (A15 north) – Stanthorpe, Warwick (QLD)	T-intersection; northern concurrency terminus, Gwydir Highway continues west along Ferguson Street, south along Church Street
				Meade Street (B76) / Church Street (New England Highway) (A15 south) – Armidale, Tamworth, Newcastle	Roundabount; southern concurrency terminus, Gwydir Highway continues north along Church Street, east along Meade Street
Beardy Waters		415	258	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Mann River		524	326	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Clarence Valley	South Grafton	567	352	Bent Street – Grafton via Grafton Bridge	Roundabout
		568	353	Big River Way (B91 south), to Pacific Highway (A1) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney Big River Way (B76/B91 north), to Summerland Way (B91) – Grafton via New Grafton Bridge, Casino, Kyogle, and to Pacific Highway (A1)  – Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast	Roundabout; eastern terminus of Gwydir Highway, route B76 east along Big River Way
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

See also[]

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in New South Wales

References[]

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