Illawarra Highway

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Illawarra Highway New South Wales
General information
Type	Highway
Length	60.7 km (38 mi)
Route number(s)	A48 (2013-present)
Former route number	National Route 48 (1974-2013) Entire route State Route 80 (1974-2013) (Avoca-Robertson)
Major junctions
West end	Hume Highway Sutton Forest, New South Wales
	Sheepwash Road
East end	Princes Motorway Albion Park, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Moss Vale, Robertson
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales

The Illawarra Highway is a short state highway in New South Wales, Australia. It connects Wollongong to the Southern Highlands and links the Princes Highway and Hume Highway.^[1][2]

Route[]

It is named after the geographical area it crosses, the Illawarra region. Typical scenery is beautiful as it crosses the Macquarie Valley (Shellharbour) and the spectacular Macquarie Pass, with many hairpin bends and steep gradients, unsuitable for large and articulated vehicles. Trucks are instead advised to use the Mount Ousley Road (Route B88), also known as Picton Road. The pass has one of the southernmost stands of Australia's sub tropical rainforest.

The main towns en route are Albion Park in the Shellharbour area and Robertson and Moss Vale on the Southern Highlands. Spectacular National Parks surrounds them. Both Robertson and Moss Vale are quaint country towns with 19th-century buildings still intact, While Albion Park is an inland town of Shellharbour

Major intersections[]

LGA	Location	km[3]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Wingecarribee	Sutton Forest	0.0	0.0	Hume Highway (M31) / Canyonleigh Road (west) – Sydney, Goulburn, Canyonleigh	Diamond interchange; western terminus of highway and route A48, continues west as Canyonleigh Road
		6.8	4.2	Exeter Road – Exeter
	Moss Vale	13.5	8.4	Argyle Road (Old Hume Highway) (east) / Sutton Road (north) – Bowral, Mittagong	Roundabout
		17.3	10.7	Nowra Road – Kangaroo Valley, Nowra
	Avoca	23.6	14.7	Sheepwash Road – Nowra, Mittagong
	Robertson	37.7	23.4	Jamberoo Mountain Road – Jamberoo, Kiama
Shellharbour	Albion Park	59.4	36.9	Tongarra Road (east) / Terry Street (south) – Shellharbour, Kiama, Nowra	Traffic light intersection; Illawarra Highway continues north along Terry Street, west along Tongarra Road
	Albion Park	60.7	37.7	Princes Motorway (M1) – Wollongong, Sydney	Northbound exit and southbound entry only; eastern terminus of highway and route A48
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also[]

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

References[]