Lachlan Valley Way

Lachlan Valley Way New South Wales
West end East end
Coordinates	33°52′01″S 144°53′17″E / 33.8669°S 144.8880°E / -33.8669; 144.8880 (West end) 34°47′19″S 148°51′27″E / 34.7887°S 148.8574°E / -34.7887; 148.8574 (East end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	568 km (353 mi)
Route number(s)	B81 (2013-present) (Cowra-Bowning)
Former route number	State Route 81 (1974-2013) (Cowra-Bowning)
Major junctions
West end	Cobb Highway Booligal, New South Wales
	Kidman Way Condobolin-Wyalong Road Newell Highway The Escore Way Henry Lawson Way Mid-Western Highway Olympic Highway
East end	Hume Highway Bowning, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Hillston, Lake Cargelligo, Condobolin, Forbes, Gooloogong, Cowra, Boorowa
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales

Road entry sign to Boorowa on the Lachlan Valley Way

Lachlan Valley Way is a New South Wales state highway running from Booligal on the Cobb Highway to north of Yass on the Hume Highway (M31).

Route description[]

From Booligal it runs in a north-easterly direction for about 76 km to Hillston. It then follows the Kidman Way (B87) for about 35 km before turning off to the right and proceeding a further 57 km to Lake Cargelligo. From there it continues to the north and east through Euabalong to Condobolin. This 93 km section of road has three named parts, from west to east. They are Lake Cargelligo-Euabalong Road, Lachlan Valley Way, and Condoblin-Lake Cargelligo Road. From Condoblin the Lachlan Valley Way turns south-east towards Forbes, a further 98 km. From Forbes it continues south-east through Gooloogong to Cowra, a further 90 km. It then turns south through Boorowa, to end after another 119 km at the Hume Highway north-west of Yass.

Major intersections[]

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Hay	Booligal	0	0.0	Cobb Highway (B75) – Ivanhoe, Wilcannia, Hay, Deniliquin	Western end of Lachlan Valley Way
Carrathool	Hillston	76.2	47.3	McGee Street (Kidman Way) (B87) – Goolgowi, Griffith	T-intersection: western concurrency terminus with route B87
		76.8	47.7	Oxley Street (Lachlan River Road) – , Mossgiel	Roundabout; Lachlan Valley Way continues east along Keats Street, south along High Street
	Wallanthery	110.5	68.7	Kidman Way (B87) – Cobar	T-intersection: eastern concurrency terminus with route B87 Lachlan Valley Way continues south along Kidman Way, and east
Lachlan	Lake Cargelligo	167.4	104.0	Canada Street (Condobolin-Lake Cargelligo Road) (south) – Condobolin Foster Street (east) - Lake Cargelligo	4-way intersection; Lachlan Valley Way continues north along Canada Street, west along Foster Street
Lachlan River		179.3	111.4	Bridge (no known official name), spans boundary between localities of Lake Cargelligo (Lachlan Shire) and Euabalong (Cobar Shire) The locality of Murrin Bridge (an indigenous community) is immediately east of road, between the river and Euabalong boundary
Cobar	Euabalong	194.5	120.9	Lachlan Street – Euabalong West, Cobar
Lachlan River		194.9	121.1	Bridge (no known official name), spans boundary between Cobar Shire and Lachlan Shire
Lachlan	Euabalong	199.7	124.1	Condobolin-Lake Cargelligo Road – Lake Cargelligo	Intersection 5km east of Euabalong, south of Lachlan River, in Lachlan Shire Lachlan Valley Way continues east along Condobolin-Lake Cargelligo Road, and west
	Condobolin	259.8	161.4	Condobolin-West Wyalong Road (The Gipps Way) – West Wyalong	Lachlan Valley Way continues east as Diggers Avenue
		260.9	162.1	Diggers Avenue – Condobolin, Parkes	T-intersection; Lachlan Valley Way continues south along Diggers Avenue, and east
Forbes	Bundaburrah	352.8	219.2	Newell Highway (A39) – West Wyalong	T-intersection (7km west of Forbes, just outside locality boundary); western concurrency terminus with route A39 Lachlan Valley Way continues east along Newell Highway, and west
	Forbes	356.9	221.8	Bridge (no known official name) over Lachlan River
		358.6	222.8	Oxley Bridge over Lake Forbes
		359.1	223.1	Sherriff Street (Newell Highway) (A39) – Parkes	T-intersection; eastern concurrency terminus with route A39 Lachlan Valley Way continues east along Camp Street, south along Sherriff Street
		359.4	223.3	Bridge Street bridge (no known official name) over Lake Forbes
		359.8	223.6	Bridge Street (The Escort Way) (east) – Cudal, Orange Flint Street (north) – Forbes	Roundabout; Lachlan Valley Way continues south along Flint Street, west along Bridge Street
		361.3	224.5	Bridge (no known official name) over Lachlan River
		363.9	226.1	Henry Lawson Way – Grenfell, Young
Cowra	Gooloogong	410.4	255.0	Nanima Road (north) – Eugowra, Canowindra Grenfell-Orange Road (south) – Grenfell
	Cowra	443.2	275.4	Grenfell Road (Mid-Western Highway) (B64) – Grenfell	T-intersection (5km west of Cowra); western concurrency terminus with route B64 Lachlan Valley Way continues east along Grenfell Road, and north
		448.5	278.7	Young Road (Olympic Highway) (A41) – Young, Junee	Eastern concurrency terminus with route B64, western concurrency terminus with route A41
		448.6	278.7	Grenfell Road (Mid-Western Highway (A41/B81 east) – Blayney, Molong Grenfell Road (Mid-Western Highway (A41 west) – Grenfell, West Wyalong Boorowa Road (B81 south) – Boorowa, Bowning	T-intersection; eastern concurrency terminus with route A41 Lachlan Valley Way continues south along Boorowa Road, west along Grenfell Road
Hilltops	Boorowa	521.4	324.0	Murringo Gap Road – Murringo, Young
Yass Valley	Bowning	567.9	352.9	Hume Freeway (M31) – Gundagai, Albury, Yass, Goulburn	Eastern terminus of Lachlan Valley Way, southern terminus of route B81
Concurrency terminus       Route transition

Route B81 north of Cowra[]

For most of its length Lachlan Valley Way has no route number, the exception being the 119 km section between Cowra and the Hume highway, which is part of NSW state route B81. From Cowra, where Lachlan Valley Way continues west with no allocated route number, route B81 continues north a further 96 km to Molong, where it meets the Mitchell Highway. From Cowra, it follows Canowindra Road for 33 km to Canowindra and for a further 34 km to Cudal, where it turns north-east along the Escort Way (which has no route number of its own) for 11 km to .^[1] Here it turns north as Peabody Road for the last 18 km into Molong.

See also[]

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

References[]