Road number and name changes in NSW
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The current route marking system in NSW is 30 years old and needs an overhaul. From early 2013, we will introduce a new road numbering system and new names for some important routes across the state network. The system will include a combination of a letter - either an M (motorway), A (route of national significance) orB (route of state significance) - and a umbern from 1 to 99. This factsheet details the changes across NSW.
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Pub No. RMS 12.309 In most cases, the number used as the route marker will remain the same and the only noticeable change will be the addition of a letter in front of the number. There are some roads where the road number will change as well as gaining a letter. These are listed below by region. Sydney Old road New road Old road New road Road/s Road/s number number number number
Princes Highway (Kogarah North Sydney to to City, Broadway) 66 54 A36 Northern Beaches 10 A8
Hume Highway (Liverpool to City, 31 A22 Bells Line of Road 40 B59 Broadway)
Cumberland Highway From the M2 at North Ryde 29 (Sydney - Newcastle to Pittwater Road, Dee Why A38 Freeway to Hume Highway, 7 A28 Prestons) From the Hume Highway at 54 A34 Hume Highway Liverpool to City, Newtown (Prestons to Campbelltown) 5 M31
Northern NSW
Old road New road Old road New road Road/s Road/s number number number number Oxley Highway Bruxner Highway (Coonabarabran to 34 B56 (Pacific Highway, Ballina 44 Port Macquarie) to New England Highway, B60 Tenterfield) Gwydir Highway (Walgett to Grafton) 38 B76 Kamilaroi Highway, (Newell Highway, Narrabri to New England Highway, 37 B51 Willow Tree) Southern NSW
Old road New road Old road New road Road/s Road/s number number number number Snowy Mountains Highway From Springhill Road (Hume Highway to 18 B72 Cringila to Northcliffe Drive, 155 B65 Princes Highway) Warrawong
Old Hume Highway from Bulli Pass to Bourke Street, 60 79 B73 North Wollongong B65 Aylmerton to Bowral
Kangaloon and Sheepwash From Flinders Street, North Roads (Bowral to Fitzroy) 80 B73 Wollongong to Princes 151 B65 Highway, Dunmore Moss Vale Road (Fitzroy to Princes 79 B73 Highway, Nowra)
South West NSW
Old road New road Old road New road Road/s Road/s number number number number
Mid-Western Highway Snowy Mountains Highway (Hay to Cowra) 24 B64 (Hume Highway to 18 B72 Princes Highway) Hunter and Central Coast
Old road New road Old road New road Road/s Road/s number number number number
Northcott Drive at Doyalson to Newcastle 111 A43 Adamstown Heights to 121 B63 Williamtown Industrial Drive (Central Newcastle to 124 A43 Warabrook) Williamtown to Nelson Bay 122 B63
Warabrook to Hexham 111 A43 Beresfield to Cessnock 132 B68
New England Highway NATIONAL 15 A43 (Beresfield to Branxton) Warners Bay to Pacific Highway, Belmont 131 B89
Morisset to Wallsend 133 B53 Warners Bay to Five Islands Road, 131 B57 Newcastle Inner Speers Point City Bypass 123 A37 Cardiff to the Sydney to (Windale to Sandgate) 128 Newcastle Freeway B89
Central Coast Highway 83 (Kariong to Gosford) A49
Western NSW
Old road New road Old road New road Road/s Road/s number number number number
Oxley Highway Bells Line of Road (Coonabarabran to 34 B56 40 B59 Port Macquarie) Mid-Western Highway Castlereagh Highway (Hay to Cowra) 24 B64 (Queensland border 86 B55 to Lithgow) Mid-Western Highway (Cowra to Bathurst) 24 A41 Kamilaroi Highway (Newell Highway, Narrabri 37 B51 to New England Highway, Gwydir Highway 38 Willow Tree) (Walgett to Grafton) B76
Road name changes There are five routes across NSW that will change their name from early 2013. • The Sydney to Newcastle Freeway (commonly known as the ‘F3’) will become part of the M1 Pacific Motorway. • The Pacific Highway between the Queensland border and north of Byron Bay will now be part of the M1 Pacific Motorway. • The Southern Freeway and Mount Ousley Road from Waterfall to Albion Park Rail will become the M1 Princes Motorway. • The M4 will become the M4 Western Motorway between Lapstone and Concord. • The Hume Highway will be named the M31 Hume Motorway from the M5 at Prestons to Berrima, after which it will revert to the Hume Highway. The route will however retain the alpha numeric route marker M31. Twelve marked routes cross the border from NSW into neighbouring States. In all cases, the route number will remain the same, although the alpha marker may change if the standard of road differs across the border.
Border crossings from northern NSW
Border with Location of crossing NSW road number Interstate road number
Goondiwindi A39 A39
Queensland Tweed Heads M1 M1
Warwick A15 A15
Border crossings from south west NSW
Border with Location of crossing NSW road number Interstate road number
Albury M31 M31
Cobram A39 A39 Victoria Echuca B75 B75
Mildura A20 A20
Border crossings from western NSW
Border with Location of crossing NSW road number Interstate road number
Cunnamulla B71 A71
Queensland Hebel B55 A55
Goondiwindi A39 A39
South Australia Broken Hill A32 A32
Border crossings from southern NSW
Border with Location of crossing NSW road number Interstate road number
Timbillica A1 A1 Victoria Bombala B23 B23
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