Road number and name changes in western 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 number from 1 to 99. This factsheet details the changes in western NSW.

To and Warwick (Queensland) A39 NORTHERN To WESTERN (Queensland) To Hebel (Queensland) A71 A55 HUNTER AND CENTRAL COAST A39 B55 Highw Moree a ydir B76 y SOUTH WEST Gw B71 Gw yd ir y Highwa

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a B55 B71 a

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A32 M H it S i c il g h v h e To e w l r B87 l a (South Australia) C

y i t y A39

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w A32

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h m Orange w d LEGEND a i B79 y K y Bathurst wa igh B81 Lithgow l H A Route el B59 w way e A41 igh N H B Route West rn High ste Western way Cowra e A32 Great W Mid Wyalong W B64 id e City/Town B64 M s te r Goolgowi n B85 Highway

Pub No. RMS 12.307 There are seven routes that are currently sign posted that will change their number in this region. They are:

Old road New road Old road New road Road/s Road/s number number number number

Oxley Highway (Coonabarabran to 34 B56 40 B59 ) Mid-Western Highway (Hay to Cowra) 24 B64 (Queensland border 86 B55 to Lithgow) Mid-Western Highway (Cowra to Bathurst) 24 A41 (, 37 B51 to , 38 Willow Tree) (Walgett to Grafton) B76

Four marked routes cross a border from this region into Queensland or South Australia. In all cases, the will remain the same, although the alpha marker may change if the standard of the road differs across the border. Routes that cross the border in this region are:

Border crossings

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

For more information or to download maps and GIS data, visit our website or call the project hotline.

www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadnumbers

1300 775 676

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