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 Brisbane and Warwick QUEENSLAND (Queensland) A39 NORTHERN To Cunnamulla WESTERN (Queensland) To Hebel (Queensland) Goondiwindi A71 A55 HUNTER AND CENTRAL COAST A39 SYDNEY B55 Highw Moree a ydir B76 y SOUTH WEST Gw B71 Gw yd ir y Highwa
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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 Bells Line of Road 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
Four marked routes cross a border from this region into Queensland or South Australia. In all cases, the route number 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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