Castlereagh Highway

Castlereagh Highway
QueenslandNew South Wales
General information
Type Highway
Length 792 km (492 mi)
Route number(s)
Former
route number
Major junctions
North end
 
South end
Location(s)
Major settlements Hebel, Walgett, Gilgandra, Mudgee, Cullen Bullen
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National HighwayFreeways in Australia
Highways in Queensland
Highways in New South Wales

The Castlereagh Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia, also extending into Queensland. It runs between Lithgow, through central-western NSW then to the Carnarvon Highway in Queensland.

Route

The highway was extended past Gilgandra to include state route 86 in October 1997. As such the Castlereagh Highway starts just outside Lithgow at a junction with the Great Western Highway and runs in a north-westerly direction through Ilford and the junctions of Bathurst-Ilford Road and Bylong Valley Way, through the regional centre of Mudgee and Gulgong. From there it joins with the Golden Highway through Dunedoo, then branches off in Dunedoo, continuing past Gilgandra until it reaches the Queensland border via Walgett at Hebel. From there it continues to the outskirts of St George where it terminates with the Carnarvon Highway.

The highway was signed National Route 55 in 1974 north of Gilgandra, and State Route 86 south of Gilgandra. QLD however signed the Carnarvon Highway as National Route 55 rather than the Castlereagh Highway, causing a major discrepancy for many years in that National Route 55 met the QLD border at Hebel but abruptly begun again over 100km east along the QLD border at Mungindi. The Queensland Road Department changed this and signed National Route 55 over the border north to Charters Towers in later years. This route was soon replaced with the A7 and A55 designations throughout QLD in 2005, and the B55 designation in NSW during 2013 to Gilgandra and then south to Lithgow, replacing both State Route 86 and National Route 55.{1}

Gallery

Major intersections and towns

Castlereagh Highway
Northbound Distance to
St George
(km)
Distance to
Walgett
(km)
Southbound
Crossroads (clockwise from highway)
Carnarvon Highway to St George, Surat and Roma
Carnarvon Highway to Goondiwindi, Mungindi and Moree
End Castlereagh Highway 7 289 Start Castlereagh Highway
Thallon
Dunwinnie Road
74.9 221.1 Thallon
Dunwinnie Road
SOUTH WESTERN RAIL LINE
75 221 SOUTH WESTERN RAIL LINE
Mungindi
Dirranbandi-Mungindi Road
75.1 220.9 Mungindi
Dirranbandi-Mungindi Road
SOUTH WESTERN RAIL LINE
94 202 SOUTH WESTERN RAIL LINE
Dirranbandi 95 201 Dirranbandi
Bollon, Cunnamulla
Bollon-Dirranbandi Road
97 199 Bollon, Cunnamulla
Bollon-Dirranbandi Road
Goodooga
Goodooga-Hebel Road
161 135 Hebel
Hebel Goodooga
Goodooga-Hebel Road
Start 165 131 End
QUEENSLAND
STATE BORDER
NEW SOUTH WALES
End 165 131 Start
Goodooga
Goodooga Road
200 96 Goodooga
Goodooga Road
Lightning Ridge
Bill O'Brien Way
224 72 Lightning Ridge
Bill O'Brien Way
Collarenebri, Moree
Gwydir Highway
282 14 Collarenebri, Moree
Gwydir Highway
BARWON RIVER 288 8 BARWON RIVER
WALGETT RAIL LINE
290.5 5.5 WALGETT RAIL LINE
Burren Junction, Wee Waa, Narrabri
Kamilaroi Highway
291 5 Burren Junction, Wee Waa, Narrabri
Kamilaroi Highway
Northbound Distance to
Walgett
(km)
Distance to
Sydney
(km)
Southbound
Goodooga, Brewarrina, Bourke
Kamilaroi Highway
0 650 Walgett
Walgett Goodooga, Brewarrina, Bourke
Kamilaroi Highway
Carinda, Warren
Carinda-Walgett Road
1 649 Carinda, Warren
Carinda-Walgett Road
CASTLEREAGH RIVER 47 603 CASTLEREAGH RIVER
Quambone
Coonamble-Quambone Road
115 535 Quambone
Coonamble-Quambone Road
CASTLEREAGH RIVER 115.5 534.5 CASTLEREAGH RIVER
Coonabarabran
Coonamble Road
115.6 534.4 Coonamble
Coonamble Coonabarabran
Coonamble Road
Gulargambone 162 488 Gulargambone
CASTLEREAGH RIVER 174 476 CASTLEREAGH RIVER
Warren, Nyngan
Oxley Highway
212.9 437.1 Gilgandra
Warren, Nyngan
Oxley Highway
Northbound Distance to
Gilgandra
(km)
Distance to
Sydney
(km)
Southbound
Gilgandra 0 437 Dubbo, Parkes, Melbourne
Newell Highway
continues as
Dubbo, Parkes, Melbourne
Newell Highway
continues as
CASTLEREAGH RIVER 0.1 436.9 CASTLEREAGH RIVER
continues as 1 436 Coonabarabran, Tamworth, Brisbane
Newell Highway
Coonabarabran, Tamworth, Brisbane
Newell Highway
continues as
Tooraweenah
Mendooran Road
52 385 Mendooran
Mendooran Tooraweenah
Mendooran Road
TROY JUNCTION-MERRYGOEN RAIL LINE
59 378 TROY JUNCTION-MERRYGOEN RAIL LINE
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
82 355 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
89 348 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
continues as 90 347 Dubbo
Golden Highway
Dubbo
Golden Highway
continues as
Dunedoo 91 346 Dunedoo
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
92 345 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
continues as 100 337 Merriwa, Newcastle
Golden Highway
Merriwa, Newcastle
Golden Highway
continues as
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
110 327 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
Ulan
Mayne Street
Wellington
Gulgong Street
143 294 Gulgong
Gulgong Ulan
Mayne Street
Wellington
Gulgong Street
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
168 269 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
Ulan, Wollar
Ulan Road
171 266 Ulan, Wollar
Ulan Road
Northbound Distance to
Mudgee
(km)
Distance to
Sydney
(km)
Southbound
Mudgee 0 264 Mudgee
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
1.5 262.5 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
Kandos, Rylstone
Bylong Valley Way
53 211 Kandos, Rylstone
Bylong Valley Way
Sofala, Bathurst, Goulburn
Bathurst-Ilford Road
55 209 Sofala, Bathurst, Goulburn
Bathurst-Ilford Road
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE 80.9 183.1 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
Glen Davis
Glen Davis Road
81 183 Capertee
Capertee Glen Davis
Glen Davis Road
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE 84 180 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
Ben Bullen 90 174 Ben Bullen
GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
90.5 173.5 GWABEGAR RAIL LINE
Portland
Portland-Cullen Bullen Road
100 164 Cullen Bullen
Cullen Bullen Portland
Portland-Cullen Bullen Road
MAIN WESTERN RAIL LINE 114 150 MAIN WESTERN RAIL LINE
Bathurst, Cowra, Dubbo
Great Western Highway
116.7 147.3 Bathurst, Cowra, Dubbo
Great Western Highway
Start Castlereagh Highway
from Great Western Highway
117 147 End Castlereagh Highway
continues as Great Western Highway
to Lithgow / Katoomba / Sydney

See also

References

    {1}- http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Highways/Castlereagh/castlereagh.htm

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