Gwydir Highway

Gwydir Highway New South Wales

General information
Type	Highway
Length	567 km (352 mi)
Opened	1928
Route number(s)	B76 Entire Route
Former route number	National Route 38 (1962-2013) Entire Route^[1]
Major junctions
West end	Castlereagh Highway Walgett, New South Wales
	Newell Highway Fossickers Way New England Highway Summerland Way
East end	Pacific Highway Grafton, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Collarenebri, Moree, Warialda, Inverell, Glen Innes
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales

The Gwydir Highway is a state highway in northern New South Wales, Australia.

It was named after the Gwydir River, which in turn was named for a locale in Wales. The highway is approximately 567 kilometres (352 mi) long.

Route

The Gwydir Highway traverses the New England region from the inland plains to the coastal region, linking the Castlereagh Highway, Collarenebri, Moree, Warialda, Inverell, Glen Innes and Grafton. The western termination of the highway is at the junction of the Castlereagh Highway, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Walgett.^[2]

At Moree it intersects the Newell Highway. At Inverell it has an intersection with Thunderbolts Way. At Glen Innes it intersects the New England Highway. At Grafton on the Clarence River, it joins the Pacific Highway, the Summerland Way and the Orara Way. Between Glen Innes and Grafton, the Gwydir Highway runs between the Gibraltar Range and Washpool National Parks.

Gallery

The Gwydir River Bridge on the highway at Gravesend.
Rocky Ford Bridge on the highway over the Barwon River at Collarenebri.

References

↑ Alpha Numeric route numbers - A new Road Numbering System, NSW Transport Roads & Maritime Services. Retrieved on 6 October 2012.
↑ "Gwydir Highway". Ozroads. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

Road infrastructure in regional New South Wales

Motorways	Hume Motorway Hunter Expressway Pacific Motorway (Brisbane – Brunswick Heads) Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle) Princes Motorway

National highways	Barton Highway Federal Highway Hume Highway New England Highway Newell Highway Sturt Highway

Highways	Barrier Highway Bruxner Highway Carnarvon Highway Castlereagh Highway Cobb Highway Great Western Highway Gwydir Highway Illawarra Highway Kamilaroi Highway Kings Highway Mid-Western Highway Mitchell Highway Monaro Highway Murray Valley Highway Olympic Highway Oxley Highway Pacific Highway Princes Highway Riverina Highway Silver City Highway Snowy Mountains Highway

Local highways	Alpine Way Appin Road Barry Way Bathurst-Ilford Road Bells Line of Road Bucketts Way Burley Griffin Way Bylong Valley Way Camden Valley Way Castlereagh Highway Central Coast Highway Escort Way Fossickers Way Golden Highway Goldfields Way Goulburn-Oberon Road Henry Lawson Way Irrigation Way Kidman Way Lachlan Valley Way Memorial Drive Newcastle Inner City Bypass Newcastle Link Road O'Connell Road Old Hume Highway Picton Road Princes Highway Putty Road Remembrance Drive Summerland Way Thunderbolts Way Waterfall Way Wombeyan Caves Road Yass Valley Way

Bridges	Denison Bridge Grafton Bridge Harwood Bridge Hampden Bridge Macleay River Bridge Martin Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Nowra Bridge Sea Cliff Bridge Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge

Tunnels	Cudgen Road Tunnel St Helena Tunnel

Proposals	Sydney Bypass

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Gwydir Highway

Route

Gallery

See also

References