Road Photos & Information: New South Wales

Barton Highway (National Highway 25)

Statistics:

• Length: (Within NSW) 40 km
• Northern Terminus: Hume Highway (NH31) interchange at Yass
• Southern Terminus: NSW / ACT Border at Wallaroo
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Yass, Murrumbateman, Wallaroo

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Former:
• RTA Internal Classification: State Highway No. 15 *

General Information:

The Barton Highway is one of two major connectors from Canberra to the Hume Highway, which links Sydney with Melbourne.

The Barton Highway north of the ACT border carries over 10,000 vehicles per day. The route is a significant road freight link between the Hume Highway and the ACT. *

History:

• January 1935: Road improvements including upgrading from gravel road of the Federal Highway (later Barton Highway) leading from the Hume Highway at Yass to Canberra was undertaken and completed in March 1937. *
• 8 March 1935: Proclaimed as a State Highway. **
• 1954: The route formerly known as Yass-Canberra Road and also Federal Highway, and named the Barton Highway. **
• 1956: The National Route 25 shield was given to the Barton Highway. ***
• 1974: The Barton Hwy became National Highway 25. ***
• 1990s: Hume Highway interchange and Yass Bypass built.

ACT Border to Hume Highway (Northbound)			Hume Highway to ACT Border (Southbound)
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	NSW Welcome Sign: Heading northwest at Wallaroo on the NSW-ACT Border, July 2006. Image © Paul Rands			ACT Border: Crossing from NSW into the ACT. July 2006. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign - the first on the NSW border side of the NSW-ACT border at Wallaroo, looking northwest, July 2006. Image © Paul Rands

* Information courtesy of the Roads & Traffic Authority
** Information courtesy of the publication "The Roadmakers" produced by the DMR
*** Information courtesy of Sam Laybutt

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