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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Highway 15 (New England Highway (Hexham to
Maitland)
Proclaimed a
State Highway on 8th August
1928, the New England Highway starts in NSW at
Hexham, 15km West of Newcastle and heads north-west
entering the Hunter Valley region, eventually climbing
into the Great Dividing Range to the coal mining areas
of Muswellbrook. From there the highway heads North
into Tamworth and climbs again into the New England
Region, bypassing Armidale, across the ridge tops to
Glen Innes, Tenterfield and eventually the QLD border
at Wallangarra, it then heads into the fruit and agricultural
districts of Stanthorpe and North again to Warwick.
After heading North from the Cunningham
Hwy turnoff, the New England Hwy changes shields to
NR42 passing through the beef and wool farming areas
to Toowoomba. Heading North from Toowoomba, the highway
passes through lush green dairying pastures and thick
vegetation up into Crows Nest, stopping at the D'Aguilar
Highway at Yarraman.
This section concentrates on the area between Hexham
and Maitland, which varies from divided highway standard
to arterial road standard around the Maitland area.
The Hexham Interchange, located in Hexham, 14km north-west
of Newcastle, is the junction of the Pacific and New
England Highways. The section from Hexham to Beresfield
(the 4 km section to the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway)
is actually National Route 1, however it's included
here as it used to be National Highway 15 and is signed
as both through that section of road.
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Advance
Directional Sign at Tarro Interchange
Signage at the split for eastbound and westbound
New England Highway.
Image ©
Paul Robinson |
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Distance Sign
Westbound RD sign at Weakleys Flat, after the John Renshaw Drive interchange, March 2007.
Images © Paul Rands |
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Crossing Weakleys Flat
Westbound at Weakleys Flat, March 2007.
Images © Paul Rands |
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Upgrade signage at Weakleys Flat
Information sign westbound at Weakleys Flat for interchange construction at the Weakleys Drive intersection, March 2007.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Anderson Drive Intersection
Westbound through the Anderson Drive junction at Weakleys Flat, March 2007.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Advance Directional Sign
AD sign approaching Weakleys Drive at Beresfield. Note the unusual red warning panel. March 2007.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Weakley's
Drive & New England Highway Beresfield
The intersection that links the New England
Highway with the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway at Beresfield.
October 2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Upgrade signage at Beresfield
Information sign eastbound at Beresfield for interchange construction at the Weakleys Drive intersection, March 2007.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Thornton
Road Intersection
Corner of New England Highway and Thornton
Road at Beresfield. October 2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Thornton
Road Intersection
Corner of New England Highway and Thornton
Road at Beresfield. October 2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Westbound
at Ashtonfield
Looking at the westbound carriageway between
Thornton Road and Avalon Drive at Ashtonfield. October
2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Directional
Sign for Avalon Drive
Heading into Maitland at Ashtonfield. October
2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Four
Mile Creek Road Intersection
Looking northwest at Metford at the Four Mile
Creek Road intersection. October 2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Looking
northwest at Metford
Looking towards Maitland at Metford. October
2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Light
Up Warning Sign
Light up ambulance warning sign. The sign lights up
when ambulances are leaving their building. Found on
the corner of New England Highway heading West in one
of the suburbs of Maitland.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Black ID Signs
Collection of black directional sign facing southbound traffic on the corner of High Street and the New England Highway at East Maitland. March 2007.
Image © Paul Rands |
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