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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Highway 15 (New England Highway (Branxton to
Singleton)
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 Branxton
and Singleton, which varies from divided highway standard
to arterial road standard to rural highway and urban
roadway.
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AD
Sign for Golden Highway
Looking East at
Whittingham, this sign is for the approaching terminus
of the Golden Highway (SR 84). September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
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Golden
Highway Intersection
Looking east at Whittingham near Singleton
at the turn-off to the Golden Highway (SR84). Taken
from the forecourt of the Mobil service station, September
2005.
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Paul Rands |
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Golden
Highway Intersection
Looking east at Whittingham near Singleton
at the turn-off to the Golden Highway (SR84). September
2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Golden
Highway Intersection
Looking east at Whittingham near Singleton
at the turn-off to the Golden Highway (SR84). September
2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Golden
Highway Intersection
Looking west at Whittingham near Singleton
at the turn-off to the Golden Highway (SR84). September
2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Looking
east at Belford
Eastbound at Belford before the commencement of dual
carriageways. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Westbound
at Belford
Looking west just before the end of the dual carriageways.
September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Looking
east at Belford
Looking along the highway at Belford as you head towards
the coast. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
Dual Carriageways Belford
Looking East as the dual carriageways (built in the
1990s) head towards Maitland and the coast. September
2005.
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Westbound
at Belford
Heading west just before the road continues to Singleton
as single carriageway. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Westbound
at Belford
AD sign for the East Belford turn-off, as you go west
along the highway at Belford. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Safe-T-Cam
Eastbound
Belford Safe-T-Cam under renovation, September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Safe-T-Cam
Sign
Standard sign indicating what a Safe-T-Cam is. This
one is westbound at Belford. September 2005.
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Typical
Highway Scene at Belford
Typical view as you head east through Belford on the
dual carriageways. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Typical
Highway Scene at Belford
Typical view as you head east through Belford on the
dual carriageways. Approaching the eastern end of the
divided section of road, September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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End
of Dual Carriageway
Just before the return of single carriageway conditions
near Belford. September 2005.
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Easternmost
single carriageway at Belford
Return of single carriageway conditions near Belford.
September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Westbound
at Belford
The end of single carriageway conditions for a few kilometres,
heading west at Belford. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
approach to Branxton
Highway approach at Branxton, September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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F3
Freeway Signage, Branxton
Eastbound not far from the signalised SR82 intersection
is this sign telling motorists about the F3 freeway.
It's used to try and keep people using a short cut of
local roads (albeit state routes) through Cessnock.
September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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