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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Highway 15 (New England Highway (Singleton
to Muswellbrook)
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 Singleton
and Muswellbrook, which varies from arterial road standard
to rural highway.
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Eastbound
from Muswellbrook
East of the town of Muswellbrook, fairly typcial scenery
until you hit the powerstations. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
from Muswellbrook
East of the town of Muswellbrook, fairly typcial scenery
until you hit the powerstations. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Muswellbrook
By-Pass Approach
Heading east near the intersection with the Muswellbrook
By-Pass. Note the widening works, September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Muswellbrook
By-Pass Approach
Eastbound from Muswellbrook, September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Muswellbrook
By-Pass Intersection
Old black signage on the corner of the New England Higway
and Muswellbrook By-Pass, east of Muswellbrook. September
2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Black
Directional Sign
Black directional sign with newer sign on top. Found
on the corner of New England Highway and the Muswellbrook
Bypass heading West.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
near Lake Lidell
Typical single carriageway past Lake Lidell and the
powerstations. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Old
black signage
Eastbound near Lake Lidell is this nice old non-reflective
black sign with brown tourist section. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Lake
Lidell Turnoff
East of Muswellbrook, is the turn off to Lake Lidell
which from my understanding is used for generating power
at the nearby powerstation. September 2005.
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Keep
Left Unless Overtaking Sign
Typical regulatory sign with penalty placard attached.
The penalty signs came about in the 1990s to try and
address right lane hogs on multi-laned roads. September
2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Typical
Roadway near Lake Lidell
General photo of the road and surrounds near Lake Lidell
Powerstation. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Typical
Roadway near Lake Lidell
General photo of the road and surrounds near Lake Lidell
Powerstation (in background). September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Typical
Scene near Bayswater Powerstation
Further east from Muswellbrook this time, near the Bayswater
Powerstation, this is a typical roadway scene for this
area, complete with old non-reflective black signage
from the 1970s.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Old
black diagrammatic sign
Eastbound near Bayswater Powerstaion is this fantastic
black sign. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Looking
East to Bayswater Powerstation
Eastbound on NH15 near the powerstations outside of
Muswellbrook. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit
Ramp to Bayswater Powerstation
Grade separated interchanges and room for dual carriageway
expansion abound in the Bayswater Powerstation area.
This is eastbound, September 2005.
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Exit
Ramp to Bayswater Powerstation
Old black sign and also rare spiral corner warning sign.
Bayswater Powerstation area along NH15, eastbound September
2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Old
Black AD Sign
Black directional sign with lower half removed. Found
on the New England Highway near the powerstations outside
Muswellbrook, heading West.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Black
Exit Stack Sign
Old black directional / exit stack sign. Found on the
New England Highway near Muswellbrook, heading West.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
at Ravensworth
Looking east we find this old tourism sign, September
2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
at Ravensworth
Typical Ravensworth area road scene. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
at Ravensworth
Typical Ravensworth area road scene. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
at Ravensworth
With colliery in the background, this is a typical scene
for the area. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
outside of Singleton
Looking towards the coast a few minutes west of Singleton.
September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Black
Distance Sign
Quite an old black distance sign. Found on the New England
Highway near Singleton, heading West.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Black
Directional Sign Singleton
Black directional sign with older tourist sign on top.
Found on the corner of New England Highway and Bridgman
Road heading West, Singleton.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
over the river at Singleton
Crossing the Hunter River, September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
through Singleton
Corner of Campbell, Cambridge and New England Highway.
September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
through Singleton
Looking towards Maitland and Newcastle through the CBD
of Singleton. September 2005.
Image © Paul Rands |
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