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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Highway 15 (New England Highway (Bendemeer
to Armidale)
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 Bendemeer
and Armidale. The alignment is rural highway standard
and also 'limited' access roadway (albeit with direct
driveway access to properties, even though there are
signs designating it's limited access / motorway classification).
This section passes through towns such as Bendemeer,
Uralla, and Kentucky.
Click
here for the former alignment through the Uralla
area.
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New
England Highway approaching Bendemeer
Southbound on the
New England Highway a few kilometres North of Bendemeer.
This photo is typical of the road conditions in this
area, as you move closer to driving down the range into
the Tamworth area.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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New
England Highway in the Black Mountain Area
Near the Eucalyptus
and Lavender plantation called Banalasta, the New England
Highway is located in a hilly area with nice scenery.
Here is the Southbound
approach to a Truck Parking Area.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Southbound
RD Sign
Distance sign as you head south from Uralla, 2005.
Image © Rob
Tilley |
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Tourism
Sign, Uralla
Photo of a typical
tourism sign, southbound on the New England Highway
at Uralla. Thunderbolt was a well known bushranger
in the area. September 2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Directional
Sign Uralla
Taken from Thunderbolts Way, this sign is on the corner
of Hill Street and the highway. September 2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Directional
Sign Uralla
Taken from Thunderbolts Way, this sign is on the corner
of Hill Street and the highway. September 2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Walcha
Road Uralla
This photo is northbound
on the corner of Bridge Street (NH15) and Walcha Road
at Uralla. September 2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Bridge
Street Uralla Approacing Walcha Road
Southbound signage
for Walcha Road at Uralla. September 2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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New
England Highway at Uralla
Bridge Street Uralla
(New England Highway - NH 15), Northbound.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Bridge
Street Uralla
Northbound on the New England Highway as passes through
the town of Uralla. September 2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Bridge
Street Uralla
Bridge Street Uralla (New England Highway - NH 15),
Southbound.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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New
England Highway Uralla
This photo shows the Barleyfields deviation as it travels
into Uralla from Armidale. September 2005.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Uralla
Southbound Approach
The view of Uralla
as you enter from Armidale. Note the 50 km/h streets
sign in the background - it's unique to NSW. September
2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Distance
Sign Uralla Northbound
This sign is about 1 km from the town centre
of Uralla as you head north towards Armidale.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Rest
Sign
In many country areas, you'll find these signs not far
from town to urge motorists to have a break from driving
in the next town. This one is southbound, just north
of Uralla on the New England Highway. September 2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Macleay
River Catchment
Northbound near Kentucky, you see this sign denoting
the 'sensitive' nature of the area as run off can flow
to the Macleay River. September 2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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New
England Highway Kentucky
This image is of the New England Highway (NH15) travelling
northbound approaching Kentucky. This is pretty typical
of large sections of the New England Highway.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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New
England Highway at Kentucky
This image is of the New England Highway (NH15) travelling
Southbound approaching Kentucky Creek at Kentucky. This
is pretty typical of large sections of the New England
Highway.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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Saumarez
Creek Kentucky
Northbound on NH 15 near Kentucky. September 2004.
Image ©
Paul Rands |
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