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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Highway 31 (Hume Highway) (Holbrook
to Albury)
The Hume Highway (also known as the Hume Freeway in
Victoria) is one of the most important roads in Australia,
the shortest route linking the country's two largest
cities - Sydney and Melbourne.
At the Sydney end of the Hume Highway, the last 10
km of road is also known as Liverpool Road, before it
terminates at an intersection with Parramatta Road,
in Summer Hill. At the Melbourne end, about 27 km north
of Melbourne at the suburb of Craigieburn, the Craigieburn
Bypass diverts the Hume Freeway (and the M31 designation)
off to the east of the original highway to terminate
with the Western and Metropolitan Ring Roads (M80) roughly
15 km north of Melbourne, which allows traffic to travel
from Geelong, Pakenham or suburban Melbourne non-stop
to Albury. The original alignment of the Hume Highway
is Sydney Road, which runs straight south into the heart
of Melbourne's CBD, bearing metropolitan route 55.
The Hume Highway travels through the states of New
South Wales and Victoria and got its name in the 1920s
during a nationwide highway naming scheme. Before this,
the road was known as the "Great Southern Road" in New
South Wales and "Sydney Road" in Victoria. In 1914 the
highway was declared a main road. The road was named
in 1929 after Hamilton Hume, a famous explorer in the
early 19th century who in conjunction with William Hovell
first found an overland route between Sydney and the
infant colonial outpost of Port Phillip, the original
name of Melbourne.
Over 80% is dual carriageway or motorway standard.
The principal towns through which it passes are Liverpool,
Campbelltown, Camden, Picton, Mittagong, Goulburn, Yass,
Gundagai, Holbrook and Albury in New South Wales; and
Wodonga, Wangaratta, Glenrowan, Benalla, Euroa, Seymour
and Wallan in Victoria.
The route forms the Remembrance Driveway which honours
war veterans, click
here for the Remembrance Driveway web site.
| Length
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567 km |
| Length
(VIC): |
291
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Distance
Sign
Southbound sign indicating distances. July
2006 at Lavington.
Image © Rob Tilley
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ID
Sign with white NH sheild
Incorrect white coloured National Highway
sheild (should be gold) on this ID sign facing traffic
from Urana Road at Lavington, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Northbound
at Lavington
Hume Highway as you approach both Union Road
and Urana Road. July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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ID
Sign
Directional sign facing
eastbound traffic on in Urana Road Lavington. July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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ID
Sign
Directional signage on the intersection with
Mate Street, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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ID
Sign
Directional signage on the intersection with
Mate Street, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Distance
Sign
Southbound sign indicating distances. July 2006 at North Albury.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Guide
Sign
Sign indicating through
traffic to the Albury CBD and onto Melbourne, southbound
at North Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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AD
Sign
Eastbound advance directional
sign as you approach the North & Mate Streets intersection
at North Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Looking
East at North Albury
Eastbound on North Street
towards the bridge over main Sydney-Melbourne railway,
July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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AD
Sign
Westbound on North Street (Hume Hwy) at Albury
as you approach the hard left with Young Street, July
2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Young
Street Intersection
Looking west as the
highway turns from North Street onto Young Street, July
2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Black
ID Sign
Black directional sign
from the 70s or 80s on the corner of North & Young Streets,
Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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AD
Sign
Northbound on Young Street (Hume Hwy) at Albury
as you approach the right turn with North Street, July
2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Sign
Goof
Recent ID sign in all
caps on the corner of Young St & Guinea St, Albury,
July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Directional
Sign
ID sign located on the junction Young St & Guinea
St, Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Sign Goof
Advance directional
sign looking like its from the 1960s when in reailty
it's probably less than 10 years old, westbound on the
Riverina Hwy (Guinea St) as its about to commence its
duplex with the Hume Hwy (which should also be shown
on the sign but isn't).
Image © Rob
Tilley
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Advance
Directional Sign
Northbound AD sign as you approach the Riverina
Highway turn off, this is the northern extremity of the
NR58 duplex through Albury. Young Street, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Directional
Sign
Eastbound facing ID
sign on the corner of Young & Dean Streets, Albury, July
2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Distance
Sign
Eastbound RD signage near Kiewa Street,
Albury (after the Riverina Hwy junction), July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Advance
Directional Sign
Westbound sign gantry
located on Hume Street (Hume Hwy) at South Albury as
you approach the southern extremity of the NR58 duplex,
July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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ID
Signage
Sign assembly located on the corner of Hume Street
(NH31) & Wodonga Place (NR58) at South Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Advance
Directional Sign
Sign on the Riverina Highway (Wodonga Place)
as you approach the Hume Highway junction (Hume Street)
and the southern end of the NR58 duplex with NH31, July
2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Intersection
Directional Sign
ID sign facing eastbound traffic from Hume Street
(non NH31 section) at South Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Sign
Assembly
Signs on the corner of Wodonga Place (NR58) and
Hume Street (NH31) at South Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Northbound
AD Sign
Directional sign on
Wodonga Place approaching the right turn continuation
of the Hume Highway and the junction with the Riverina
Highway at South Albury, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Northbound
AD Sign
Directional sign on Wodonga Place approaching
the right turn continuation of the Hume Highway and the
junction with the Riverina Highway at South Albury, July
2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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Black
Directional Signage
1970s AD sign approaching
Ebden Street at South Albury, outside Australia Park.
Northbound, July 2006.
Image © Rob
Tilley
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New
South Wales - Victoria Border
Looking southwest from
Wodonga Place at South Albury over the Murray River into
Victoria, July 2006. When heading into Victroria, the
highway changes from National Highway 31 to National
Highway M31.
Image © Rob Tilley
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New
South Wales - Victoria Border
Looking northeast from the Lincoln Causeway at Wodonga over the Murray
River into New South Wales, July 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
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