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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Route 24 (Mid Western Highway)
Located in Country NSW, the Mid-Western Highway is the most direct route between Sydney and Adelaide and consists of mainly two-lane bitumen rural highway standard.
Passing through historic farming country, towns along the route include Blayney, Carcoar, Mandurama, Cowra, Grenfell, West Wyalong, Rankin Springs, Goolgowi and Hay.
The route's eastern terminus is at the corner of Great Western Highway, Mitchell Highway and Brilliant Street in Bathurst. NR24's western terminus is the junction with the Cobb Highway (NR75) at Hay. The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority's internal maintenance classfication for the Mid Western Highway is State Highway 6.
Significant Events:
- 1928: The Mid Western Highway was proclaimed
- December 1929: Route was re-routed between Goolgowi and Balranald
- October 1933: Highway truncated at Hay
- 1940-41: Initial Carcoar Deviation
- December 1966: Full bituminous sealing completed
- 1975: Second Carcoar Deviation
- January 1993: Newell Hwy duplex reclassified as State Highway 17
- February 1995: Newell Hwy intersection at Marsden reconstructed to favour north-south Newell Hwy traffic
- June 2003: Kings Plains Deviation
- Feb 2006: Construction of a new bridge over Coombing Creek, Carcoar.
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516 km |
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| Information courtesy of Wikipedia, NSW RTA, Michael Greenslade and Sam Laybut (Ozroads) |
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Belubula River
Traveling southwest at Blayney, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Guyon Road Junction
Heading southwest at Blayney, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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AD Sign
Council designed AD sign for local saleyards and industrial area. Looking southwest at Blayney, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Blayney Town Centre
Looking down the main street of Blayney (Adelaide Street), February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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AD Sign
Badly coverplated AD sign approaching Hobby's Yards Road at Blayney, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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ID Sign
Sign assembly on the corner of Adelaide Street and Hooby's Yards Road in Blayney, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Distance Sign
RD sign on the edge of Blayney as you head southwest, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Unusual Warning Sign
Oddly designed warning sign for the intersection of the Mid Western Highway and Errowanbang Road at Carcoar, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Coombing Creek, Carcoar
Constructed February 2006, heading southwest, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Entering Mandurama
Heading southwest into Mandurama, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Entering Mandurama
Heading southwest into Mandurama, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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ID Sign Assembly
Nice cluster of fingerboards on the corner of Mid Western Highway and Mandurama Road, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Black Sign
Heading southwest at Mandurama approaching Silver Street, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Black Sign
Heading southwest at Mandurama at Silver Street, February 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
