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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
State Route 88 (Wollongong to Picton)
State Route 88 is a major coal hauling route that runs
east-west between the coast at Wollongong and coal mines
in the Picton area. It's an extremely high quality crossing
of the Illawarra Escarpment, which in some locations
is almost freeway standard.
State Route 88 was introudced in 1974.
The eastern terminus of SR88 is located
at the junction of the Princes Highway, the Northern
Distributor & the Old Princes Highway at North Wollongong.
At the western end, the terminus is Rememberance Driveway
(the Old Hume Hwy) & Menangle Street at Picton.
The route uses these roads: Menangle Street, Picton
Road, Mount Ousley Road and the Old Princes Highway.
Click here for the former alignment through the Wilton town centre.
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Eastbound
at Fairy Meadow
Approaching the Princes
Highway on Mt Ousley Road, April 2006. This junction was
once signalised.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
at Fairy Meadow
Typical suburban road scene
at Fairy Meadow on Mt Ousley Road, the traffic island and
roundabout would have been added in the last few years,
as this road was originally a simple undivided road that
carried most traffic into the area before the introduction
of the F6 Freeway. Image taken April 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound
at Mount Ousley
Typical scene along on
Mt Ousley Road through the suburb of Mt Ousley, April 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Variable
Message Sign
VMS dedicated to warning motorists of their speed. This
is used because traffic descending the Illawarra Escarpment
via Mt Ousley Road (NR1 section) can be travelling at
quite high speeds because the steep grade downhill. When
this photo was taken in April 2006, the sign picked up
my car travelling at about 63 km/h.
Image © Paul Rands |
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NR1
/ SR88 Split
Before the connection to the F6 Freeway, all Mt Ousley
Road traffic travelled along this section of road. The
landscaping in the area was upgraded a few years ago
by Wollongong City Council, and improvements have been
made in recent years to a very dangerous junction connecting
to a road that has quite high speed traffic after a steep
decent. April 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Mt
Ousley Road & Picton Road Interchange
Nortbound on Mt Ousley Road (NR1) as you pass
through the Picton Road interchange, January 2006.
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Paul Rands |
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RD
Sign
Distance sign at Mt Keira near the Mount Ousley
Road junction. January 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Typical
Conditions
Heading northwest at Mount Keira, January 2006.
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AD
Sign
Advance directional sign as you approach the
intersection with Mount Keira Road, January 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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RD Sign
Distance sign at Mt Keira near the Mount
Keira Road junction as you head northwest. January
2006.
Image © Paul Rands
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Typical
Conditions
Typical roadway and scenery in the Cordeaux Colliery
region, January 2006.
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Approaching
Cordeaux Colliery Intersection
Signage for the turn into the Cordeaux Colliery, January
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Advance
Directional Sign
AD sign as you travel northwest through the Cordeaux
Area. January 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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RD Sign
Distance sign in the Cordeaux area near the
junction to Cordeaux Dam, as you head northwest. January
2006.
Image © Paul Rands
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Typical
Conditions
Average roadway conditions as you pass through the Lake
Cataract area. January 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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50
km/h Streets Sign
Entering the Wollondilly shire, you see this sign as
you head northwest along SR88 near Lake Cataract, January
2006.
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Concrete
Roadway at Wilton
Northwest bound through the Wilton area, January
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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AD
Signage
Advance directional signage as you approach the eastern
most Wilton intersection (Macarthur Drive (Old Wilton
- Picton Road)) January 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Macarthur
Drive Intersection
The eastern most Wilton intersection (Macarthur Drive
(Old Wilton - Picton Road)) January 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Northwest
through Wilton
Typical road conditions on the Wilton By-Pass, January
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Allans
Creek
Heading northwest over Allans Creek at Wilton, January
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Floodplain
Crossing
A continuation of the Allans Creek bridge, this section
of roadway crosses a flood prone area and has been eleveated
as a result. January 2006.
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Hume
Highway Signage
Looking towards Picton at Wilton as you approach the
Hume Highway (NH31) interchange, January 2006. Note
the incorrect sheild on the sign. This sign is a replacement
of an older freeway green sign, which was correct.
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Advance Directional
Sign to Freeway
This is sign explaining lane allocations at the Hume
Highway interchange, January 2006.
Image © Paul Rands
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ID
Sign
Signage for the southbound on ramp to the Hume Highway
at Wilton, January 2006. Note the incorrect sheild.
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Hume Highway Interchange
Looking southeast at Wilton at the NH31 interchange. October 2006.
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Hume Highway Interchange
Looking southeast at Wilton at the NH31 interchange. October 2006.
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Hume Highway Interchange
Looking southeast at Wilton at the NH31 interchange. October 2006. Note the old style Keep Left sign.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Advance Directional Sign
Diagrammatic AD sign, heading southeast just before the interchange of Wilton Road / Hume Highway at Wilton. October 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Supplementary AD Sign
Sign denoting the interchange with the NH31 Freeway / Hume Highway is 1 km ahead. This is a remake of a much older style sign. October 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Nepean River
Heading southeast over the Nepean River near Wilton. October 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Main Southern Railway
Heading southeast over the main southern railway, with the Nepean River bridge in the distance. Razorback, October 2006.
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Distance Sign
Small RD sign after the intersection with Menangle Road at Razorback, heading southeast. October 2006.
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