Barrier Highway
Barrier Highway Yunta | ||
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Coordinates | ||
General information | ||
Type | Highway | |
Length | 1,012 km (629 mi) Gazetted August 1928 (NSW, as Main Road 8)[2] | |
Route number(s) | A32 (1998/2013–present) | |
Former route number | National Route 32 (1955–1998/2013) | |
Major junctions | ||
West end | Horrocks Highway Giles Corner, South Australia | |
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East end | Cobar | |
Highway system | ||
Barrier Highway is a highway in South Australia[4] and New South Wales, and is designated part of route A32. The name of the highway is derived from the Barrier Ranges, an area of moderately high ground in the far west of New South Wales, through which the highway traverses.
Route
Barrier Highway branches off
History
The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924[5] through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board, later the Department of Main Roads, and now Transport for NSW. Barrier Highway was declared (as Main Road No. 8) on 8 August 1928, from the intersection with North-Western Highway (today Mitchell Highway) in Nyngan, via Cobar, Willcannia, and Broken Hill, to the border with South Australia;[2] with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929[6] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to State Highway 8 in April 1929.
The highway was fully sealed in October 1972.[7]
The passing of the Roads Act of 1993[8] through the Parliament of New South Wales, updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Barrier Highway today retains its declaration as Highway 8, from Nyngan to the state border with South Australia.[9]
Barrier Highway was signed as National Route 32 across its entire length in 1955. With both states' conversion to their newer alphanumeric systems in 1998 and 2013, its former route number was updated to A32 for the highway within South Australia in 1998, and within New South Wales in 2013.[10]
Major intersections
State | LGA[11] | Location[1][12] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Clare and Gilbert Valleys | Giles Corner | 0 | 0.0 | Horrocks Highway (B82) – Tarlee, Auburn | Western terminus of highway and route A32 | |
Eudunda | Concurrency with route B84 | |||||
18.3 | 11.4 | Saddleworth Road (B84 west) – Auburn, Port Wakefield | ||||
Farrell Flat, Clare | ||||||
Burra | 71.6 | 44.5 | Goyder Highway (B64 east) – Morgan, Waikerie | Concurrency with route B64 | ||
78.4 | 48.7 | Goyder Highway (B64 west) – Spalding, Crystal Brook | ||||
Hallett | 102 | 63 | Wilkins Highway (B78 west) – Jamestown Jessie Street (east) – Hallett | |||
Port Augusta | ||||||
157 | 98 | Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line | ||||
Pastoral Unincorporated Area | Yunta | 227 | 141 | Yunta–Waukaringa Road – Waukaringa | ||
Bindarrah | 339 | 211 | Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line | |||
Cockburn | 373 | 232 | ||||
State border | 377 | 234 | South Australia – New South Wales border | |||
Broken Hill | Roundabout | |||||
425 | 264 | Broken Hill | ||||
426 | 265 | Broken Hill | ||||
427 | 265 | Menindee Road – Menindee | ||||
Wilcannia | 620 | 390 | White Cliffs Road – White Cliffs | |||
621 | 386 | West Wilcannia Road (west) – | ||||
Darling River | 622 | 386 | Bridge over river | |||
Central Darling | Wilcannia | 641 | 398 | Echuca | ||
Cobar | 882 | 548 | Kidman Way (B87 north) – Bourke | Concurrency with route B87 | ||
883 | 549 | Kidman Way (B87 south) – Hillston, Griffith | ||||
Bogan | Hermidale | 947 | 588 | Cobar railway line | ||
966 | 600 | Hermidale–Nymagee Road – Nymagee | ||||
Nyngan | 1,011 | 628 | Cobar railway line | |||
1,012 | 629 | Dubbo, Bathurst | Eastern terminus of highway Route A32 continues southwest along Mitchell Highway | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Highways in Australia
- List of highways in New South Wales
- List of highways in South Australia
References
- ^ a b c Google (18 June 2022). "Barrier Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Barrier Highway (SA) Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, South Australia Central. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
- ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. Archived 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929
- Main RoadsDecember 1972 pages 34-40
- ^ State of New South Wales, An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes. Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
- ^ Transport for NSW (August 2022). "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.