Olympic Highway

Coordinates: 34°52′12″S 147°32′40″E / 34.87000°S 147.54444°E / -34.87000; 147.54444
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For the Olympic Highway in the U.S. state of Washington, see U.S. Route 101 in Washington.
For the Highway in the South Korea, see
88 Olympic Expressway
.

Olympic Highway

Cowra, New South Wales
 
Southwest end
Culcairn

Olympic Highway is a 317-kilometre (197 mi) rural

Cowra as well as servicing Wagga Wagga, linking with Sturt Highway
.

Route

Olympic Highway runs generally north–south, roughly aligned to sections of the Sydney–Melbourne and the Blayney–Demondrille railway lines. A 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) section through Wagga Wagga is a four-lane divided urban road where it is concurrent with Sturt Highway.[4] Olympic Highway approximately parallels Hume Highway to the east and Newell Highway to the west, sharing a short concurrency with Sturt Highway in Wagga Wagga.[4] It is mostly single carriageway and also includes wider sections within urban areas and some passing lanes. Where the road passes through suburban areas it accommodates both parking and pedestrian needs of the town shopping centre and highway through traffic.

At its northern terminus in Cowra, Olympic Highway meets Mid-Western Highway, along which route A41 continues east to Bathurst, and west as route B64 to

trumpet interchange with Hume Highway located 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Albury at Table Top.[4][5]

The only major river crossing is the

Hampden Bridge, a wooden Allan Truss bridge that was opened in 1895 and eventually demolished in 2014.[7]

History

The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924

Wagga Wagga,[2] Main Road No. 239 was declared from Young to Wombat (and continuing southwards to Murrumburrah, and northwards to Grenfell),[2] and Main Road No. 243 was declared from Junee to Wallendbeen (and continuing westwards via Coolamon and Grong Grong to Narrandera, and continuing eastwards via Harden to Bowning),[2] on the same day, 8 August 1928. With the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929[9]
to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Trunk Road 57 and Main Roads 210 and 239 and 243 on 8 April 1929.

The

Cowra via Young, Wombat, Wallandbeen and Cootamundra to Junee (the southern end of Main Road 239 was truncated to meet Trunk Road 78 at Young),[3] on the same day, 29 June 1938; Trunk Road 78 was later extended a short distance west past Junee to the intersection with Trunk Road 57 south of Old Junee on 17 May 1939.[11]

Trunk Road 78 was extended further south via Wagga Wagga, Henty and Culcairn to the intersection with

Olympic Torch took on its journey from Cowra to Albury for the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. The southern end of Olympic Way was re-aligned on 1 July 1988, to run from Gerogery directly south to terminate at the current-day intersection with Hume Highway roughly 10 km north of its previous terminus at Ettamogah (the former alignment is now known as Gerogery Road).[13]

The passing of the Roads Act of 1993[14] through the Parliament of New South Wales updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Olympic Way was renamed Olympic Highway in 1996,[5] and the route between Wagga Wagga and Cowra was used again for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games torch relay. Olympic Highway today retains its declaration as Main Road 78,[15] but despite its name, the road is not an official highway as classified by Transport for NSW, and is considered a rural road.[4]

Olympic Highway was signed National Route 41 across its entire length in 1974. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in both states in 2013, this was replaced with route A41.[16]

Major intersections

LGALocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Canowindra
Northern terminus of highway, route A41 continues east along Mid-Western Highway
Koorawatha
Young67.341.8 Iandra Avenue, to Henry Lawson Way – Grenfell, Forbes, Young Airport
69.142.9Lovell Street, to Murringo Road (east) –
Boorowa
Boorowa Street (west) – Young
Roundabout
Murrumburrah, Harden
Wallendbeen
91.156.6 Burley Griffin Way (B94) – Harden, Yass, Temora, GriffithRoundabout
Gundagai
171.1106.3Broadway Street, to Junee–Coolamon Road – Coolamon, TemoraRoundabout
172107Kemp Street, to Junee–Harefield Road – Harefield
West Wyalong
Ardlethan
Roundabout
Murrumbidgee River211131Gobbagombalin Bridge
Wagga WaggaWagga Wagga213132
Gundagai
Concurrency with Sturt Highway
215134 Sturt Highway (A20 west) –
Narrandera
Mangoplah
Culcairn
288.1179.0Balfour Street (west), to Walbundrie Road –
Culcairn
Roundabout
Burrumbuttock
trumpet interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Gallery

  • Olympic Highway, route A41, links Albury to Cowra
    Olympic Highway, route A41, links Albury to Cowra

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Google (22 August 2022). "Olympic Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b c "Main Roads Act, 1924-1937". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 102. National Library of Australia. 8 July 1938. p. 2594. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-921766-92-3. Retrieved 2 April 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )
  5. ^ a b "Olympic Highway National Route 41". Ozroads. Retrieved 25 May 2008.[self-published source]
  6. ^ "Wagga's Gobbagombalin bridge proves its worth". The Daily Advertiser. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. ^ Owen, Brodie (20 August 2014). "Hampden Bridge erased from Wagga's landscape". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1937". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 58. National Library of Australia. 14 April 1938. pp. 1525–6. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1938". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 80. National Library of Australia. 26 May 1939. p. 2726. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1960". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 60. National Library of Australia. 5 July 1963. p. 1910. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  13. ^ "State Roads Act 1986". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 1 July 1988. p. 3580. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  14. ^ 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
  15. ^ Transport for NSW (August 2022). "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  16. Roads & Maritime Services. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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