Barton Highway

Barton Highway
Intersection of the Federal Highway, Barton Highway and Northbourne Avenue
Length	52 km (32 mi)
Direction	North-South
From	Hume Highway, Yass, New South Wales
via	Murrumbateman
To	Federal Highway, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Major junctions	for full list see major intersections

The Barton Highway^[1] is a short highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The Barton Highway connects Canberra to the Hume Highway at Yass, and it is part of the route from Melbourne to Canberra. It is named after Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia.

At Yass, it forms a multilevel junction with Hume Highway, which bypasses Yass. The old bypassed Hume Highway section is now named Yass Valley Way. The Barton Highway passes through farmlands and the town of Murrumbateman. With the commuting population between Canberra and Yass on the increase, the highway is planned to be upgraded to dual-carriageway with bypasses. The 2007/08 budget provides $20 million to plan the upgrade to dual-carriageways on the Barton Highway. Duplication construction is expected to commence by the 2009/2010 Budget and be completed by 2012. Coming up to the 2007 Election, $264 million has been promised by the Coalition Government, while Labor commits to $20 million, just for overtaking lanes. It is proposed that the whole Barton Highway will be a 33 kilometre freeway by 2016.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, the Barton Highway was noted as the worst highway on the Auslink network in New South Wales. [1]

Major intersections and towns

Barton Highway
Northbound	Distance to Melbourne (km)	Distance to Canberra (km)	Southbound
End Barton Highway continues as Hume Highway to Gundagai / Melbourne / Adelaide	608	56	Start Barton Highway from Hume Highway
Goulburn, Sydney Hume Highway
Yass Yass Valley Way	612	52	Yass Yass Valley Way
Murrumbateman	626	38	Murrumbateman
Gundaroo, Bungendore Murrumbateman Road			Gundaroo, Bungendore Murrumbateman Road
NEW SOUTH WALES STATE BORDER AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Hall Victoria Street	648	16	Hall Victoria Street
Hall Victoria Street	651	13	Hall Victoria Street
continues as	651.5	12.5	Fraser, Belconnen Kuringa Drive
Fraser, Belconnen Kuringa Drive			duplexes with
Gungahlin Gundaroo Drive Belconnen William Slim Drive	654	10	Gungahlin Gundaroo Drive Belconnen William Slim Drive
Gungahlin Gunghalin Drive	657.5	6.5	Gungahlin Gunghalin Drive
Belconnen, Woden Gunghalin Drive	657.7	6.3	Belconnen, Woden Gunghalin Drive
Start Barton Highway	660	4	End Barton Highway
Traffic Lights (clockwise from highway) Federal Highway to Watson, Goulburn and Sydney Northbourne Avenue to Canberra City Centre, Queanbeyan and Cooma

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in New South Wales

References

External links

• It's official: Barton Highway is NSW's worst, Yass Tribune
• Alby safe, Hume now marginal, Yass Tribune
• Barton planning progress
• Money, money, money! Funds flow for Barton Highway
• Addressing Barton Highway safety
• Your say: The Barton Highway upgrade
• Labor commits $20m to improving Barton Highway

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