Newell Highway

Newell Highway
Proposed to replace [1]
Length	1062 km (660 mi)
General direction	North-South
From	Leichhardt Highway, Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border
via	Moree, Narrabri, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Dubbo, West Wyalong, Narrandera, Finley
To	Goulburn Valley Highway, Tocumwal, New South Wales NSW/Vic Border
Allocation	Narrabri - Narrabri West: (duplex with ) Coonabarabran - Gilgandra: (duplex with ) Marsden - West Wyalong: (duplex with ) Mirrool - Ardlethan: (duplex with )
Major junctions	Barwon Highway Cunningham Highway Bruxner Highway Carnarvon Highway Gwydir Highway Kamilaroi Highway Oxley Highway Castlereagh Highway Oxley Highway Golden Highway Mitchell Highway Escort Way Lachlan Valley Way Henry Lawson Way Mid-Western Highway Goldfields Way Mid-Western Highway Burley Griffin Way Irrigation Way Sturt Highway Kidman Way Riverina Highway

Junction of Newell and Oxley Highways, just east of Coonabarabran, looking westward.

National Route 39, the Newell Highway, in New South Wales, just south of West Wyalong, looking south.

The Newell Highway is the longest highway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs parallel to the eastern coast about 400 kilometres inland, and is the main inland direct road link from Victoria to Queensland, bypassing the more congested coastal areas of New South Wales. It runs through Boggabilla, Moree, Narrabri, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Dubbo, Parkes, Forbes, West Wyalong, Narrandera and Jerilderie. Unlike most highways in New South Wales, which are named after early explorers, the Newell Highway is named after the head of the Government Main Roads Department in the 1930s.

The highway crosses the New South Wales/Victoria border at the Murray River and continues south through Victoria as the Goulburn Valley Highway.

See also

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

References

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