Golden Highway
Highway in New South Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the route in Ontario, see List of Ontario Tourist Routes. For the route in Gauteng, South Africa, see R553 (South Africa).
Golden Highway (also known as Mitchells Line of Road at its eastern end) is a 313-kilometre (194 mi)[1] highway, located in the Hunter and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia. It runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle on the coast, allowing road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney, and is designated route B84.
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Golden Highway Mitchells Line of Road | |
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Direction sign at end of Bylong Valley Way | |
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Type | Highway |
Length | 313 km (194 mi)[1] |
Gazetted | August 1928 (as Main Road 62)[2] November 1996 (as State Highway 27)[3] |
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Former route number | State Route 84 (1974–2013) |
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East end | New England Highway Belford, New South Wales |
West end | Newell Highway Dubbo, New South Wales |
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Major settlements | Denman, Sandy Hollow, Merriwa, Dunedoo |
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