Federal Highway (Australia)
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 Hume Highwaywest of Goulburn ( NSW ) ( 34 ° 48 ′ S , 149 ° 37 ′ E ) |
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 Barton Highway Northbourne Avenue Canberra ( ACT ) ( 35 ° 14 ′ S , 149 ° 8 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 74 km | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Federal Highway is a highway in the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory . It connects the Hume Highway west of Goulburn with the Barton Highway and Northbourne Avenue (which leads to the Kings Highway and the Monaro Highway ) in the Australian capital Canberra .
The motorway is part of the National Highway connection between Sydney and Canberra.
history
The Federal Highway was built as a trunk road in the 1930s and replaced the older connection via Tarago and Queanbeyan . Between 1985 and 2002, the road was expanded into a four-lane motorway.
course
About 11 km west of Goulburn, the Federal Highway branches off to the southwest from the Hume Highway (N31), the main road connecting Sydney and Melbourne . Along the west bank of Lake George it leads to Ginns Gap , where it crosses the border to the Australian Capital Territory . In the north of Canberra the road meets the Barton Highway (N25) and ends there. Northbourne Avenue (R23) continues south to Canberra city center.
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 34, 37, 38