Henry Lawson Way

Henry Lawson Way
Basic data
Operator:	Roads and Maritime Services
Start of the street:	Olympic Highway Young ( NSW ) ( 34 ° 19 ′  S , 148 ° 18 ′  E )
End of street:	Newell Highway Lachlan Valley Way Forbes ( NSW ) ( 33 ° 23 ′  S , 148 ° 1 ′  E )
Overall length:	121 km
States :	New South Wales

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The Henry Lawson Way is a connecting road in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales . It connects the Olympic Highway in Young with the Newell Highway and the Lachlan Valley Way in Forbes .

Origin of name

The street was named after the Australian writer Henry Lawson (1867-1922).

course

The Henry Lawson Way branches off in Young to the north-northwest of the Olympic Highway (R41). In Grenfell it reaches the Mid-Western Highway (R24) and runs with it about 10 km to the northwest to Bogolong Creek .

There the road branches off again to the north-northwest and reaches the Lachlan River and the Lachlan Valley Way about 10 km southeast of Forbes . Together with this, the Henry Lawson Way moves the last few kilometers to the west-northwest and finally ends in Forbes on the Newell Highway (N39).

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 26