Hume Highway
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Basic data | |
Operator: | Roads and Maritime Services |
further operator: | VicRoads |
Start of the street: |
South Western Motorway M7 WestLink Casula ( Sydney ) ( NSW ) ( 33 ° 53 ′ S , 151 ° 8 ′ E ) |
End of street: |
Western Ring Road Melbourne ( VIC ) ( 37 ° 41 ′ S , 144 ° 59 ′ E ) |
Overall length: | 790 km |
States : |
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The Hume Highway through the Southern Highlands |
The Hume Highway is one of Australia's major and busiest trunk roads. It is part of the Australian National Highway Network and extends over 880 km between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne . The Hume Highway is very important for freight traffic between these major cities, while the Princes Highway along the coast is a popular alternative route for tourists .
history
In the first decades after British settlers began to settle Australia, little explored the hinterland. The main reason was the Great Dividing Range , which at the time was an almost insurmountable obstacle. It was not until 1818 that a path across the Great Dividing Range was found that led from Sydney to what is now Goulburn .
In 1824 it was the explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell who undertook a voyage of discovery and research from Campbelltown to Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne's natural harbor. The Hume and Hovell expedition contributed significantly to the development and settlement of the hinterland. The course of today's Hume Highway essentially corresponds to the route that the two explorers took at the time.
The first road, which initially only led to Goulburn, was then known as the Great South Road. The first extensive construction work was carried out in 1833 and it took until the 1860s for the entire route to be completed as a continuous road for the first time. This street was still called the Great South Road in New South Wales . In Victoria it was known as Sydney Road. It was not until 1928 that the entire route was renamed Hume Highway in honor of the explorer Hamilton Hume.
Today, the Hume Highway is largely declared a freeway and, apart from a few kilometers, has been expanded to four lanes over almost its entire length.
course
New South Wales
The Hume Highway begins at the junction of the WestLink (M7) with the South Western Motorway (Met-5) in the southern Casula suburb of Sydney . It leads south through Campbelltown to Mittagong . There it turns to the southwest and from the town of Goulburn to the west. Behind Goulburn, the Federal Highway (N23) branches off to the southwest and shortly before Yass the Barton Highway (N25) to the south-southeast. Both highways lead to Canberra , the Australian capital. In Jugiong the Hume Highway turns again to the southwest and runs through the Riverina southeast of Wagga Wagga until it reaches the Murray River in Albury and thus the border to Victoria .
Victoria
On the south bank of the Murray River, the Hume Highway, which is called Hume Freeway from there , runs through the city of Wodonga and continues through rich farmland to the southwest. After Wangaratta on the Ovens River and Benalla , he reached the town of Seymour on the Goulburn River , where he turned south. After another 70 km, the Western Ring Road (NM80) in Melbourne is reached.
Bypasses
Since the completion of the Hume Highway expansion in 2013, all places along the highway have been bypassed .
Important junctions and crossings
Hume Highway Hume Freeway South Western Freeway |
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Connections and crossings to the north | Distance to Sydney (km) |
Distance to Melbourne (km) |
Connections and crossings to the south |
At the end of the South Western Freeway, continue as the South Western Motorway to Bankstown / Sydney |
42 | 832 |
Start of the South Western Freeway from the South Western Motorway and WestLink |
Newcastle , Brisbane WestLink |
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Liverpool Camden Valley Way |
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no exit | 47 | 827 | Ingleburn Brooks Road |
Denham Court, Ingleburn Campbelltown Road |
48 | 826 | no exit |
no exit | 52 | 822 |
Campbelltown Campbelltown Road |
End of Hume Highway further than South Western Freeway |
58 | 816 |
Campbelltown , Penrith Appin Road Narellan Road |
Camden, Campbelltown , Bulli Narellan Road Appin Road |
Start of the Hume Highway from the South Western Freeway |
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Picton, Wollongong Picton Road |
80 | 794 | Picton, Wollongong Picton Road |
Bargo, Picton Remembrance Drive / Old Hume Highway |
92 | 782 | Bargo Avon Dam Road |
Colo Vale, Yerrinbool Church Avenue / Old Hume Highway |
105 | 769 | Yerrinbool, Colo Vale Old Hume Highway / Church Avenue |
no exit | 107 | 767 | Mittagong, Bowral Old Hume Highway 79 |
Richlands, Mittagong, Bowral Wombeyan Caves Road / Old Hume Highway |
115 | 759 | no exit |
Start of the freeway | 128 | 746 | Berrima, Medway Medway Road |
Berrima Mereworth Road / Old Hume Highway |
End of freeway | ||
Moss Vale, Wollongong Illawarra Highway |
139 | 735 | Moss Vale, Canyonleigh Illawarra Highway |
Exeter , Bundanoon, Service Center Sallys Corner Road |
142 | 732 | Exeter, Bundanoon, Service Center Sallys Corner Road |
Heavy traffic control station | 166 | 708 | Marulan, George Street Heavy Traffic Control Station |
Marulan, Service Center George Street |
167 | 707 | Service Center |
Goulburn Sydney Road |
190 | 684 |
Goulburn Sydney Road |
Goulburn Hume Street |
200 | 674 |
Goulburn Hume Street |
Canberra , Queanbeyan , Cooma via turning loop |
208 | 666 | Barkers Lane |
no exit | 209 | 665 |
Canberra , Queanbeyan , Cooma Federal Highway |
Breadalbane Cullerin Road |
219 | 655 | Breadalbane Cullerin Road |
Gunning, Gundaroo Gundaroo Road |
242 | 632 | Gunning, Collector Gunning-Collector Road |
Yass , Canberra , Queanbeyan Barton Highway |
272 | 602 |
Yass , Canberra Barton Highway |
Yass , Service Center Yass Valley Way |
281 | 593 |
Yass , Service Center Yass Valley Way |
Boorowa, Cowra Lachlan Valley Way |
284 | 590 | Boorowa, Cowra Lachlan Valley Way |
Harden, Temora Burley Griffin Way |
293 | 581 | Harden, Temora Burley Griffin Way |
no exit | 334 | 540 | Jugiong, Harden Riverside Drive |
Murrumburrah, Jugiong Jugiong Road |
337 | 537 | no exit |
no exit | 339 | 535 | Jugiong Riverside Drive |
Coolac, Cootamundra Cootamundra Road |
357 | 517 | Coolac, Cootamundra Cootamundra Road |
Pettit Coleman Street |
361 | 513 | Pettit Gobarralong Road |
Dog on the Tuckerbox , Service Center | 369 | 505 | Dog on the Tuckerbox , Service Center |
no exit | 373 | 501 | Gundagai West Street |
Gundagai Sheridan Street |
376 | 498 | Gundagai Sheridan Street |
South Gundagai Cross Street |
378 | 496 | South Gundagai Middle Street |
South Gundagai Mount Street |
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Tumblong Grahamstown Road |
389 | 485 | Tumblong Grahamstown Road |
Adelong, Tumut , Cooma Snowy Mountains Highway |
403 | 471 | Adelong, Tumut Snowy Mountains Highway |
Wagga Wagga , Narrandera Sturt Highway |
412 | 462 |
Wagga Wagga , Narrandera, Mildura , Adelaide Sturt Highway |
no exit | 418 | 456 | Tarcutta Old Hume Highway |
Tarcutta Old Hume Highway |
422 | 452 | no exit |
Tumbarumba, Wagga Wagga Tumbarumba Road |
447 | 427 | Tumbarumba, Wagga Wagga Tumbarumba Road |
END OF TWO-LANE ROAD | 485 | 389 | BEGINNING OF A TWO-LANE ROAD Expansion planned for 2013 |
Holbrook | 490 | 384 | Holbrook |
BEGINNING OF A TWO-LANE ROAD Expansion planned for 2013 |
493 | 381 | END OF TWO-LANE ROAD |
Woomargama Old Hume Highway |
505 | 369 | Woomargama Old Hume Highway |
Culcairn, Wagga Wagga , Cowra Olympic Highway |
529 | 345 | Culcairn, Wagga Wagga Olympic Highway |
no exit | 538 | 336 | Ettamogah, Jindera Wagga Road |
Springdale Heights, Thurgoona Thurgoona Drive |
543 | 331 | Thurgoona Thurgoona Drive |
North Albury, Wirlinga Dallinger Road |
545 | 329 | no exit |
Albury , Lake Hume , Corowa Riverina Highway |
549 | 325 |
Lake Hume , Albury Riverina Highway |
South Albury Bridge Street |
550 | 324 |
Albury Bridge Street |
Beginning of the Hume Highway | 552 | 322 | End of Hume Highway |
MURRAY RIVER | MURRAY RIVER | ||
NEW SOUTH WALES STATE BORDER VICTORIA |
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End of Hume Freeway | 552 | 322 | Start of the Hume Freeway |
no exit | 553 | 321 |
Tallangatta Bandiana Link B410 |
further than | 554 | 320 |
Wodonga , Albury High Street C315 Lincoln Causeway C315 |
Albury , Wodonga Lincoln Causeway C315 High Street C315 |
further than | ||
no exit | 556 | 318 |
Wodonga Melrose Drive / Moloney Drive |
Wodonga Melbourne Road |
558 | 316 | no exit |
further than | 570 | 304 | Yarrawonga, Echuca Murray Valley Highway |
Yarrawonga, Echuca Murray Valley Highway |
further than | ||
Barnawartha, Upper Indigo Indigo Creek Road |
576 | 298 | Barnawartha, Upper Indigo Indigo Creek Road |
Chiltern , Beechworth Chiltern-Howlong Road C377 / Beechworth-Chiltern Road C377 |
585 | 289 |
Chiltern , Beechworth Chiltern-Howlong Road C377 / Beechworth-Chiltern Road C377 |
Springhurst, Rutherglen Rutherglen-Springhurst Road C376 |
597 | 277 | Springhurst, Rutherglen Rutherglen-Springhurst Road C376 |
Bowser, Wangaratta Wangaratta Road C314 |
614 | 260 | Bowser, Wangaratta Wangaratta Road C314 |
Wangaratta , Beechworth, Bright , Mount Hotham Great Alpine Road |
621 | 253 |
Wangaratta , Bright , Mount Hotham Great Alpine Road |
Wangaratta , Greta Greta Road C523 |
629 | 245 |
Wangaratta , Greta Greta Road C523 |
Wangaratta Wangaratta Road C314 |
632 | 242 | no exit |
Milawa Snow Road C522 |
634 | 240 | no exit |
Service Center | 636 | 238 | Service Center |
no exit | 639 | 235 | Glenrowan, Moyhu Glenrowan-Moyhu Road |
Glenrowan, Winton Winton-Glenrowan Road |
641 | 233 | no exit |
Winton, Benalla Benalla-Winton Road C313 |
656 | 218 | Winton, Benalla Benalla-Winton Road C313 |
Benalla , Shepparton , Mansfield Midland Highway |
668 | 206 |
Mansfield , Shepparton Midland Highway |
Violet Town, Harrys Creek Murchison-Violet Town Road C345 / Harrys Creek Road |
691 | 183 | Violet Town, Harrys Creek Harrys Creek Road / Murchison-Violet Town Road C345 |
Euroa Euroa Main Road C312 |
708 | 166 | Euroa Euroa Main Road C312 |
Euroa Euroa Main Road C312 |
715 | 159 | Euroa Euroa Main Road C312 |
Avenel, Tarcombe Avenel-Nagambie Road C346 / Tarcombe Road |
747 | 127 | Tarcombe, Avenel Tarcombe Road / Avenel-Nagambie Road C346 |
Seymour , Nagambie, Shepparton , Brisbane Goulburn Valley Freeway / Goulburn Valley Highway |
760 | 114 |
Seymour , Shepparton Goulburn Valley Highway / Goulburn Valley Freeway |
Seymour , Puckapunyal, Tooborac Seymour-Tooborac Road C384 |
768 | 106 |
Seymour , Puckapunyal, Tooborac Seymour-Tooborac Road C384 |
Service Center | 771 | 103 | Service Center |
no exit | 774 | 100 | Tallarook Upper Goulburn Road C383 |
Tallarook Upper Goulburn Road C383 |
777 | 97 | no exit |
no exit | 787 | 87 | Broadford, Kilmore Broadford-Kilmore Road C311 |
Broadford, Flowerdale Strath Creek Road C382 |
788 | 86 | no exit |
Waterford Park, Clonbinane Broadford-Wallan Road |
797 | 77 | Waterford Park, Clonbinane Broadford-Wallan Road |
Kilmore, Wandong Epping-Kilmore Road C729 |
805 | 69 | Wandong, Kilmore Epping-Kilmore Road C729 |
Service Center | 809 | 65 | Service Center |
no exit | 814 | 60 | Whittlesea, Wallan Wallan-Whittlesea Road C727 |
Wallan, Echuca Northern Highway |
818 | 56 | no exit |
Beveridge Lithgow Street |
821 | 53 | Beveridge Old Hume Highway |
Mickleham, Donnybrook Donnybrook Road C723 |
829 | 45 | Mickleham, Donnybrook Donnybrook Road C723 |
Craigieburn Sydney Road via Amaroo Road |
833 | 41 | Craigieburn Sydney Road |
Craigieburn, Wollert Craigieburn Road East C722 |
836 | 38 | no exit |
Roxburgh Park, Epping Cooper Street |
843 | 31 |
Epping , Roxburgh Park Cooper Street |
Start of Hume Freeway from Western Ring Road and Metropolitan Ring Road |
848 | 26th | Greensborough Metropolitan Ring Road |
At the end of the Hume Freeway, continue as the Western Ring Road to Melbourne / Geelong |
Web links
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 25, 33, 34, 35, 49