Illawarra Highway
| Illawarra Highway | |
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| Basic data | |
| Operator: | Roads and Maritime Services |
| Start of the street: |
 Hume Highwaywest of Sutton Forest ( NSW ) ( 34 ° 35 ′ S , 150 ° 15 ′ E ) |
| End of street: |
 Princes HighwayAlbion Park ( NSW ) ( 34 ° 33 ′ S , 150 ° 47 ′ E ) |
| Overall length: | 62 km |
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Map with all coordinates: The Illawarra Highway is a trunk road in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales . It connects the Hume Highway in Sutton Forest with the Princes Highway in Albion Park ( Wollongong ). This connecting road was numbered as R48.
Origin of name
The road was named after the region it runs through, the Illawarra .
course
The road branches off west of Sutton Forest from the Hume Highway (N31) to the east. It leads through the town of Moss Vale to the Macquarie Pass , which it overcomes steeply and with many hairpin bends. The Illawarra Highway is unsuitable for heavy traffic. On the pass is the most southern subtropical rainforest in Australia.
Eventually the highway ends on Princes Highway (R1) in Albion Park, south of Wollongong.
Typical for the route are the nearby national parks, such as the Macquarie Pass National Park , Morton National Park and Budderoo National Park , as well as the small country towns with intact buildings from the 19th century, such as Moss Vale and Robertson .
Important junctions and junctions
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Illawarra Highway
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| Connections to the west | Distance to Goulburn (km) |
Distance to Wollongong (km) |
Connections to the east |
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End of Illawarra Highway continue as Canyonleigh Road to Canyonleigh |
- | 81.5 |
Start of the Illawarra Highway from Canyonleigh Road |
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Mittagong , Campbelltown, Sydney Hume Freeway    
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Mittagong , Campbelltown, Sydney Hume Freeway
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Goulburn , Canberra , Melbourne Hume Freeway
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57 | 81 |
Goulburn , Canberra , Melbourne Hume Freeway
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| Exeter Exeter Road
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63 | 75 | Sutton Forest |
| Sutton Forest | Exeter Exeter Road
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| Connections to the west | Distance to Moss Vale (km) |
Distance to Wollongong (km) |
Connections to the east |
| | MAIN SOUTHERN RAILWAY LINE | 0 | 69 | Moss Vale |
| Moss Vale | MAIN SOUTHERN RAILWAY LINE | ||
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further than
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1 | 68 | Bowral, Mittagong Argyle Road  
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| Bowral, Mittagong , Sydney Argyle Road
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duplexes with
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duplexes with
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5 | 64 | Kangaroo Valley, Nowra Nowra Road
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Nowra Nowra Road
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further than
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further than
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11 | 58 | Bowral, Mittagong Sheepwash Road Nowra Sheepwash Road 
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| Kangaroo Valley, Nowra Sheepwash Road Bowral, Mittagong Sheepwash Road
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duplexes with
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UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE 
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21st | 48 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE
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| Robertson | 22nd | 47 | Robertson |
| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE | 25th | 44 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE |
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along with
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25.5 | 43.5 | Jamberoo, Kiama Jamberoo Mountain Road
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| Jamberoo, Kiama Jamberoo Mountain Road
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further than
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| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE | 26.5 | 42.5 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE |
| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE | 28 | 41 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAILWAY LINE |
| Shellharbour Tongarra Road 
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46.5 | 22.5 | Albion Park |
| Albion Park | Shellharbour, Kiama Tongarra Road
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Beginning of the Illawarra Highway
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49 | 20th |
End of Illawarra Highway
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Roundabout (clockwise from the highway) Princes Highway to Wollongong and Sydney Princes Highway to Shellharbour, Kiama and Nowra 
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Individual evidence
- ^ National Route 48 . Ozroads. Retrieved May 11, 2008
- ↑ Illawarra Highway . Hotkey.net.au. Retrieved on May 11, 2008 ( Memento of the original from August 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
