Kings Highway, Australia

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Kings Highway

Length	150 kilometres
General direction:	West-East
From:	Canberra, ACT
To:	Batemans Bay, NSW
Towns along highway:	Queanbeyan, Braidwood

Kings Highway (formerly called Kings Way), National Route 52, links Canberrans to the coast

The King's Highway connects Canberra and Batemans Bay. It starts at Capital Hill then via Canberra Avenue, passing through Canberra's suburb of Fyshwick to Queanbeyan and heads south-east to Batemans Bay.

Climbing Clyde Mountain from the coast to Braidwood

It is signed as National Route 52. However, the NSW Road Traffic Authority website refers to it as Main Road number 51, Canberra to Queanbeyan. Main road number 52 is from Canberra to Crookwell.

The Kings Highway links Highway 1 (Princes Highway) to the capital and links Canberrans to the sea (NSW South Coast beaches).

Towns passed include Bungendore, Braidwood and Nelligen.

Landscape is generally sheep country. The highway travels from the tablelands to the sea via Clyde Mountain.