Picton Road, New South Wales

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Picton Road is a New South Wales highway linking Picton and Wollongong. The road is of good standard with plenty of overtaking lanes and provide an important link between Hume and Southern freeways. It also links the coalmines in Picton to the steelworks in Wollongong. Consequently, the truck traffic is heavy. From Picton, this highway runs in the southeastern direction, crosses the Hume Highway and continues through thickly forested hilly terrain (passing through Sydney's water catchment area) until it meets the Mount Ousley Road (Southern Freeway) which leads to Wollongong. This is a preferable road to use, if heading to Wollongong from Southern Highlands or Canberra as it is less steep and a much better quality than Illawarra Highway.

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• List of New South Wales highways
• List of Australian highways