Illawarra Highway
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| Illawarra Highway New South Wales | |
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| Type | Highway |
| Length | 62 km (39 mi) |
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| for full list see major intersections | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales | |
The Illawarra Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. It connects Wollongong to the Southern Highlands and links the Princes Highway and Hume Highway.[1][2]
Route
It is named after the geographical area it crosses, the Illawarra region. Typical scenery is beautiful as it crosses the Macquarie Valley (Shellharbour) and the spectacular Macquarie Pass, with many hairpin bends and steep gradients, unsuitable for large and articulated vehicles. Trucks are instead advised to use the Mount Keira Road (Route B88), also known as Picton Road. The pass has one of the southernmost stands of Australia's sub tropical rainforest.
The main towns en route are Albion Park in the Shellharbour area and Robertson and Moss Vale on the Southern Highlands. Spectacular National Parks surrounds them. Both Robertson and Moss Vale are quaint country towns with 19th-century buildings still intact, While Albion Park is an inland town of Shellharbour
Major intersections and towns
Illawarra Highway  | |||
| Westbound | Distance to Goulburn (km) |
Distance to Wollongong (km) |
Eastbound |
| End Illawarra Highway continues as Canyonleigh Road to Canyonleigh |
-- | 81.5 | Start Illawarra Highway from Canyonleigh Road |
| Mittagong, Campbelltown, Sydney Hume Highway     |
Mittagong, Campbelltown, Sydney Hume Highway | ||
| Goulburn, Canberra, Melbourne Hume Highway |
57 | 81 | Goulburn, Canberra, Melbourne Hume Highway |
| Exeter Exeter Road |
63 | 75 | Sutton Forest |
| Sutton Forest | Exeter Exeter Road | ||
| Westbound | Distance to Moss Vale (km) |
Distance to Wollongong (km) |
Eastbound |
| MAIN SOUTHERN RAIL LINE | 0 | 69 | Moss Vale |
| Moss Vale | MAIN SOUTHERN RAIL LINE | ||
| Bowral, Mittagong, Sydney Argyle Road  |
1 | 68 | Bowral, Mittagong Argyle Road |
| Nowra Nowra Road |
5 | 64 | Kangaroo Valley, Nowra Nowra Road |
| Nowra, Mittagong Sheepwash Road  |
11 | 58 | Mittagong, Nowra Sheepwash Road |
UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
21 | 48 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| Robertson | 22 | 47 | Robertson |
| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE | 25 | 44 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| Jamberoo, Kiama Jamberoo Mountain Road |
25.5 | 43.5 | Jamberoo, Kiama Jamberoo Mountain Road |
| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE | 26.5 | 42.5 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE | 28 | 41 | UNANDERRA-MOSS VALE RAIL LINE |
| Shellharbour Tongarra Road  |
46.5 | 22.5 | Albion Park |
| Albion Park | Shellharbour, Kiama Tongarra Road | ||
| Start Illawarra Highway |
49 | 20 | End Illawarra Highway |
| Roundabout (clockwise from highway) Princes Highway  to Wollongong and Sydney Princes Highway to Shellharbour, Kiama and Nowra | |||
See also
- Highways in Australia
- List of highways in New South Wales
References
- ↑ National Route 48, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
- ↑ Illawarra Highway, Hotkey. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
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