Lachlan Valley Way

Lachlan Valley Way New South Wales
General information
Type	Highway
Length	568 km (353 mi)
Route number(s)	None Booligal - Cowra B81 Cowra - North Yass
Former route number	State Route 81 Cowra - North Yass
Major junctions
West end	Cobb Highway (B75), Booligal, New South Wales
	Kidman Way (B87) Condobolin-Wyalong Road Newell Highway (A39) Henry Lawson Way Mid-Western Highway (B64) Olympic Highway (A41)
East end	Hume Highway (M31), 10km north-west of Yass, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Hillston, Lake Cargelligo, Condobolin, Forbes, Gooloogong, Cowra, Boorowa

Lachlan Valley Way is a New South Wales state highway^[1] running from Booligal on the Cobb Highway to north of Yass on the Hume Freeway. From Booligal it runs in a north-easterly direction for about 76 km to Hillston. It then follows the Kidman Way (B87) for about 35 km before turning off to the right and proceeding a further 57 km to Lake Cargelligo. From there it continues to the north and east through Euabalong to Condobolin. This 93 km section of road has three named parts, from west to east. They are Lake Cargelligo-Euabalong Road, Lachlan Valley Way, and Condoblin-Lake Cargelligo Road. From Condoblin the Lachlan Valley Way turns south-east towards Forbes, a further 98 km. From Forbes it continues south-east through Gooloogong to Cowra, a further 90 km. It then turns south through Boorowa, to end after another 119 km at the Hume Freeway north-west of Yass.

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Hay	Booligal	0	0	Cobb Highway (B75) north - Ivanhoe and Wilcannia / south - Hay and Deniliquin	Western end of Lachlan Valley Way Alternate (longer but better) route to Hillston via Cobb Highway (north) and Mossgiel Trunk Road
Carrathool	Hillston	76.2	47.3	Kidman Way (B87) - Goolgowi and Griffith	Kidman Way western concurrency terminus: continues south
		76.8	47.7	Lachlan River Road - Lake Cargelligo and Cobar	Alternate (dry weather) route to Lake Cargelligo Lachlan Valley Way continues east from Hillston as Kidman Way
	Wallanthery	110.5	68.7	Kidman Way (B87) - Cobar	Intersection is 32 km north-east of Hillston, at Wallanthery[2][3] Kidman Way eastern concurrency terminus: continues north
Lachlan	Lake Cargelligo	167.4	104.0	Condobolin-Lake Cargelligo Road - Condobolin	Alternate route to Condobolin Lachlan Valley Way continues north and east from Lake Cargelligo to Euabalong as Lake Cargelligo-Euabalong Road, then east as Lachlan Valley Way until it intersects with Condobolin-Lake Cargelligo Road
Lachlan River		179.3	111.4	Bridge (no known official name) This bridge spans the boundary between the localities of Lake Cargelligo (Lachlan Shire) and Euabalong (Cobar Shire) The locality of Murrin Bridge[4] (an indigenous community) is immediately to the east of the road, between the river and the Euabalong boundary
Cobar	Euabalong	194.5	120.9	Lachlan Street - Euabalong West and Cobar
Lachlan River		194.9	121.1	Bridge (no known official name) This bridge spans the boundary between Cobar Shire and Lachlan Shire
Lachlan	Euabalong	199.7	124.1	Condobolin-Lake Cargelligo Road - Lake Cargelligo	Intersection is 5 km east of Euabalong[5] village, south of the Lachlan River, in Lachlan Shire[6] (the village is north of the river in Cobar Shire) Lachlan Valley Way continues east towards Condobolin as Condobolin-Lake Cargelligo Road
	Condobolin	259.8	161.4	Condobolin-Wyalong Road - West Wyalong	Lachlan Valley Way continues east to Condobolin as Diggers Avenue
		260.9	162.1	Diggers Avenue - Condobolin, Parkes	Lachlan Valley Way continues south-east towards Forbes
Forbes	Bundaburrah	352.8	219.2	Newell Highway (A39) - West Wyalong	Intersection is 7 km west of Forbes, just outside the locality boundary, at Bundaburrah[7] Newell Highway western concurrency terminus: continues south Lachlan Valley Way continues east to Forbes as Newell Highway
	Forbes	356.9	221.8	Bridge (no known official name) over Lachlan River
		358.6	222.8	Oxley Bridge over Lake Forbes
		359.1	223.1	Newell Highway (A39) - Parkes	Newell Highway eastern concurrency terminus: continues north Lachlan Valley Way turns east on Camp Street, which becomes Bridge Street before it crosses Lake Forbes
		359.4	223.3	Bridge Street bridge (no known official name) over Lake Forbes
		359.8	223.6	Orange Road (Bridge Street) - Cudal and Orange	Lachlan Valley Way turns south on Flint Street, then east on Reymond Street to cross the Lachlan River, where it turns south as Lachlan Valley Way
		361.3	224.5	Bridge (no known official name) over Lachlan River
		363.9	226.1	Henry Lawson Way - Grenfell	Lachlan Valley Way turns east at this intersection
Cowra	Gooloogong	410.4	255.0	Nanima Road north - Eugowra and Canowindra / Grenfell-Orange Road south - Grenfell
	Cowra	443.2	275.4	Mid-Western Highway (B64) - Grenfell	Intersection is 5 km west of Cowra Mid-Western Highway western concurrency terminus: continues west Lachlan Valley Way continues east to Cowra as Mid-Western Highway (Grenfell Road)
		448.5	278.7	Olympic Highway (A41) (Young Road) - Young	Lachlan Valley Way continues east to Cowra as Mid-Western Highway (Grenfell Road)
		448.6	278.7	Mid-Western Highway (B64) (Grenfell Road) - Cowra, Blayney	Mid-Western Highway eastern concurrency terminus: continues east Lachlan Valley Way turns south to Yass with the alternate name of Boorowa Road until it leaves Cowra
Boorowa	Boorowa	521.4	324.0	Murringo Gap Road - Murringo, Young	Intersection is 2 km north-west of Boorowa
Yass Valley	Bowning	567.9	352.9	Hume Freeway (M31) west - Gundagai and Albury / east - Yass and Goulburn	Eastern end of Lachlan Valley Way
Concurrency terminus

Route B81 north of Cowra

For most of its length Lachlan Valley Way has no route number, the exception being the 119 km section between Cowra and the Hume Freeway, which is part of NSW state route B81. From Cowra, where Lachlan Valley Way continues west with no allocated route number, route B81 continues north a further 96 km to Molong, where it meets the Mitchell Highway. From Cowra, it follows Canowindra Road for 33 km to Canowindra and for a further 34 km to Cudal, where it turns north-east along the Escort Way (which has no route number of its own) for 11 km to Boree.^[8] Here it turns north as Peabody Road for the last 18 km into Molong.

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in New South Wales

References

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