Olympic Highway

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For the Olympic Highway in the U.S. state of Washington, see U.S. Route 101 in Washington.

Olympic Highway New South Wales

Map of south-eastern Australia with Olympic Highway highlighted in green
General information
Type	Highway
Length	318 km (198 mi)
Route number(s)	A41
Former route number	National Route 41
Major junctions
Northeast end	Mid-Western Highway (A41), Cowra
	Sturt Highway (A20)
Southwest end	Hume Highway (M31), Table Top
Location(s)
Major settlements	Young, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Culcairn

The Olympic Highway^[1] is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia.

Route

The highway links Cowra and Albury at a distance of 318 kilometres (198 mi). It is designated National Route 41 and was formerly known simply as the Olympic Way. It was named as it was the path that the Olympic Torch took on its journey to Melbourne for the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[2]

From Albury to Cootamundra it runs parallel with the Sydney–Melbourne railway line. Olympic Highway offers an alternative route from Albury to Sydney as it links Hume Highway to Mid-Western Highway and Great Western Highway via Bathurst.

Major towns en route include:

Wagga Wagga
Junee
Cootamundra
Young
Cowra

Olympic Torch relay

For the 1956 Summer Olympics the Olympic Flame, or torch, was carried along the street from Cowra to Wagga Wagga.^{[citation needed]} The torch was carried from Cairns to Melbourne.^[2] For the 2000 Summer Olympics the torch was carried from Wagga Wagga to Cowra in mid-August en route to Sydney.

Gallery

Olympic Highway, Route A41, links Albury to Cowra
Sturt and Olympic Highway Intersection at Wagga Wagga

Major Intersections and Towns

Olympic Highway
Northbound	Distance to Cowra (km)	Distance to Albury (km)	Southbound
Crossroads (clockwise from highway) Mid-Western Highway to Forbes, Grenfell and Hay Mid-Western Highway to Cowra, Canowindra, Bathurst and Sydney
End Olympic Highway	1	338	Start Olympic Highway
Greenethorpe Greenethorpe–Koorawatha Road	26	313	Greenethorpe Greenethorpe–Koorawatha Road
BLAYNEY–DEMONDRILLE RAIL LINE	26	313	BLAYNEY–DEMONDRILLE RAIL LINE
Koorawatha	27	312	Koorawatha
Grenfell, Forbes Henry Lawson Way	69	270	Grenfell, Forbes Henry Lawson Way
BLAYNEY-DEMONDRILLE RAIL LINE	69.9	269.1	BLAYNEY-DEMONDRILLE RAIL LINE
Murringo, Boorowa Murringo Road	70	269	Young
Murringo, Boorowa Murringo Road	70	269	Murringo, Boorowa Murringo Road
Grogan, Temora Boorowa Street	70.5	268.5	Grogan, Temora Boorowa Street
Young	70.5	268.5	Grogan, Temora Boorowa Street
Murrumburrah, Harden Harden-Wombat Road	84	255	Wombat
Wombat	84	255	Murrumburrah, Harden Harden–Wombat Road
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	99	240	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Temora, Murrumburrah, Harden, Yass Burley Griffin Way	100	239	Wallendbeen
Wallendbeen	100	239	Harden, Yass, Temora, Griffith Burley Griffin Way
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	117	222	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
COOTAMUNDRA-LAKE CARGELLIGO RAIL LINE	118	221	COOTAMUNDRA-LAKE CARGELLIGO RAIL LINE
Cootamundra	120	219	Cootamundra
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	123	216	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	136	203	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Bethungra	142	197	Bethungra
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	143	196	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	153	186	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Illabo	155	184	Illabo
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	171	168	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Gundagai, Tumut Wantabadgery Road	172	167	Gundagai, Tumut Wantabadgery Road
Gundagai, Tumut Wantabadgery Road			Junee
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE			SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Coolamon, Temora Junee-Coolamon Road	172.2	166.8	Coolamon, Temora Junee-Coolamon Road
Junee	172.2	166.8	Coolamon, Temora Junee-Coolamon Road
Temora, West Wyalong Goldfields Way	181	158	Temora, West Wyalong Goldfields Way
Coolamon, Ardlethan Coolamon Road	208	131	Coolamon, Ardlethan Coolamon Road
continues as	215	124	Wagga Wagga
Gundagai, Tumut, Canberra, Sydney Sturt Highway			Gundagai, Tumut, Canberra, Sydney Sturt Highway
Wagga Wagga			duplexes with
duplexes with	217	122	Narrandera, Hay, Mildura, Adelaide Sturt Highway
Narrandera, Hay, Mildura, Adelaide Sturt Highway	217	122	continues as
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	221	118	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Uranquinty	228	111	Uranquinty
The Rock, Lockhart Urana Street	243	96	The Rock, Lockhart Urana Street
Henty	273	66	Henty
Holbrook, Tarcutta Culcairn-Holbrook Road	289.9	49.1	Holbrook, Tarcutta Culcairn-Holbrook Road
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	290	49	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Walbundrie Culcairn Road			Culcairn
Culcairn			Walbundrie Culcairn Road
Jindera, Ettamogah Wagga Road	309	30	Gerogery
Gerogery	309	30	Jindera, Ettamogah Wagga Road
SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE	314	25	SYDNEY–MELBOURNE RAIL LINE
Start Olympic Highway from Hume Highway	319	20	Holbrook, Gundagai, Canberra, Sydney Hume Highway
Start Olympic Highway from Hume Highway	319	20	End Olympic Highway continues as Hume Highway to Albury / Wangaratta / Melbourne

Sources

Olympic Highway on Google Maps.

References

↑ Olympic Highway, Hotkey. Retrieved on 25 May 2008.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Olympic Highway National Route 41". Ozroads. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

External links

Media related to Olympic Highway at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Road infrastructure in Regional New South Wales

Motorways	Hume Motorway Hunter Expressway Pacific Motorway (Ewingsdale–Brisbane) Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle) Princes Motorway

National highways	Barton Highway Federal Highway Hume Highway New England Highway Newell Highway Sturt Highway

Highways	Barrier Highway Bruxner Highway Carnarvon Highway Castlereagh Highway Cobb Highway Great Western Highway Gwydir Highway Illawarra Highway Kamilaroi Highway Kings Highway Mid-Western Highway Mitchell Highway Monaro Highway Murray Valley Highway Olympic Highway Oxley Highway Pacific Highway Princes Highway Riverina Highway Silver City Highway Snowy Mountains Highway

Local highways	Alpine Way Appin Road Barry Way Bathurst-Ilford Road Bells Line of Road Bucketts Way Burley Griffin Way Bylong Valley Way Camden Valley Way Castlereagh Highway Central Coast Highway Escort Way Fossickers Way Golden Highway Goldfields Way Goulburn-Oberon Road Henry Lawson Way Irrigation Way Kidman Way Lachlan Valley Way Memorial Drive Newcastle Inner City Bypass O'Connell Road Old Hume Highway Picton Road Princes Highway Putty Road Remembrance Drive Summerland Way Thunderbolts Way Waterfall Way Wombeyan Caves Road Yass Valley Way

Proposals	Sydney Bypass

Coordinates: 34°52′12″S 147°32′40″E / 34.87000°S 147.54444°E / -34.87000; 147.54444

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