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New South Wales. Road routes in New South Wales assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state. Today all numbered routes in the state are allocated a letter (M, A, B or D) in addition to a one- or -two digit number, with 'M' routes denoting motorways, 'A' routes denoting routes of national significance, 'B' routes denoting routes of state significance, and 'D ...
Federal Highway is a motorway-standard roadway linking from the interchange with Hume Highway at Yarra, southeast of Goulburn, to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. The roadway has a continuous 110 km/h (68 mph) speed limit within New South Wales northbound.
Pacific Motorway (Northern NSW, from Ballina to QLD border) Pacific Highway , 100% of which is of motorway or dual carriageway standard, except for through Coffs Harbour [ 6 ] and between Beresfield and Raymond Terrace [ 7 ] – but still two lanes as arterial standards in each direction.
New South Wales implemented the federally-issued National Routes system between 1954 and 1955, using white-and-black shields highlighting interstate links between major regional centres; some of these routes were later upgraded into National Highways using green-and-gold shields when the National Roads Act was passed in 1974.
The present highway network in New South Wales, Australia was established in August 1928 when the Main Roads Board (the predecessor of the Department of Main Roads, Roads & Traffic Authority and Roads & Maritime Services) superseded the 1924 main road classifications and established the basis of the existing New South Wales main road system.
The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 [16] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the A6 retains its declaration as Main Road 190 (from Dundas to Lucas Heights), and part of Main Roads 158 (Marsden Road), 512 (Heathcote Road), and 574 (Stewart Street and Kissing Point Road).
The M4 Motorway is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) [1] series of partially tolled dual carriageway motorways in Sydney designated as route M4. The M4 designation is part of the wider A4 and M4 route designation, the M4 runs parallel and/or below ground to Great Western Highway, Parramatta Road and City West Link, which are part of route A44.
The motorway is tolled separately to the M5 East. Regular users of the motorway can claim a rebate from the state government for the cost of the toll, excluding GST, as part of a 1995 election commitment by Bob Carr, who eventually won the election and became Premier of New South Wales. On 1 July 2013, the M5 South-West became the last motorway ...