Bruxner Highway

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New South Wales

The Bruxner Highway is a highway in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. It runs along the Queensland border in the east-west direction and connects the Pacific Highway at Ballina to the Newell Highway in Boggabilla and thus the Northern Rivers region with the plateau of the Northern Tablelands.

Origin of the name

It is named after Michael Bruxner, the longtime chairman of the National Party of Australia and former transport minister.

Course

The Bruxner Highway begins in the east at the intersection with the Pacific Highway (R1 ) in Ballina, where it branches off towards the west - northwest. In Lismore, he turns sharply to the south soon after again to West - Northwest. In Casino crosses the street the Richmond River and the Summerland Way ( S91 ) and continues on its way to the west by the Richmond Range National Park and the Mallanganee National Park. In Tabulam Highway crosses the Clarence River and turn to the west -south-west from. Between Timbarra National Park, Boonoo - Boonoo National Park and Bald Rock National Park, he leads over the crest of the Great Dividing Range by Tenterfield, where he encounters the New England Highway (N15 ).

A short length of runs of the Bruxner Highway, together with the New England Highway to the northwest, and then again turn off to the west and follow the Tenterfield Creek and the River Mole to the same location on the border with Queensland. This boundary formed by the Dumaresq River, the road follows in an arc to the south, west, north and finally north-west to south of the town Texas. There she turns again towards the west and crosses at Yetman the Macintyre River. There flows from the south the Warialda Road ( S95 ) a. The Bruxner Highway follows the south-western shore of the river after Boggabilla, again on the border of Queensland and south of Goondiwindi, where he meets on the Newell Highway ( N39 ) and ends.

Major intersections and connections

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