Bucketts Way

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New South Wales

The Bucketts Way is a connecting road to the east of the Australian state of New South Wales. It branches from north of Raymond Terrace on the Hunter River from the Pacific Highway and rejoins him at Taree. On this route ran from 1928 to 1952 the Pacific Highway.

Origin of the name

The road was for a higher mountain range in Gloucester, the Bucketts named.

Course

14 km northeast of Raymond Terrace branches of Bucketts Way off to the north from the Pacific Highway (R1). He crossed the Karuah River about 8.5 km south of Stroud and then follows the river 25 km to the north - northwest. Then the road turns off to the north - north-east and a little later to the north and reaches 32 km Gloucester. They crossed the Mammy Johnsons River and the Avon River. From Stroud Road to Gloucester to the North Coast railway line accompanies the road.

From Gloucester from the Thunderbolts Way continues north into the table-land of New England. The Bucketts Way turns sharply to the east and later to east -south-east until it reaches the place Krambach. He bends again to the north and then at Burrell Creek back to the east, along the south bank of the River Nowendoc, from. In Taree he again reaches the Pacific Highway (R1).

Importance

The Bucketts Way provides the access to the Barrington Tops National Park and serves tourists as interesting alternative route to the Pacific Highway.

Planned renaming

Some members of the Gloucester Shire suggested that the stretch south of Gloucester the Thunderbolts Way to strike, as already show some road maps. This would give a consistently named street from the Pacific Highway at Raymond Terrace to the New England Highway at Uralla. There are significant objections to this proposal but the neighboring communities.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. p. 27