Monaro Highway

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Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Victoria

The Monaro Highway is a highway in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. It combines the Majura Road at Canberra Airport in the Australian Capital Territory with the Princes Highway at Cann River in Victoria.

History

The street is named after the Monaro region through which it passes. The section in Victoria was known before his attachment Cann Valley Highway and was then declared to be a part of the Monaro Highway.

Course

The Monaro Highway begins in the eastern part of the Australian capital Canberra near the airport. There pushes coming from the north Majura Road ( R23) on the Fairbairn Avenue from Northwest. The Monaro Highway leads from there to the south and crossed the Molonglo River. Between the suburbs of Fyshwick and Symonston Kings Highway ( R52 ) branches off to the southwest. The Monaro Highway follows the boundary between the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales to the south and crosses them south of Williamsdale. It follows the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee River to Cooma, where the Snowy Mountains Highway ( R18) branches off to the northwest. Together with him is the Monaro Highway on his way to south -south-east and crosses the crest of the Great Dividing Range at Nimmitabel. Approx. 16 km south branches of the Snowy Mountains Highway from east towards Bega, while the Monaro Highway leads south to the town of Bombala.

From Bombala from the highway continues on its way to the south and crosses some 36 km to the border into Victoria. There, it forms the western boundary of the South - East Forest National Park and the south in the Coopracambra National Park. In Cann River on the eponymous river of the Monaro Highway leads into the Princes Highway (A1 ) and ends.

Meaning and numbering

The Monaro Highway is approximately 200 km long and forms part of the link between Sydney and the Snowy Mountains. In the area of New South Wales, the road was given the number 23 of the National Highway System. The State of Victoria led the late 1990s, a new alphanumeric system; there bears the name of the road B23.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. S. 34, 37, 38, 51

  • Road in the Australian Capital Territory
  • Road in New South Wales
  • Street in Victoria
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