Snowy Mountains Highway

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New South Wales

The Snowy Mountains Highway is a highway in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. It connects the Hume Highway between Tarcutta and Tumalong with Tathra on the coast of New South Wales. He crossed the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park and the Great Dividing Range east of Cooma, the largest city along this road.

Course

9 km east of the junction of the Sturt Highway ( N20) to the west branches of the Snowy Mountains Highway from the Hume Highway ( N31 ​​) to the southeast from. The first major settlement on the road is Tumut, crosses the river of the same name after its crossing of Highway and rises in the Snowy Mountains. Past the reservoirs of the Tumut River as Blowering Reservoir, Talbingo Dam and Tumut Pond crosses the Snowy Mountains Highway to Kosciuszko National Park. At Lake Eucumbene - located south of the road - leave it again the National Park and is heading to Cooma, where it reaches the Monaro Highway ( R23).

Together with the Monaro Highway leaves the Snowy Mountains Highway Cooma south-east and crosses the ridgeline of the Great Dividing Range. Approx. 10 km south of Nimmitabel both highways separate again. During the Monaro Highway south towards Bombala continues, the Snowy Mountains Highway drawn to the east on Brown Mountain pass in the South East Forest National Park. Approx. 7 km north of Bega he meets the Princes Highway (R1) and accompanies this south to Bega. There, the Princes Highway leads south further, while the Snowy Mountains Highway overcomes the last 17 km to this seaside town of Tathra Tathra as Road.

Road Conditions

In winter, the highway is subject to heavy snowfall on the way to the Selwyn Snowfields and the local ski resorts.