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Statistics:

• Length: (Within NSW) 40 km
• Northern Terminus: Hume Highway (NH31) interchange at Yass
• Southern Terminus: NSW / ACT Border at Wallaroo / Spring Range
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Yass, Marchmont, Murrumbateman, Jeir, Spring Range and Wallaroo

Route Numbering:

• Current: A25

• Former:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: HW15 1

General Information:

The Barton Highway is one of two major connectors from Canberra to the Hume Highway, which links Sydney with Melbourne.

The Barton Highway north of the ACT border carries over 10,000 vehicles per day. The route is a significant road freight link between the Hume Highway and the ACT. 1

History:

• January 1935: Road improvements including upgrading from gravel road of the Federal Highway (later Barton Highway) leading from the Hume Highway at Yass to Canberra was undertaken and completed in March 1937. 1
• 8 March 1935: Proclaimed as a State Highway. 2
• 1954: The route formerly known as Yass-Canberra Road and also Federal Highway, and named the Barton Highway. 2
• 1956: The National Route 25 shield was given to the Barton Highway. 3
• 1974: The Barton Hwy became National Highway 25. 3
• 1990s: Hume Highway interchange and Yass Bypass built.
• 2013: NH25 replaced by A25.

ACT Border to Yass			Yass to ACT Border
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	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Wallaroo, after the ACT border, November 2013. Image © Paul Rands			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Spring Range Rd at Wallaroo, November 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Murrumbateman, November 2016. Image © Paul Rands			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Wallaroo approaching Victoria St, Hall, at the ACT-NSW Border crossing, November 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Yass on Yass Valley Way approaching the Barton Hwy (A25) interchange, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Yass on Yass Valley Way approaching the Barton Hwy (A25) interchange, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Lane Allocation Sign: Lane allocation sign approaching Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Lane Allocation Sign: Lane allocation sign at the Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands

1 Roads & Traffic Authority
2 Department of Main Roads, The Roadmakers, A History of Main Roads in New South Wales, ISBN 0 7240 0439 4
3 Sam Laybutt

Last updated: 15-Feb-2019 16:43

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