Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
B73   Old Hume Highway, Bowral Road, Mittagong Road, Station Street, Funston Street, Kangaloon Road, Sheepwash Road, Nowra Road & Moss Vale Road (B73)

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B73 is an important route linking the New South Wales Southern Highlands with the coastal regions of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven.

The route services residential, commercial and rural areas and connects with many tourist attractions such as Corbett Gardens in Bowral for the annual tulip festival, Fitzroy Falls and Kangaroo Valley. The road passes through signficant conversation areas and makes a steep descent down several mountain passes including Cambewarra Mountain and Barrengarry Mountain.

Another feature of the route is Hampden Bridge at Kangaroo Valley, which is a suspension bridge built between 1895 and 1898. The bridge is the second major suspension bridge in NSW, and now the only surviving timber decked vehicular suspension bridge constructed in the nineteenth century. The bridge has the Kangaroo River running beneath it. The main span length is 77 metres, sandstone tower height of 16.8 metres and height above water also of 16.8 metres. The main cables of the bridge consist on each side of fourteen 36mm diameter wire ropes, each with a specified tensile strength of 79.6 tonnes. The bridge is signposted for a maximum truck load of 42.5 tonnes, with no more than one truck to be on the bridge at a time, and is lanemarked to only provide a single lane. Hampden Bridge was built to replace the timber truss bridge of 1875 to 1879, which was in a state of decay by 1893. 2

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Moss Vale Rd (TD15) at Bowral, approaching Kangaloon Rd (B73 / TD15) and Funston St (B73 / TD14), October 2016.

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Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign on the roundabout of Kangaloon Rd (B73 / TD15), Funston St (B73 / TD14) and Moss Vale Rd (TD15) at Bowral, October 2016.

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Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Funston St (B73 / TD14) at the junction with Station St (B73 / TD14) and Railway Pde in Bowral, October 2016.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Station St (B73 / TD14) approaching Bowral St roundabout, October 2016.

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Merrigang Street:
Corner of Station St (B73 / TD14) and Merrigang St, Bowral, October 2016.

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Pioneer Street:
Corner of Bowral Rd (B73 / TD14) and Pioneer St, Mittagong, October 2016.

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Old Hume Highway:
Bowral Rd (B73 / TD14) at the junction with Old Hume Hwy (B73 / TD14) at Mittagong, October 2016.

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Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign on Old Hume Hwy (B73 / TD14) at Mittagong, October 2016.

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Entering Braemar:
Old Hume Hwy (B73 / TD14) as it enters the town of Braemar, October 2016.

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Braemar Avenue:
Corner of Old Hume Hwy (B73 / TD14) and Braemar Av at Braemar, October 2016.

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End Tourist Drive 14 Sign:
Sign indicating the end of TD14 at Aylmerton, October 2016.

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Hume Motorway:
Old Hume Hwy (B73 / TD14) at the interchange with Hume Mwy (M31) at Aylmerton, October 2016.

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1 Roads & Maritime Services, Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads, January 2014
2 Roads and Maritime Services, Heritage & Conservation Register, Hampden Bridge
3 Roads and Maritime Services, Road activity update – Southern NSW, January 2003
4 Roads and Maritime Services, Media Releases, Vehicle Activated Signs For Moss Vale Road, Macquarie Pass And Jamberoo Mountain Road, 17 July 2012
5 Roads and Maritime Services, Media Releases, Safety improvements on Moss Vale Road complete, 14 July 2015
6 Roads and Maritime Services, Media Releases, Berry good roundabout opens to local motorists, 18 September 2017
7 Roads and Maritime Services, Media Releases, Safety work to start on Moss Vale Road at Cambewarra Mountain, 6 June 2018
8 Roads and Maritime Services, Media Releases, Moss Vale Road closure as safety work continues, 6 August 2018

Last updated: 02-Jan-2019 19:02

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