Road Photos & Information: New South Wales: Cobb Highway (B75)

Road Photos & Information: New South Wales

B75

Cobb Highway (B75) - Hay to Wilcannia

Statistics:

Length: 726 km (Hay to Wilcannia: 528 km)
Northern Terminus: Barrier Highway (A32), 19km southeast of Wilcannia
Southern Terminus: NSW / Victoria border at Moama
Miscellaneous: Continues as Northern Highway (B75) in Victoria
Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Wilcannia, Ivanhoe, Mossgiel and Booligal

Route Numbering:

Current: B75
Former:
Road Authority Internal Classification: HW21 1

General Information:

The Cobb Highway commences at Moama on the Murray River and continues for in a northerly direction through Mathoura, Deniliquin, Hay, Booligal, Mossgiel and Ivanhoe, to a junction with the Barrier Highway (A32) a few kilometres south of Wilcannia. At Deniliquin the Highway connects with the Riverina Highway (B58) and at Hay it intersects the Sturt Highway (A20) and connects with the Mid-Western Highway (B64). 1

It follows a route at one time used by coaches of Cobb & Co., the great pioneering firm whose coaching activities which commenced in 1853 and amongst their many services operated a route through the Riverina to Wilcannia and Broken Hill. 1

10 km north of Deniliquin, there is a survey tree, which is a large eucalypt. It features a surveyors' benchmark, which comprises of a chiselled "V" section lettering "T" and a broad arrow on a very weathered scar surface. A section at the base of the tree has also been carved away though the galvanised nail that would originally have been in place is no longer present. Benchmarks established by the Main Roads Board, the authority in place between 1925 and 1932 typically featured the lettering "MRB BM" and a number relating to the location of the mark within the sequence. That the benchmark was limited to a "T" mark therefore is indicative of it having been placed after this period, when the management of roads was passed on to the Department of Main Roads (DMR). 1

History:

2000: Sealing of the Cobb Highway from Booligal to Ivanhoe. 1

Hay to Wilcannia		Wilcannia to Hay
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	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly facing Corron Rd at One Tree, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Northern Terminus: ID sign assembly at the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75) and Barrier Hwy (A32) at Wilcannia, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign near Box Yards Rd at Booligal, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Wilcannia, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Box Yards Rd at Booligal, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Terawynia Rd at Wilcannia, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the junction with Clare Rd at Mossgiel, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at Ivanhoe facing Baden Park Rd, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Black Intersection Directional Sign: Black ID sign assembly at the junction with Balranald Rd in Ivanhoe, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Tasman Rd at Ivanhoe, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Ivanhoe approaching Ivanhoe-Minindee Rd, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Balranald Rd at Ivanhoe, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Black Intersection Directional Sign: Black ID sign assembly at the junction with Ivanhoe-Minindee Rd in Ivanhoe, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Behring St in Ivanhoe, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Northern Terminus: ID sign assembly at the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75) and Barrier Hwy (A32) at Wilcannia, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Mossgiel Rd at Mossgiel, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching the junction with Mossgiel Rd at Mossgiel, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
			Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Mossgiel, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Booligal approaching Lachlan Valley Way, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the junction with Lachlan Valley Way in Booligal, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
			Intersection Directional Sign: Black ID sign with green fingerboard at the junction with Adelaide St in Booligal, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
			Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Booligal, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
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