Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
  Hume Highway (National Highway 31) Former Alignment: Albury (Decommissioned)

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For decades there has been plans for the bypassing of Albury. The Hume Highway followed a maze of streets through the town, bringing large amounts of heavy vehicles with it. Eventually the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority chose to build a bypass through town as opposed to around it. The old route consists mostly of 4 lane urban arterial road, littered with traffic signals with businesses and homes directly accessing the route.

The Albury-Wodonga Freeway (the Albury Bypass) links the Hume Freeway at Wodonga with the present Hume Highway at Ettamogah, north of Albury. The freeway was officially opened by the Prime Minister John Howard at a community event on 4 March 2007. The freeway opened to traffic on 6 March 2007.

Main features of the freeway project include:

The old alignment was duplexed by the Riverina Highway (NR58) from Guinea Street through to Hume Street, this section of Hume Highway is now known solely as the Riverina Highway.

History (Albury alignment Only):

The photos below were taken before the opening of the Albury Bypass, and may not reflect current signage throughout the bypassed route.

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ID Sign:
Directional sign facing eastbound traffic on in Urana Road Lavington. July 2006.

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New South Wales - Victoria Border:
Looking northeast from the Lincoln Causeway at Wodonga over the Murray River into New South Wales, July 2006.

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ID Sign:
Intersection directional sign facing traffic from Urana Road at Lavington, July 2006.

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Safe-T-Cam Sign:
Sign outside Oddies Creek Park, Albury, indicating the use of the Safe-T-Cam system for monitoring heavy vehicle movements within NSW, July 2006.

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Distance Sign:
Southbound sign indicating distances. July 2006 at Lavington.

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Load Limit Restriction Sign:
Sign outside Oddies Creek Park in Albury indicating the permitted heavy vehicles on the Hume Highway. July 2006.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD Sign indicating through traffic to the Albury CBD and onto Melbourne, southbound at North Albury near Mate and North Streets, July 2006.

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Black Directional Signage:
1970s AD sign approaching Ebden Street at Albury, outside Australia Park. Northbound, July 2006.

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ID Sign:
Directional signage on the intersection with Mate Street, July 2006.

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Northbound AD Sign:
Directional sign on Wodonga Place, near Hovell Street, approaching the right turn continuation of the former Hume Highway and the junction with the Riverina Highway at Albury, July 2006.

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Westbound on North Street:
Looking west between Mate and Young Streets. July 2006.

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Northbound AD Sign:
Directional sign on Wodonga Place approaching the junction with the Riverina Highway at Albury, July 2006.

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AD Sign:
Westbound on North Street at North Albury as you approach the hard left with Young Street, July 2006.

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Sign Assembly:
Signs on the corner of Wodonga Place and Hume Street in Albury, July 2006.

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Young Street Intersection:
Looking west as the highway turns from North Street onto Young Street, July 2006.

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Advance Directional Sign:
Northbound AD sign as you approach the Riverina Highway turn off. Young Street, Albury, July 2006.

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Distance Sign:
Southbound sign indicating distances. July 2006 at North Albury.

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Sign Goof:
Advance directional sign looking like its from the 1960s when in reailty it's probably less than 20 years old, westbound on the Riverina Hwy (Guinea St) approaching Young Street, July 2006.

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Directional Sign:
Eastbound facing ID sign on the corner of Young & Dean Streets, Albury, July 2006.

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Directional Sign:
ID sign located on the junction Young St & Guinea St, Albury, July 2006.

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Advance Directional Sign:
Westbound sign gantry located on Hume Street Albury, July 2006.

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Sign Goof:
ID sign facing Riverina Hwy traffic, in all capital letters, instead of mixed case, on the corner of Young St & Guinea St, Albury, July 2006.

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ID Signage:
Sign assembly located on the corner of Hume Street & Wodonga Place (NR58) at Albury, July 2006.

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Intersection Directional Sign:
Northbound ID assembly on the corner of Guinea and Young Streets in Albury, July 2006.

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Advance Directional Sign:
Sign on the Riverina Highway (Wodonga Place) as you approach Hume Street, July 2006.

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AD Sign:
Northbound on Young Street at Albury as you approach the right turn with North Street, July 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing eastbound traffic from Hume Street Albury, July 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

 

Black ID Sign:
Black directional sign from the 70s or 80s on the corner of North & Young Streets, Albury, July 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

New South Wales - Victoria Border:
Looking southwest from Wodonga Place at South Albury over the Murray River into Victoria, July 2006.

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Looking East at North Albury:
Eastbound on North Street towards the bridge over main Sydney-Melbourne railway, July 2006.

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AD Sign:
Eastbound advance directional sign as you approach the North & Mate Streets intersection at North Albury, July 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

     

ID Sign:
Directional signage on the intersection with Mate Street, July 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

     

Distance Sign:
Northbound RD sign after the Mate Street intersection in North Albury, July 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

     

Northbound at Lavington:
Hume Highway as you approach both Union Road and Urana Road. July 2006.

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