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Mid Western Highway (National Route 24) - West Wyalong to Hay (Decommissioned)

Statistics:

• Length: 520 km (West Wyalong to Hay: 257 km)
• Eastern Terminus: Great Western Hwy (NR32) and Mitchell Hwy (NR32) at Bathurst
• Western Terminus: Sturt Hway (NH20) at South Hay
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Rankins Springs, Goolgowi and Hay 1

Route Numbering:

• Former:
• Multiplexes:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: HW6 1
• Decommissioned: 2013

General Information:

Located in Country NSW, and passing through historic farming country, the Mid Western Highway is the most direct route between Sydney or Brisbane and Adelaide, and consists of mainly two-lane rural highway standard.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• Cobb Highway (NR75) for 2 km at Hay

History:

• 1928: The Mid Western Highway was proclaimed. 2
• 1929: Route was rerouted between Gunbar and Balranald to pass through Hay. 2
• 1933: The original route of Mid Western Highway from Bathurst to the South Australian border via Euston and Wentworth truncated at Hay with the proclaimation of the Sturt Hwy. The Hay to South Australia routing became part of the Sturt Highway. 2

Hay to Bathurst			Bathurst to Hay
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	Distance Sign: RD sign at Hay near the Murrumbidgee River , December 2007. Image © Paul Rands			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on Mid Western Hwy (NR24) at Erigolia at the junction with Erigolia Rd and Luelfs Rd, June 2016. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Hay Town Centre: Lachlan St (NR24 / NR75) in Hay , December 2007. Image © Paul Rands			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Mid Western Hwy (NR24) at Goolgowi approaching Kidman Way (SR87), July 2007. Image © Ryan Nicholls
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Mid Western Hwy (NR24 / NR75) (Lachlan St) at Hay approaching Cadell St, December 2007. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Mid Western Hwy (NR24 / NR75) (Lachlan St) at Hay approaching Cobb Hwy (NR75), Mid Western Hwy (NR24) and Murray St, December 2007. NR24 turns right at this junction. Image © Paul Rands
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign on Mid Western Hwy (NR24) at Hay, January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Goolgowi approaching Kidman Way (SR87), January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign on Mid Western Hwy (NR24) at Rankins Springs, January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Black Advance Directional Sign: Black AD sign at Rankins Springs approaching Ninti St and Rankins Springs Rd at Rankins Springs, January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Ninti Street: Corner of Mid Western Hwy (NR24) and Ninti St at Rankins Springs, January 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on Mid Western Hwy (NR24) at Erigolia at the junction with Erigolia Rd and Luelfs Rd, June 2016. Note the incorrect NH shield. Image © Peter Renshaw
Click here for the continuation of NR24 between Carcoar and West Wyalong

1 Schedule of Classified Roads (and unclassified Regional Roads), 25 February 2008
2 Journal of Department of Main Roads New South Wales, Extract from September 1958 issue of "Main Roads"

Last updated: 09-Sep-2020 20:40

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