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Statistics:

• Length: 413 km
• Western Terminus: Cobb Hwy (B75) & Murray St at Hay
• Eastern Terminus: Olympic Hwy (A41) & Mid Western Hwy (A41) at Cowra
• Miscellaneous: Mid Western Hwy continues as A41 between Cowra and Bathurst
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Cowra, Grenfell, Caragabal, Marsden, West Wyalong, Rankins Springs, Goolgowi and Hay

Route Numbering:

• Current: B64

• Former:
• Multiplexes: A39
• Road Authority Internal Classification: HW6 1

General Information:

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

Multiplexes along the route include:

• Newell Highway (A39) for 37 km between Marsden and West Wyalong

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 proclamation of the Sturt Hwy. The Hay to South Australia routing became part of the Sturt Highway. 2

Cowra to Hay			Hay to Cowra
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	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Lachlan Valley Way (B81) at Cowra, August 2013. This sign should be prefixed with 'To' beside B64, as B64 doesn't start for another 100m. Image © Peter Renshaw			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75), Mid Western Hwy (B64) and Murray St, Hay, December 2007. This is the western terminus of B64. Image © Paul Rands
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign as Mid Western Hwy (B64) leaves Cowra, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75), Mid Western Hwy (B64) and Murray St, Hay, December 2007. This is the western terminus of B64. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Weddin St and Henry Lawson Way, Grenfell, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75), Mid Western Hwy (B64) and Murray St, Hay, December 2007. This is the western terminus of B64. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly facing Caragabal-Quandialla Rd at Caragabal, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Rankin Springs approaching Boree St, Ninti St and Lake Cargelligo Rd, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Newell Hwy (A39) at Carabagal, January 2014. The A39 duplex begins at this junction and B64 turns left here. Image © Michael Greenslade			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Rankin Springs, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at West Wyalong, September 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Wrights Ln, Goolgowi, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Hannan Rd at Weethalle, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Carabagal approaching Newell Hwy (A39), January 2014. The A39 duplex ends at this intersection and B64 turns right. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Kidman Way (B87) at Goolgowi, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Carabagal, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the roundabout with Kidman Way (B87) at Goolgowi, December 2007. Image © Richard Wardle			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign after Henry Lawson Way, outside Grenfell, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Rankin Springs, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade			Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental advance directional sign with local tourist attractions, as Mid Western Hwy (B64) enters Cowra, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Goolgowi approaching Kidman Way (B87), January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade			Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental advance directional sign with local tourist attractions, as Mid Western Hwy (B64) enters Cowra, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign as Mid Western Hwy (B64) leaves Goolgowi, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw			Advance Directional Sign: Advance directional sign approaching Olympic Hwy (A41) and Lachlan Valley Way (B81) in Cowra, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75), Mid Western Hwy (B64) and Murray St, Hay, December 2007. Image © Paul Rands			End B64: Eastern terminus of B64: the junction with Olympic Hwy (A41) and Mid Western Hwy (A41) in Cowra, September 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75), Mid Western Hwy (B64) and Murray St, Hay, December 2007. This is the western terminus of B64. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction of Cobb Hwy (B75), Mid Western Hwy (B64) and Murray St, Hay, December 2007. This is the western terminus of B64. Image © Paul Rands

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: 23-Dec-2019 10:14

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