Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
M31   Hume Motorway & Hume Highway (M31) - Holbrook to Victoria Border

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General Information:

The Hume Highway is one of Australia's most vital highway links. Providing access between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's 2 largest cities. The National Highway section of the Hume Highway consists of 100% dual carriageway road, either rural expressway or motorway standard.

In NSW, the highway in one form or another started life as the Great South Road, linking Sydney with the southern highlands and eventually beyond. The highway was named in 1928 after Hamilton Hume (1797-1873), a famous explorer in the early 19th century who, in 1824, in conjunction with William Hovell first found an overland route between Sydney and the infant colonial outpost of Port Phillip, the original name of Melbourne.

M31 is the main freight and commuter route between Sydney and Melbourne and has gone through a massive amount of transformation over the past 30 or so years, with many towns being bypassed along its route as well and gradual upgrades to motorway standards. Since the 1960s, the road has either been duplicated, where alignments allow for it, and also large deviations have also been part of the upgrade process.

The route around the Mittagong area averages around 16,000 vehicles every day, in other sections the number drops off a little or closer to Sydney increases.2

The route forms the Remembrance Driveway which honours war veterans, click here for the Remembrance Driveway web site.

Here are some interesting statistics on the Hume Highway: 1

History (Covers current alignment and previous alignments, which may be now under another route number):

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at South Albury approaching East St, March 2015.

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Welcome Sign:
Welcome to New South Wales sign, South Albury, March 2015.

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East Street:
Hume Highway (M31) at the East St interchange, South Albury, March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at East Albury approaching Riverina Hwy (B58), March 2015.

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Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at East Albury approaching Riverina Hwy (B58), March 2015.

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Riverina Highway:
Hume Hwy (M31) at the Riverina Hwy (B58) interchange, East Albury, March 2015.

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Riverina Highway:
Hume Hwy (M31) at the Riverina Hwy (B58) interchange, East Albury, March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Racecouse Rd, North Albury, March 2015.

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Fallon Street:
Hume Hwy (M31) as it passuse under Fallon St, East Albury, March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at North Albury for Racecourse Rd interchange, March 2015.

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Racecourse Road:
Hume Hwy (M31) at Racecourse Rd interchange, Lavington, March 2015.

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Racecourse Road:
Hume Hwy (M31) at Racecourse Rd interchange, Lavington, March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Lavington approaching Thurgoona Dr, March 2015.

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Thurgoona Drive:
Hume Hwy (M31) at Thurgoona Drive interchange, Lavington, March 2015.

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Davey Road:
Hume Hwy (M31) as it passes under Davey Rd at Table Top, March 2015.

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Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Table Top, March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Table Top approaching Burma Rd, March 2015.

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Tynan Road:
Corner of Hume Hwy (M31) and Tynan Rd at Table Top, March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Table Top approaching Olympic Hwy (A41), March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Table Top approaching Olympic Hwy (A41), March 2015.

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Olympic Highway:
Hume Hwy (M31) at the Olympic Hwy (A41) interchange, Table Top, March 2015.

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Olympic Highway:
Hume Hwy (M31) at the Olympic Hwy (A41) interchange, Table Top, March 2015.

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Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Table Top, March 2015.

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Newtons Road:
Hume Hwy (M31) as it passes under Newtons Rd at Mullengandra, March 2015.

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Entering Mullengandra:
Hume Hwy (M31) as it enters Mullengandra, March 2015.

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Tourism Region Distance Sign:
Tourism based RD sign at Mullengandra, March 2015.

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Services Distance Sign:
Services based RD sign at Woomargama, March 2015.

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Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign approaching Woomargama Way, Woomargama, March 2015.

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Services Sign:
Services sign at Woomargama, March 2015.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Woomargama Way, Woomargama, March 2015.

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Woomargama Way:
Hume Hwy (M31) at Woomargama Way (former Hume Hwy) at Woomargama, March 2015.

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Woomargama Way:
Hume Hwy (M31) at Woomargama Way (former Hume Hwy) at Woomargama, March 2015.

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Click here for the continuation of M31 as Hume Freeway in Victoria
Click here for the continuation of M31 between Gundagai and Holbrook

1 Roads and Maritime Services
2 Department of Main Roads. The Roadmakers, A History of Main Roads in New South Wales, ISBN 0 7240 0439 4
3 Roads and Maritime Services, RMS achievements in transport infrastructure projects
4 Roads and Maritime Services, Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Hume Highway, Community Update, October 2011

Last updated: 23-Feb-2017 6:21

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