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

Road Photos & Information: New South Wales

Hume Highway (National Highway 31) Former Alignment: Goulburn (Decommissioned)

Statistics:

Length: 10 km
Northern Terminus: Hume Highway (NH31) interchange at North Goulburn.
Southern Terminus: Hume Highway (NH31) interchange at South Goulburn.

Route Numbering:

Current: None, now a local road
Former:

General Information:

Over the years the Hume Highway has had numerous alterations, and this section at Goulburn is one of the sections that has been bypassed. The road travels through the heart of Goulburn using Old Hume Hwy, Sydney Rd, Lagoon St, Auburn St, Clinton St, Cowper St and Hume St.

After Goulburn was bypassed in 1992, the locals were worried about business in the town, however, it's still thriving as always and many people passing through still use it as a major stop along their trip. When the highway was rerouted around the city, the council reduced the 2 lanes in each direction in the town centre to 1 lane in each direction to increase parking capacity and main street amenity.

History (Goulburn alignment Only):

1914: Sydney-Melbourne road (Great South Road) is declared a main road
1928: Sections of Great South Road renamed to Hume Highway
1940: Hume Highway is (mostly) paved.
1950s: In 1952, a group of citizens met and formed a committee under Lt-General Sir Frank Berryman to create a national memorial to servicemen by using trees and shrubs as living memorials. The NSW Premier, JJ Cahill, officially launched the scheme on 9 December 1953. The Remembrance Driveway project as it was called started on 5 February 1954, when trees were planted at either end of the Driveway at the War Memorial, Canberra, and in Macquarie Place, Sydney, by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. By June 1959, 10,000 trees had been planted. Since then, planting of trees in avenues or groves has continued. When the M5 Motorway replaced the Hume Highway (and also Camden Valley Way) south of Liverpool, it became the focus for planting trees and shrubs in remembrance. 1
1970: Dual carriageway and new bridges built, bypassing the old bridge from 1930s at Boxers Creek, north of Goulburn 1
1992: Mittagong and Goulburn Bypasses open

Northbound:		Southbound:
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	Black AD Sign: Black advance directional sign, heading east along Clinton Street at Goulburn, July 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Governor's Hill: Southbound at Governor's Hill. Not much has changed along here, and it still resembles what the route did before the bypass opened. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
	Black Advance Directional Sign: Nice black AD sign, northbound on Auburn Street, for the Goldsmith Street junction, April 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Governor's Hill: Southbound at Governor's Hill. Not much has changed along here, and it still resembles what the route did before the bypass opened. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
	Black Distance Sign: Northbound RD sign just before the interchange with the current alignment, north of Goulburn, July 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Welcome Sign: Council placed welcome sign, southbound on Governor's Hill. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Southbound at North Goulburn: Typical and unchanged conditions along the old highway at North Goulburn. April 2006 Image © Paul Rands
			Fitzroy Bridge: Southbound approaching the Fitzroy Bridge over the Mulwaree River, Goulburn, April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign for Union Street. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Lagoon Street: Southbound, April 2006 Image © Paul Rands
			Auburn Street: Southbound after the Auburn / Lagoon St intersection, April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Black Advance Directional Sign: Nice black AD sign, southbound on Auburn Street, for the Goldsmith Street junction, April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Southbound on Auburn Street: Main shopping precinct on a Saturday afternoon, showing why Goulburn was by-passed, but this was once 2 lanes in each direction. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Southbound on Auburn Street: Post office clock tower in the distance. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Black Directional Sign: Old AD sign from the 70s or 80s showing the hard right turn the highway once took at Clinton Street, April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Westbound on Clinton Street: Heading west after the signals on the corner of Auburn & Clinton Streets, April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Channelised Turn: Turning left onto Cowper Street. As you can see the 2 southbound lanes were channeled to go south by default. The roundabout was an addition much later in the 1980s or 90s. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Southbound on Cowper Street: Arterial style roadway through the southern part of Goulburn, April 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Milestone: Old concrete milestone located southbound on Cowper Street in Goulburn, July 2006. 'Y' is for Yass and 'G' is for Goulburn. The distances point to the post offices as a reference point. Image © Paul Rands
			Milestone: Old concrete milestone located southbound on Cowper Street in Goulburn, July 2006. Image © Paul Rands
			Black Distance Sign: Remnant black RD sign outside the Workers Club Sports Arena, still in use in April 2006. Southbound, South Goulburn. Image © Paul Rands
			End of Old Highway: Southern end of the old route, before it connects to the current alignment of the highway via a volleyball interchange. April 2006. Image © Paul Rands

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Last updated: 17-Dec-2019 0:55

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