Cobb Highway

Cobb Highway
Cobb Highway
Australian Route 75.svg
Proposed _to_replace_B75NSW.png to replace Australian Route 75.svg[1]
Length 598 km (372 mi)
Direction North-South
From Australian Route 32.svg Barrier Highway, Wilcannia, New South Wales
via Ivanhoe, Booligal, Hay, Deniliquin
To Australian Alphanumeric State Route B75.svg Northern Highway, Moama, NSW / Echuca, Victoria (NSW/Vic Border)
Major junctions Australian Route 24.svg Mid-Western Highway
Australian National Route 20.svg Sturt Highway
Australian Route 58.svg Riverina Highway

for full list see major intersections

Location Cobb Hwy.svg

The Cobb Highway is a State highway in western New South Wales, Australia.  From north to south the Cobb Highway begins at its junction with the Barrier Highway near Wilcannia and runs south through the townships of Ivanhoe, Booligal, Hay and Deniliquin.  It ends at Moama where the highway crosses the New South Wales/Victoria border at the Murray River and continues south through Victoria as the Northern Highway.

The Cobb Highway was named after Cobb and Co, a company which ran a network of stagecoaches in inland Australia in the latter half of the 19th century and early in the 20th century.  The highway follows an old coach route through the Riverina, connecting the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan Rivers, and across the intervening plains to the Darling River at Wilcannia.  The Cobb Highway is sealed as far north as 10 km north of Ivanhoe. It is one of the most remote and could be one of the least-used of the highways of New South Wales.

The highway travels through diverse changes in scenery, from the Murray River, enclosed farming land in the Riverina, to open grazing land and semi-desert towards the middle and northern sections. The speed limit is posted at 100 km/h except from three sections where the limit is 110 km/h, being: 40 km north of Deniliquin until Hay, Hay until a few kilometres north of Booligal and the final 110 km/h zone being from just south of Mossgiel to Ivanhoe.

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History

In the 1930s the road now known as the Cobb Highway was proclaimed as part of State Highway 21, which also included the road north through Wilcannia, White Cliffs and Tibooburra to Warri Gate at the Queensland border.

Highway 21 was truncated 18 kilometres south of Wilcannia on 9 February 1945 when the Silver City Highway was proclaimed.  The Cobb Highway received its name in 1947 in commemoration of the Cobb & Co. coach company.

In 1954, with the institution of the National Route system, the Cobb Highway in NSW and the Northern Highway in Victoria were designated to be National Route 75.

In May 1969 a bridge over the Edward River at Deniliquin was constructed (replacing a timber bridge built in 1895).  In June 1973 a bridge over Murrumbidgee River at Hay was built (replacing the 1874 opening bridge).[2]

The Long Paddock project

The Cobb Highway is part of a very significant Travelling Stock routes network that traverses New South Wales. This highway is the focus of a major tourism initiative entitled 'The Long Paddock', developed by the shires along the route (Murray, Deniliquin, Conargo, Hay and Central Darling).  The Long Paddock project aims to create sustainable communities along the Cobb Highway through the development of a dynamic cultural heritage touring route.  The project uses the consistent theme of transportation, involving elements of history, creative interpretation and local environment, to link the communities along the highway.[3]

Major intersections and towns

Cobb Highway Australian Route 75.svg
Northbound Distance to
Wilcannia
(km)
Distance to
Melbourne
(km)
Southbound
High Speed Intersection Crossroads (clockwise from highway)
Barrier Highway Australian Route 32.svg to Wilcannia and Broken Hill
Barrier Highway Australian Route 32.svg to Cobar and Dubbo
End Cobb Highway Australian Route 75.svg 20 793 Start Cobb Highway Australian Route 75.svg
Menindee
Ivanhoe-Menindee Road High Speed Intersection
178 635 Menindee
Ivanhoe-Menindee Road High Speed Intersection
Ivanhoe 182 631 Ivanhoe
Balranald
Balranald Road High Speed Intersection
182.5 630.5 Balranald, Swan Hill
Balranald Road High Speed Intersection
Cobar
Behring Street High Speed Intersection
183 630 Cobar
Behring Street High Speed Intersection
BROKEN HILL RAIL LINE
Level Crossing
185 628 BROKEN HILL RAIL LINE
Level Crossing
Hillston
Mossgiel Trunk Road High Speed Intersection
233 580 Hillston, Griffith
Mossgiel Trunk Road High Speed Intersection
Hillston, Cobar, Bourke
Lachlan Valley Way High Speed Intersection
315 498 Hillston
Lachlan Valley Way High Speed Intersection
continues as Australian Route 75.svg 392 421 Goolgowi, West Wyalong, Bathurst, Sydney
Mid-Western Highway Australian Route 24.svg High Speed Intersection
Goolgowi, West Wyalong, Bathurst, Sydney
Mid-Western Highway Australian Route 24.svg High Speed Intersection
continues as Australian Route 24.svg Australian Route 75.svg
Maude
Cadell Street High Speed Intersection
392.5 421.5 Maude
Cadell Street High Speed Intersection
Hay 393 420 Hay
MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER 394 419 MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER
continues as Australian Route 24.svg Australian Route 75.svg 395 418 Narrandera, Wagga Wagga, Sydney;
Balranald, Mildura, Adelaide
Sturt Highway Australian National Route 20.svg Give way sign at roundabout (Australia).svg
Balranald, Mildura, Adelaide;
Narrandera, Wagga Wagga, Sydney
Sturt Highway Australian National Route 20.svg Give way sign at roundabout (Australia).svg
End Australian Route 24.svg
continues as Australian Route 75.svg
Jerilderie
Jerilderie Road High Speed Intersection
402 411 Jerilderie
Jerilderie Road High Speed Intersection
Moulamein
Moulamein Road High Speed Intersection
499 314 Moulamein
Moulamein Road High Speed Intersection
Finley, Berrigan, Albury
Riverina Highway Australian Route 58.svg Give way sign at roundabout (Australia).svg
516 297 Finley, Berrigan, Albury
Riverina Highway Australian Route 58.svg Give way sign at roundabout (Australia).svg
Deniliquin 517 296 Deniliquin
Barham, Kerang
Deniliquin-Barham Road Give way sign at roundabout (Australia).svg
518 295 Barham, Kerang
Deniliquin-Barham Road Give way sign at roundabout (Australia).svg
Mathoura 550 263 Mathoura
Barmah, Nathalia
Barmah Road High Speed Intersection
576 237 Barmah, Nathalia
Barmah Road High Speed Intersection
Womboota
Perricoota Road High Speed Intersection
590 223 Womboota
Perricoota Road High Speed Intersection
Moama 591 222 Moama
Start Cobb Highway Australian Route 75.svg
from Northern Highway Australian Alphanumeric State Route B75.svg
592 221 End Cobb Highway Australian Route 75.svg
MURRAY RIVER MURRAY RIVER
NEW SOUTH WALES
STATE BORDER
VICTORIA
592 221 continues as Northern Highway Australian Alphanumeric State Route B75.svg
to Echuca / Bendigo / Melbourne

See also

References

  1. ^ Alpha-Numeric Route Numbering for NSW. It is here!, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on December 29, 2007.
  2. ^ National Route 75: Cobb Highway, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website (accessed 22 January 2007).
  3. ^ The Long Paddock: Cobb Highway Touring Route

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