Snowy Mountains Highway
State highway in New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Snowy Mountains Highway is a 333-kilometre-long (207 mi)[1] state highway located in New South Wales, Australia. Its two sections connect the New South Wales South Coast to the Monaro region, and the Monaro to the South West Slopes via the Snowy Mountains. The higher altitude regions of this road are subject to snow over the winter months, and the road also provides access to many parts of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The highway bears the B72 shield along its entire length.
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General information | |||
Type | Highway | ||
Length | 287 km (178 mi)[1] 333 km (207 mi) including intervening roadway.[1] | ||
Gazetted | August 1928 (as Main Road 4)[2] | ||
Route number(s) | B72 (2013–present) | ||
Former route number | National Route 18 (1955–2013) | ||
Major junctions | |||
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East end | Princes Highway Stony Creek, New South Wales | ||
Mogilla Road | |||
West end | Monaro Highway Steeple Flat, New South Wales | ||
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East end | Monaro Highway Cooma, New South Wales | ||
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West end | Hume Highway Mount Adrah, New South Wales | ||
Location(s) | |||
Major settlements | Adelong, Tumut Adaminaby, Cooma | ||
Restrictions | |||
General | Within Kosciuszko National Park, it is recommended that two-wheel drive vehicles carry snow chains during winter.[3] | ||
Highway system | |||
The highway originally bore the name Monaro Highway until 1958, when it received its current name. It originally ran from Tathra to Wagga Wagga but has been shortened to run from Princes Highway to Hume Highway instead. Part of the roadway was reallocated to what is now known as Monaro Highway in 1955. Reservoirs created as a result of dams built in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme required the creation of major realignments to avoid submerged areas. Previous to New South Wales' conversion to alphanumeric route markers, it was signed as National Route 18.