Golden Highway

The Golden Highway is a 313-kilometre (194 mi)[1] highway, located in the Hunter and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.

For the route in Ontario, see List of Ontario Tourist Routes. For the route in Gauteng, South Africa, see R553 (South Africa).

Golden Highway

New South Wales
Direction sign at end of Bylong Valley Way
General information
TypeHighway
Length313 km (194 mi)[1]
Route number(s) B84 (2013-present)
Former
route number		 State Route 84 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
East end New England Highway
Belford, New South Wales
 
West end Newell Highway
Dubbo, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlementsDenman, Sandy Hollow, Merriwa, Dunedoo
Highway system

Designated as route B84, it runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle on the coast and enables road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney.

Route
Turnoff at Sandy Hollow towards the Bylong Valley Way.

From west to east, the Golden Highway runs through Dunedoo – where it is concurrent with the Castlereagh Highway for approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) – then through Merriwa, Sandy Hollow, Denman, Jerrys Plains and Mount Thorley, joining the New England Highway at Belford, south of Singleton. The Bylong Valley Way turns off the Golden Highway 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of Sandy Hollow. The Golden Highway and The Putty Road are concurrent for around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), east of the Mount Thorley industrial estate near Singleton. The highway then turns east onto Mitchell's Line of Road while the Putty Road continues to Singleton.[2]

The Golden Highway provides a fairly low altitude crossing of the Great Dividing Range.[3] It runs through the Hunter Region[4] and gives access to the golden west of New South Wales.[5]

Major junctions
LGALocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
SingletonBelford0.00.0 New England Highway (A15) – Kurri Kurri, Newcastle, Singleton, TamworthT intersection; eastern terminus of Golden Highway and route B84
Mount Thorley10.06.2Putty Road – SingletonT intersection; eastern concurrency terminus with Putty Road
Route B84 continues south along Putty Road, east along Mitchell Line of Road
13.48.3Putty Road (west) – Putty, Windsor
Mount Thorley Road (south) - Mount Thorley		Hybrid interchange; western concurrency terminus with Putty Road
Route B84 continues north along Jerrys Plains Road, east along Putty Road
Warkworth23.414.5Wallaby Scrub Road – Bulga, to Putty Road
Hunter River46.729.0Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
MuswellbrookDenman64.540.1Denman Road (north-east) – MuswellbrookT intersection; Golden Highway continues southwest, south-east
Hunter River65.340.6Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
MuswellbrookSandy Hollow82.651.3Bylong Valley Way – Bylong, Mudgee
83.051.6Wybong Road – Muswellbrook
Upper HunterMerriwa11974Scone Road – Scone
Merriwa River12075Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Krui River14489Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
WarrumbungleLeadville215134 Castlereagh Highway (B55 east) – Gulgong, Mudgee, LithgowEastern concurrency terminus with route B55
Dunedoo225140 Castlereagh Highway (B55 west) – GilgandraT intersection; western concurrency terminus with route B55
DubboDubbo313194 Newell Highway (A39) – Coonabarabran, Parkes, Melbourne, Brisbane, AdelaideT intersection; western terminus of Golden Highway and route B84
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. "3800 New England Highway, Whittingham NSW 2330". Google Maps. Google Inc. 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. "NSW State Route 83: Golden Highway". Ozroads. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. "Golden Highway Home Page". Craigmhor Enterprises. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  4. "Upper Hunter Country". Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  5. "Heart of Country, NSW, Accommodation, Tours, Events and Hire". Visit NSW.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
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