Illawarra Highway
| Illawarra Highway New South Wales | |
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| Length | 62 km (39 mi) |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales | |
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The Illawarra Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. It connects Wollongong to the Southern Highlands and links the Princes Highway and Hume Highway.[1][2]
Route
It is named after the geographical area it crosses, the Illawarra region. Typical scenery is beautiful as it crosses the Macquarie Valley (Shellharbour) and the spectacular Macquarie Pass, with many hairpin bends and steep gradients, unsuitable for large and articulated vehicles. Trucks are instead advised to use the Mount Ousley Road (Route B88), also known as Picton Road. The pass has one of the southernmost stands of Australia's sub tropical rainforest.
The main towns en route are Albion Park in the Shellharbour area and Robertson and Moss Vale on the Southern Highlands. Spectacular National Parks surrounds them. Both Robertson and Moss Vale are quaint country towns with 19th-century buildings still intact, While Albion Park is an inland town of Shellharbour
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km[3] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Wingecarribee | Sutton Forest | 0.0 | 0.0 |  Hume Highway (M31) / Canyonleigh Road west – Sydney, Goulburn, Canyonleigh | Western terminus at diamond interchange; continues west as Canyonleigh Road |
| 6.8 | 4.2 | Exeter Road – Exeter | |||
| Moss Vale | 13.5 | 8.4 | Argyle Road (Old Hume Highway) east / Sutton Road north – Bowral, Mittagong | Roundabout | |
| 17.3 | 10.7 | Nowra Road – Kangaroo Valley, Nowra | |||
| Avoca | 23.6 | 14.7 |  Sheepwash Road – Nowra, Mittagong | ||
| Robertson | 37.7 | 23.4 | Jamberoo Mountain Road – Jamberoo, Kiama | ||
| Shellharbour | Albion Park | 59.4 | 36.9 | Tongarra Road east / Terry Street south – Shellharbour, Kiama | Traffic light intersection |
| Albion Park Rail | 62.1 | 38.6 |   Princes Motorway (M1) north / Princes Highway (A1) south – Wollongong, Sydney, Kiama, Nowra | Eastern terminus at roundabout | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ National Route 48, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
- ↑ Illawarra Highway, Hotkey. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.
- ↑ Google (3 February 2016). "Illawarra Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
