Barrier Highway

Barrier Highway

New South Wales
Highway sign, Yunta
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length1,012 km (629 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928 (NSW, as Main Road 8)[2]
Route number(s) A32 (1998/2013–present)
Former
route number
National Route 32 (1955–1998/2013)
Major junctions
West end Horrocks Highway
Giles Corner, South Australia
 
East end Mitchell Highway
Nyngan, New South Wales
Location(s)
RegionYorke and Mid North, Far North,[3] Far West
Major settlementsSaddleworth, Burra, Peterborough, Yunta, Broken Hill, Wilcannia, Cobar
Highway system
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Barrier Highway is a highway in South Australia[4] and New South Wales, and is designated part of route A32. The name of the highway is derived from the Barrier Ranges, an area of moderately high ground in the far west of New South Wales, through which the highway traverses.

Barrier Highway near Cobar
  1. ^ "Barrier Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ Barrier Highway (SA) Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, South Australia Central. Retrieved 21 February 2010.