Cobb Highway

Cobb Highway

Victoria
Cobb Highway just outside Hay towards Ivanhoe
General information
TypeHighway
Length571 km (355 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Road 60)[2]
March 1938 (as State Highway 21)[3]
Route number(s) B75 (2013–present)
Former
route number
National Route 75 (1955–2013)
Major junctions
North end Barrier Highway
Wilcannia, New South Wales
 
South end Northern Highway
NSW/VIC border
Location(s)
Major settlementsIvanhoe, Booligal, Hay, Deniliquin
Highway system
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Cobb Highway is a state highway in the western Riverina and the far western regions of New South Wales, with a short section in Victoria, Australia, designated part of route B75.

Initially an amalgam of stock routes, the 571-kilometre (355 mi)[1] highway extends from the Victorian border north across central New South Wales to Wilcannia, and was named in honour of the Cobb and Co stagecoach company. 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. Cobb Highway also connects the Barrier, Mid-Western, Sturt, and Riverina highways.

  1. ^ a b "Cobb Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1937". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 46. National Library of Australia. 25 March 1938. p. 1223. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.