Federal Highway (Australia)

Federal Highway

New South Wales
–Australian Capital Territory
Southbound carriageway, at Wollogorang. The median strip at this location is about 200 metres (656 ft)[1] wide and contains pasture.
Federal Highway (Australia) is located in New South Wales
Northeast end
Northeast end
Southwest end
Southwest end
Coordinates
General information
TypeMotorway
Length72.7 km (45 mi)[2]
OpenedFebruary 1931[3]
GazettedAugust 1928 (NSW, as Main Road 3)[4]
Maintained by
Route number(s)
  • M23 (2013–present)
    (Yarra–NSW/ACT border)
  • M23 (2016–present)
    (ACT/NSW border–Majura)
  • A23 (2013–present)
    (Majura–Lyneham)
Former
route number
  • A23 (2013–2016)
    (ACT/NSW border–Majura)
  • National Highway 23
    (1974–2013, within NSW)
  • National Highway 23
    (1974–2013, within ACT)
  • National Route 23
    (1955–1974)
Major junctions
Northeast end Hume Highway
Yarra, New South Wales
 
Southwest end Northbourne Avenue
Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory
Location(s)
RegionSouthern Tablelands
LGA(s)Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Upper Lachlan Shire, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, Yass Valley Shire, Australian Capital Territory
Major suburbs / townsCollector, Sutton, Watson, Downer, Lyneham
Highway system
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The Federal Highway is a highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is a part of a motorway-standard link between Sydney and Canberra, and is also the main thoroughfare between those cities.

The north-eastern end of the Federal Highway is located at its junction with Hume Highway near the rural city of Goulburn. It runs 72.7 km (45.2 mi) southwest to Canberra, the national capital of Australia, where its southwestern end is located at the intersection of Northbourne Avenue and Barton Highway. The Federal Highway passes the villages of Wollogorang, Collector and Sutton, as well as skirting the western side of the endorheic basin containing Lake George.

  1. ^ "SIX maps". NSW Government. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Federal Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference open-act31 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "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. Retrieved 1 August 2022.