Barton Highway

Barton Highway

New South Wales
–Australian Capital Territory
Exit to Hume Highway from Barton Highway
Barton Highway is located in New South Wales
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length52 km (32 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Road 56)[2]
February 1935 (as State Highway 15)[3]
Route number(s)
  • A25 (2013–present)
    (within NSW)
  • A25 (2013–present)
    (within ACT)
Former
route number
  • National Highway 25
    (1974–2013, within NSW)
  • National Highway 25
    (1974–2013, within ACT)
  • National Route 25
    (1956–1974)
  • ACT Tourist Route 4 (Nicholls–Lyneham)
Major junctions
North end Hume Highway
Yass, New South Wales
 
South end Federal Highway
Northbourne Avenue
Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory
Location(s)
Major settlementsMurrumbateman, Hall
Highway system
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Barton Highway[4] is a highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It connects Canberra to Hume Highway at Yass, and it is part of the route from Melbourne to Canberra. It is named in honour of Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia.

  1. ^ "Barton Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 13 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, 1924-1931". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 53. National Library of Australia. 8 March 1935. p. 1038. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ National Route 25, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved 11 May 2008.[self-published source]