Golden Highway

For the route in Ontario, see List of Ontario Tourist Routes. For the route in Gauteng, South Africa, see R553 (South Africa).

Golden Highway

Mitchells Line of Road

New South Wales
Direction sign at end of Bylong Valley Way
Golden Highway is located in New South Wales
East end
East end
West end
West end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length313 km (194 mi)[3]
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Road 62)[1]
November 1996 (as State Highway 27)[2]
Route number(s)
  • B84 (2013–present)
    Entire route
  • Concurrency:
  • B55 (2013–present)
    (Dunedoo-Leadville)
Former
route number		 State Route 84 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
East end New England Highway
Belford, New South Wales
 
West end Newell Highway
Dubbo, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlementsDenman, Sandy Hollow, Merriwa, Dunedoo
Highway system
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Golden Highway (also known as Mitchells Line of Road at its eastern end) is a 313-kilometre (194 mi)[3] highway, located in the Hunter and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia. It runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle on the coast, allowing road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney, and is designated route B84.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Roads Act". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 134. National Library of Australia. 22 November 1996. pp. 7657–62. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Golden Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 November 2016.