Monaro Highway

Monaro Highway

Victoria
–Australian Capital Territory
Monaro Highway; Victoria–Australian Capital Territory
	Map of the far southeast of Australia, with Monaro Highway highlighted in red
General information
Type	Highway
Length	285.1 km (177 mi)
Gazetted	March 1914 (VIC, as Main Road); August 1928 (NSW, as Main Roads 52 and 53); March 1938 (NSW, as State Highway 19); August 1960 (VIC, as State Highway)
Route number(s)	B23 (1998/2013–present); (Cann River–NSW/ACT border); A23 (2013–present); (ACT/NSW border–Fyshwick); M23 (2016–present); (Fyshwick–Pialligo); Concurrency:; B72 (2013–present); (Steeple Flat–Cooma);
Former; route number	National Route 23 (1962–1998/2013); (Cann River–Fyshwick); Alternative National Route 23 (1991–2016); (Fyshwick–Pialligo); ACT Tourist Drive 5; (Calwell–Fyshwick);
Major junctions
South end	Princes Highway; Cann River, Victoria
	Snowy Mountains Highway; Hindmarsh Drive; Canberra Avenue;
North end	Majura Parkway; Pialligo, Australian Capital Territory
Location(s)
Major settlements	Cann River, Bombala, Nimmitabel, Cooma, Tuggeranong, South Canberra
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Victoria; Highways in New South Wales; Road infrastructure in Canberra;
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Monaro Highway is a 285-kilometre-long (177 mi) highway in Victoria, New South Wales, and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia, linking Cann River in Victoria to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) via the Monaro region. From its southern terminus, it follows the nearby Cann River upstream towards the New South Wales border through heavily forested terrain. Within New South Wales (NSW), it makes its way through further forest before reaching the pastures typical of the Monaro. There are multiple towns and villages along the highway, including Bombala, Nimmitabel and Cooma. The terrain within the Monaro is largely hilly, and there are numerous crossings. The road also parallels the former Bombala railway line in several locations. Within the ACT, the road becomes a high volume roadway and serves the southern suburbs of Canberra. The highway has more recently had a grade-separated dual carriageway extension constructed within Canberra, as part of the Eastern Parkway construction project. It is designated part of route M23, and route A23 within Canberra, and route B23 within Victoria and New South Wales, with a concurrency where it also carries route B72 between the two sections of Snowy Mountains Highway.

^ "Monaro Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 1 April 1914. p. 1545. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1960". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1960. pp. 7–8.

[gmaps-1] "Monaro Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[vicgovgaz14-2] "Victorian Government Gazette". State Library of Victoria. 1 April 1914. p. 1545. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[nswgovgaz28-3] "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.

[nswgovgaz38-4] "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 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[CRB47AR-5] "Country Roads Board Victoria. Forty-Seventh Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1960". Country Roads Board of Victoria. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 21 November 1960. pp. 7–8.

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