Silver City Highway

Silver City Highway

Map of the far west of New South Wales, with Silver City Highway highlighted in red
General information
TypeHighway
Length683 km (424 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Road 69)[2]
January 1945 (as State Highway 22)[3]
Route number(s) B79 (2013–present)
(Buronga–Broken Hill)
Former
route number
National Route 79 (1955–2013)
(Curlwaa–Broken Hill)
Major junctions
South end Sturt Highway
Buronga, New South Wales
 
North endWarry Gate Road
NSW/QLD border
Location(s)
Major settlementsBuronga, Dareton, Wentworth, Broken Hill
Restrictions
General
  • Limited fuel and supplies available, especially outside of settlements.[4]
Highway system
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Silver City Highway is a 683-kilometre-long (424 mi)[1] highway that links Buronga, New South Wales to the Queensland border via Wentworth, Broken Hill, and Tibooburra, in the arid Far West region of New South Wales; a short branch also connects to Calder Highway on the Victorian border at Curlwaa (signed as Calder Highway). The namesake of the highway is derived from the moniker for Broken Hill – the "Silver City" – which the highway travels through. The highway is designated route B79 from Broken Hill to Buronga.

  1. ^ a b "Silver City 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, 1924-1939". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 15. National Library of Australia. 9 February 1945. p. 271. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ "For Real - Broken Hill". Broken Hill City Council. June 2013. pp. 10, 20, 48–49. Retrieved 4 September 2013.