Roads with highway names in Australia are roads that are usually, but not necessarily, classified as a highway [lower-alpha 1] by a state or territory road authority. There are also many roads classified as a highway, but without a highway name. For example, Great Southern Highway is classified as a main road, not as a highway, [1] [2] or Hereward Highway in the Sydney suburb of Blacktown which is a two lane suburban street with the name Highway, while the King Georges Road is classified as a highway, [3] but does not have the word "Highway" in its name. There are a number of freeways in Australia, or freeway-standard roads, which may or may not be classified as highways, and may or may not be named as highways.
This list contains all roads that satisfy one of the following criteria:
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Airport Link (tunnel) |  | Queensland |
| Albany Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Anne Beadell Highway | South Australia | |
| Anne Beadell Highway | Western Australia | |
| Anzac Highway |  | South Australia |
| Arnhem Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Arthur Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Augusta Highway |  | South Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Balonne Highway |  | Queensland |
| Barkly Highway |   | Queensland |
 (future ) | Northern Territory | |
| Barrier Highway |  | South Australia |
| New South Wales | ||
| Barton Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Barwon Highway |  | Queensland |
| Bass Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Bass Highway |   | Victoria |
| Batman Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Bellarine Highway |  | Victoria |
| Birdseye Highway |  | South Australia |
| Borung Highway |  | Victoria |
| Bradfield Highway (bridge) |  | Queensland |
| Brand Highway | | Western Australia |
| Brisbane Valley Highway |  | Queensland |
| Brockman Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Brooker Highway | | Tasmania |
| Brookton Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Browns Well Highway |  | South Australia |
| Bruce Highway |   | Queensland |
| Bruxner Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Buchanan Highway |   | Northern Territory |
| Buntine Highway |   | Northern Territory |
| Bunya Highway | | Queensland |
| Burketown Normanton Road |  | Queensland |
| Burnett Highway |  | Queensland |
| Burwood Highway |   | Victoria |
| Bussell Highway | | Western Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Cahill Expressway | | New South Wales |
| Calder Highway |   | Victoria |
| Cann Valley Highway |  | Victoria |
| Canning Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Capricorn Highway |  | Queensland |
| Captain Cook Highway |  | Queensland |
| Carnarvon Highway |    | Queensland |
| New South Wales | ||
| Carpentaria Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Castlereagh Highway | | Queensland |
 | New South Wales | |
| Centenary Motorway / Highway |  | Queensland |
| Central Coast Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Channel Highway |  | Tasmania |
| City West Link | | New South Wales |
| Clem Jones Tunnel | | Queensland |
| Cobb Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Connie Sue Highway | Western Australia | |
| Coolgardie–Esperance Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Copper Coast Highway |  | South Australia |
| Cumberland Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Cunningham Highway |     | Queensland |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| D'Aguilar Highway |  | Queensland |
| Dawson Highway |  | Queensland |
| Domain Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Donohue Highway | Queensland | |
| Doomadgee Road | | Queensland |
| Dukes Highway |  | South Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| East Derwent Highway |  | Tasmania |
| East Freeway | | New South Wales |
| East Tamar Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Eastern Distributor | | New South Wales |
| Eastern Highway |  | Victoria |
| Esk Highway | | Tasmania |
| Eyre Highway | | South Australia |
| Western Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Highway |   | New South Wales |
| Flinders Highway |  | Queensland |
| Flinders Highway |  | South Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Gary Highway | Western Australia | |
| Gateway Motorway |  | Queensland |
| General Holmes Drive | | New South Wales |
| Gillies Highway |  | Queensland |
| Glenelg Highway |  | Victoria |
| Gold Coast Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Queensland | ||
| Golden Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Gore Highway |  | Queensland |
| Gore Hill Freeway | | New South Wales |
| Goulburn Valley Highway |   | Victoria |
| Goyder Highway |  | South Australia |
| Great Eastern Highway |   | Western Australia |
| Great Northern Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Great Southern Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Great Western Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Gregory Highway |  | Queensland |
| Gulf Developmental Road | | Queensland |
| Gunbarrel Highway | Northern Territory | |
| Western Australia | ||
| Gwydir Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Gympie Arterial Road |  | Queensland |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Highway |  | Victoria |
| Henty Highway |   | Victoria |
| Hills Motorway | | New South Wales |
| Hopkins Highway |  | Victoria |
| Horrocks Highway |  | South Australia |
| Houghton Highway (bridge) | | Queensland |
| Hume Motorway / Highway |   | New South Wales |
| Hume Freeway | | Victoria |
| Hunter Expressway | | New South Wales |
| Huon Highway | | Tasmania |
| Hyland Highway |  | Victoria |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Illawarra Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Inner City Bypass, Brisbane | | Queensland |
| Ipswich Motorway | | Queensland |
| Isis Highway |  | Queensland |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Kakadu Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Kamilaroi Highway | | New South Wales |
| Karoonda Highway | | South Australia |
| Kennedy Highway |  | Queensland |
| Kiewa Valley Highway |  | Victoria |
| Kings Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Leake Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Lake Highway | | Tasmania |
| Landsborough Highway | | Queensland |
| Lane Cove Tunnel | | New South Wales |
| Lasseter Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Leach Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Legacy Way (tunnel) | | Queensland |
| Leichhardt Highway | | Queensland |
| Lincoln Highway | | South Australia |
| Loddon Valley Highway |  | Victoria |
| Logan Motorway |  | Queensland |
| Lyell Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Mallee Highway |  | South Australia |
| Mallee Highway | | Victoria |
| Marlborough Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Maroondah Highway |     | Victoria |
| McIvor Highway |  | Victoria |
| Meander Valley Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Melba Highway | | Victoria |
| Melton Highway |  | Victoria |
| Midland Highway |  | Victoria |
| Midland Highway | | Tasmania |
| Mid-Western Highway | | New South Wales |
| Mitchell Highway |  | Queensland |
| Mitchell Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Monaro Highway | | New South Wales |
| Victoria | |
| Moonie Highway | | Queensland |
| Moorooduc Highway |   | Victoria |
| Mount Lindesay Highway |  | Queensland |
| Mountain Highway |  | Victoria |
| Muirs Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Mulligan Highway |  | Queensland |
| Murchison Highway | | Tasmania |
| Murray Valley Highway | No shield | New South Wales |
| Murray Valley Highway |  | Victoria |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Nardoo Burketown Road | | Queensland |
| Nepean Highway |  | Victoria |
| Newcastle Link Road |  | New South Wales |
| New England Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Queensland | |
| Newell Highway | | New South Wales |
| Queensland | ||
| Ngarkat Highway | | South Australia |
| North West Coastal Highway | | Western Australia |
| Northern Highway | | Victoria |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Old Hume Highway | New South Wales | |
| Victoria | ||
| Olympic Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Omeo Highway |  | Victoria |
| Outback Highway | Northern Territory | |
| Queensland | ||
| Western Australia | ||
| Ovens Highway |  | Victoria |
| Oxley Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Highway |   | New South Wales |
| Pacific Motorway (Sydney to Newcastle) | | New South Wales |
| Pacific Motorway (Brisbane to Brunswick Heads) | | New South Wales |
| Queensland | ||
| Palmerston Highway |  | Queensland |
| Peak Downs Highway |  | Queensland |
| Philip Highway | South Australia | |
| Playford Highway | | South Australia |
| Plenty Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Port of Brisbane Motorway |  | Queensland |
| Princes Motorway / Highway |  | New South Wales |
 | South Australia | |
 | Victoria | |
| Pyrenees Highway |  | Victoria |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Reid Highway | | Western Australia |
| Riddoch Highway |  | South Australia |
| Ridgley Highway |  | Tasmania |
| Riverina Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Riverside Expressway | | Queensland |
| Roe Highway | | Western Australia |
| Roper Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Highway | | South Australia |
| Savannah Way | | Northern Territory |
| Queensland | |
| Western Australia | |
| Sandover Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Scenic Highway | | Queensland |
| Silver City Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Smith Street Motorway | | Queensland |
| Snowy Mountains Highway |  | New South Wales |
| South Arm Highway |  | Tasmania |
| South Coast Highway | | Western Australia |
| South Gippsland Highway |   | Victoria |
| South West Motorway | | New South Wales |
| South Western Highway |   | Western Australia |
| Southern Outlet | | Tasmania |
| Southern Ports Highway |  | South Australia |
| Spencer Highway |  | South Australia |
| St Vincent Highway |  | South Australia |
| Stott Highway | South Australia | |
| Strzelecki Highway | | Victoria |
| Stuart Highway |  | Northern Territory |
 | South Australia | |
| Sturt Highway |  | New South Wales |
| Victoria | |
  | South Australia | |
| Sunraysia Highway |  | Victoria |
| Sunshine Motorway | | Queensland |
| Surf Coast Highway | | Victoria |
| Sydney Harbour Tunnel | | New South Wales |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Tablelands Highway |  | Northern Territory |
| Tasman Highway | | Tasmania |
| Thiele Highway |  | South Australia |
| Tod Highway |  | South Australia |
| Tonkin Highway | | Western Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Vasse Highway |  | Western Australia |
| Victoria Highway | | Northern Territory |
| Victoria Highway | | Western Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Warburton Highway |  | Victoria |
| Warrego Highway |  | Queensland |
| Warrigal Highway | | Victoria |
| Warringah Freeway | | New South Wales |
| West Tamar Highway | | Tasmania |
| Western Distributor | | New South Wales |
| Western Freeway | | Queensland |
| Western Highway |  | Victoria |
| Western Motorway | | New South Wales |
| Western Port Highway |   | Victoria |
| Westlink | | New South Wales |
| Wilkins Highway |  | South Australia |
| Wide Bay Highway | | Queensland |
| Wills Developmental Road |  | Queensland |
| Wimmera Highway |   | Victoria |
| Wollogorang Road | | Northern Territory |
| Worlds End Highway | South Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Yorke Highway |  | South Australia |
| Road | Route number(s) | State/Territory |
|---|---|---|
| Zeehan Highway |  | Tasmania |
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