Barrier Highway

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Barrier Highway

New South Wales
Highway sign, Yunta, 2017 (01).jpg
Highway sign, Yunta
Location Barrier Hwy.svg
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length1,012 km (629 mi) [1]
Gazetted August 1928 (NSW, as Main Road 8) [2]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route A32.svg A32 (1998/2013–present)
Former
route number
Australian national route 32.svg National Route 32 (1955–1998/2013)
Major junctions
West endAUS Alphanumeric Route B82.svg Horrocks Highway
Giles Corner, South Australia
 
East endAUS Alphanumeric Route A32.svgAUS Alphanumeric Route B71.svg Mitchell Highway
Nyngan, New South Wales
Location(s)
Region Yorke and Mid North, Far North, [3] Far West
Major settlements Saddleworth, Burra, Peterborough, Yunta, Broken Hill, Wilcannia, Cobar
Highway system

Barrier Highway is a highway in South Australia [4] and New South Wales, and is designated part of route A32. The name of the highway is derived from the Barrier Ranges, an area of moderately high ground in the far west of New South Wales, through which the highway traverses.

Contents

Barrier Highway near Cobar Barrier Highway out of Cobar - 7985.jpg
Barrier Highway near Cobar

Route

Barrier Highway branches off Horrocks Highway at Giles Corner, between Riverton and Tarlee and heads northeast, crossing the border into New South Wales and passing through Broken Hill. It continues further east to Wilcannia where it crosses the Darling River, past Cobar to eventually end in Nyngan, where it joins Mitchell Highway. The area traversed by the highway is remote and very sparsely settled.

History

The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 [5] through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board, later the Department of Main Roads, and now Transport for NSW. Barrier Highway was declared (as Main Road No. 8) on 8 August 1928, from the intersection with North-Western Highway (today Mitchell Highway) in Nyngan, via Cobar, Willcannia, and Broken Hill, to the border with South Australia; [2] with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 [6] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to State Highway 8 in April 1929.

The highway was fully sealed in October 1972. [7]

The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 [8] through the Parliament of New South Wales, updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Barrier Highway today retains its declaration as Highway 8, from Nyngan to the state border with South Australia. [9]

Barrier Highway was signed as National Route 32 across its entire length in 1955. With both states' conversion to their newer alphanumeric systems in 1998 and 2013, its former route number was updated to A32 for the highway within South Australia in 1998, and within New South Wales in 2013. [10]

Major intersections

StateLGA [11] Location [1] [12] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
South Australia Clare and Gilbert Valleys Giles Corner 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B82.svg Horrocks Highway (B82)  Tarlee, Auburn Western terminus of highway and route A32
Saddleworth 17.610.9AUS Alphanumeric Route B84.svg Saddleworth Road (B84 east)  Marrabel, Eudunda Concurrency with route B84
18.311.4AUS Alphanumeric Route B84.svg Saddleworth Road (B84 west)  Auburn, Port Wakefield
Goyder Hanson 56.935.4Farrell Flat Road  Farrell Flat, Clare
Burra 71.644.5AUS Alphanumeric Route B64.svg Goyder Highway (B64 east)  Morgan, Waikerie Concurrency with route B64
78.448.7AUS Alphanumeric Route B64.svg Goyder Highway (B64 west)  Spalding, Crystal Brook
Hallett 10263AUS Alphanumeric Route B78.svg Wilkins Highway (B78 west)  Jamestown
Jessie Street (east)  Hallett
Peterborough Ucolta 15697AUS Alphanumeric Route B79.svg Petersburg Road (B79)  Peterborough, Wilmington, Port Augusta
15798 Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line
Pastoral Unincorporated Area Yunta 227141Yunta–Waukaringa Road  Waukaringa
Bindarrah339211 Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line
Cockburn 373232
State border377234South Australia – New South Wales border
New South Wales Broken Hill Broken Hill 423263Brookfield Avenue, to Silverton Road (northwest)  Silverton
Galena Street (southeast)  Broken Hill
Roundabout
425264 Williams Street (northeast)  Tibooburra
Iodide Street (northwest)  Broken Hill
426265AUS Alphanumeric Route B79.svg Iodide Street (B79 southeast)  Wentworth, Mildura
Argent Street (southwest)  Broken Hill
427265Menindee Road  Menindee
Central Darling Wilcannia 620390White Cliffs Road  White Cliffs
621386West Wilcannia Road (west)  Menindee
West Tilpa Road (east)  Tilpa, Louth, Bourke
Darling River 622386Bridge over river
Central DarlingWilcannia641398AUS Alphanumeric Route B75.svg Cobb Highway (B75)  Ivanhoe, Hay, Echuca
Cobar Cobar 882548AUS Alphanumeric Route B87.svg Kidman Way (B87 north)  Bourke Concurrency with route B87
883549AUS Alphanumeric Route B87.svg Kidman Way (B87 south)  Hillston, Griffith
Bogan Hermidale 947588 Cobar railway line
966600Hermidale-Nymagee Road  Nymagee
Nyngan 1,011628 Cobar railway line
1,012629AUS Alphanumeric Route A32.svgAUS Alphanumeric Route B71.svg Mitchell Highway (A32 southeast, B71 northwest)  Bourke, Charleville, Dubbo, Bathurst Eastern terminus of highway
Route A32 continues southwest along Mitchell Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  5. State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
  6. State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. Archived 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929
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