Mitchell Highway

Mitchell Highway Queensland–New South Wales

A typical narrow width of the Mitchell Highway in the regional New South Wales village of Nevertire

Type	Highway
Length	1,105 km (687 mi)
Route number(s)	A71 / AltA2 (Augathella - Charleville) A71 (Charleville - Qld/NSW Border) B71 (Qld/NSW Border - Nyngan) A32 (Nyngan - Bathurst)
Former route number	National Route 71 National Route 32
North end	Landsborough Highway Augathella, Queensland
	Warrego Highway Balonne Highway Kamilaroi Highway Kidman Way Barrier Highway Oxley Highway Newell Highway Golden Highway Peabody Road Escort Way Mid-Western Highway
South end	Great Western Highway Bathurst, New South Wales
Major settlements	Charleville, Cunnamulla, Bourke, Nyngan, Narromine, Dubbo, Wellington, Orange
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland Highways in New South Wales

(Nyngan - Bathurst)

The Mitchell Highway is a state highway located in the central and south western regions of Queensland and the northern and central western regions of New South Wales in Australia. The Mitchell Highway forms part of the National Highway A32 corridor, which stretches from Sydney to Adelaide via Dubbo and Broken Hill. The Mitchell Highway also forms part of the shortest route between Sydney and Darwin, via Bourke and Mount Isa; making it an important road link for the transport of passengers and freight for regional New South Wales and Queensland.

In New South Wales, the Mitchell Highway's south-eastern terminus is at its junction with the Great Western and Mid-Western highways, and it links with the Golden, Newell, Oxley, Barrier and Kamilaroi highways. In Queensland, the Mitchell links with the Balonne and Warrego highways and its northern terminates is at its junction with the Landsborough Highway.