New England Highway Queensland–New South Wales |
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Type | Highway |
Length | 878 km (546 mi) |
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Major settlements | Crows Nest, Toowoomba, Warwick, Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Armidale, Tamworth, Muswellbrook, Maitland |
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland Highways in New South Wales |
The New England Highway is an 878-kilometre (546 mi) longhighway in Australia running from Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end to Yarraman near Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end.
At its southern end it connects to the Pacific Highway and at its northern end it connects to the D'Aguilar Highway. It traverses the Hunter Valley, New England, Southern and Darling Downs regions.
The New England Highway forms the major part of the 1,047-kilometre (651 mi) Sydney–Brisbane national highway route. This route follows the Pacific Motorway (part of national route 1), most of the New England and part of the Cunningham Highway (the parts forming national route 15). The New England Highway north of Warwick is not part of the national highway system.
The New England Highway is numbered as part of national route 15 between Hexham and Warwick and part of national route 42 from Warwick to Toowoomba, then Queensland state route 85 from Toowoomba to Hampton, and Queensland state route 61 from Hampton to Yarraman. The highway terminates at Yarraman.