Newell Highway

Newell Highway New South Wales
Type	Highway
Length	1,058 km (657 mi)
Route number(s)	A39 (Goondiwindi-NSW/QLD border) A39 (NSW/QLD border-) Duplexes: B56 (Coonabarabran-Gilgandra) B64 (Marsden-West Wyalong) B94 (Mirrool-Ardlethan)
Former route number	National Highway 39 (1992-2013) NSW section National Route 39 (1965-1992)
North end	Leichhardt Highway Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border
	Barwon Highway Cunningham Highway Bruxner Highway Carnarvon Highway Gwydir Highway Kamilaroi Highway Oxley Highway Castlereagh Highway Oxley Highway Golden Highway Mitchell Highway Escort Way Lachlan Valley Way Henry Lawson Way Mid-Western Highway Goldfields Way Mid-Western Highway Burley Griffin Way Irrigation Way Sturt Highway Kidman Way Riverina Highway
South end	Goulburn Valley Highway , New South Wales NSW/Vic Border
Major settlements	Moree, Narrabri, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Dubbo, West Wyalong, Narrandera, Finley
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The Newell Highway is a national highway in New South Wales, Australia. The route is currently signed as the A39, however before 2013 was signed as National Highway 39. The Newell Highway is an important road link for freight between Queensland and Victoria and regional centres in western NSW. At 1,058 kilometres (657 mi) in length, the Newell is the longest highway in New South Wales, and passes through fifteen local government areas.

Traffic volumes along the Newell Highway vary significantly from around 1,200 to 4,000 vehicles per day in rural areas. In the urban centres such as Dubbo, average daily traffic volumes are in the order of 20,000 vehicles a day. A large number of heavy vehicles use the Newell Highway – on average, between 26 per cent and 52 per cent of all traffic on the route. At one point in the south west of the state, the highway carries approximately 1,900 vehicle movements daily, of which about 32 per cent are heavy vehicles; while at another point in the north west of the state, believed to be the highest traffic density on that highway, a truck passes every 60 seconds, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

The Newell Highway carries the National Highway 39 shield for its entire length. The highway is generally flat, with long, straight sections joined by the occasional curved section. However, passing through the Warrumbungle Ranges, there are steeper grades and tighter curves than on the rest of the highway. Open road sections of the Newell Highway are mostly 110 km/h (68 mph) zones. The Newell Highway serves as a major road link between Melbourne and Brisbane; and is named in honour of H. H. Newell, the Commissioner of Main Roads in New South Wales from 1932 until 1941.

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