Old Hume Highway
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Old Hume Highway New South Wales–Victoria |
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| A section of the Old Hume Highway, now known as the Yass Valley Way, across the Yass River, New South Wales | |
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| Opened | November 1842 |
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| Major suburbs | Camden, Campbelltown, Mittagong, Berrima, Goulburn, Yass, Gundagai, Albury, Wodonga, Wangaratta, Benalla, Euroa, Broadford, Craigieburn, Campbellfield |
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The Old Hume Highway, an urban and rural road, may be described as any part of an earlier route of the Hume Highway, which traverses Victoria and New South Wales between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. In some places, the highway has been deviated several times since the first rough track was made between Sydney and Melbourne in November 1842.
Since the time of the first track, the route of what is now the Hume Highway has been the main road link between the Australia's two largest cities — Sydney and Melbourne. Since February 1960 a freeway standard of road has been developed along this route. Where the alignment of the original road is reasonably flat and straight it has been duplicated and retained for traffic in one direction. In some locations the original road has been replaced by a dual carriageway road beside the original road. In other locations the new road deviates from the original by many kilometres.
In Victoria, 100% of the Hume Highway has been upgraded to at least dual carriageway standard and is called the Hume Freeway. In New South Wales, 97% of the highway has been upgraded to at least dual carriageway standard, with the Hume called the Hume Highway between Albury and Berrima, and called the Hume Motorway between Berrima and Prestons, being a freeway-grade road. In metropolitan Sydney, the road reverts to the Hume Highway and takes on the conditions of an urban highway.
Many of the superseded sections of the Hume Highway are of historical interest as they provide insights into the small historical towns which have since been bypassed. In the past when the highway passed through these towns, many were thriving centres. Many of the superseded sections of the highway still form the main access roads into and through these towns. One section of the Old Hume Highway, called the Yass Valley Way, travels through Yass in southern New South Wales.
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