Newell Highway

Newell Highway

New South Wales
Newell Highway; New South Wales
General information
Type	Highway
Length	1,058 km (657 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928 (as Main Roads 56 and 229); March 1938 (as State Highway 17)
Route number(s)	National Highway A39 (2005–present); (Goondiwindi–NSW/QLD border); A39 (2013–present); (NSW/QLD border–NSW/VIC border); Concurrencies:; B64 (2013–present); (Marsden–West Wyalong); B94 (2013–present); (Mirrool–Ardlethan);
Former; route number	National Highway 39; (1992–2005/2013); National Route 39 (1962–1992);
Major junctions
North end	Cunningham Highway; Goondiwindi, Queensland
	Barwon Highway; Gwydir Highway; Kamilaroi Highway; Oxley Highway; Castlereagh Highway; Oxley Highway; Golden Highway; Mitchell Highway; Mid-Western Highway; Goldfields Way; Burley Griffin Way; Sturt Highway; Kidman Way; Riverina Highway;
South end	Goulburn Valley Highway; NSW/VIC border
Location(s)
Major settlements	Moree, Narrabri, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Dubbo, Parkes, Forbes, West Wyalong, Tocumwal
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales; ; ;
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Newell Highway is a national highway in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It provides the major road link between southeastern Queensland and Victoria via central NSW and as such carries large amounts of freight. At 1,058 kilometres (657 mi)^[1]^[4] in length, the Newell is the longest highway in NSW,^[5] and passes through fifteen local government areas.^[6]

The highway is named in honour of H. H. Newell, the first Commissioner for Main Roads in New South Wales (1932–1941).^[7] It is designated route A39 for its entire length.

^ ^a ^b "Newell Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1937". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 58. 14 April 1938. pp. 1525–6. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Cite error: The named reference abc-newelldup was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Newell Highway: History and Development". OzRoads. Retrieved 22 March 2015.^{[self-published source]}
^ "Draft Newell Highway Corridor Strategy" (PDF) (PDF). Roads & Maritime Services, Government of New South Wales. April 2014. pp. 8–9, 11. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
^ "JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAIN ROADS, NEW SOUTH WALES" (PDF). Main Roads. 43 (2). Sydney: OpenGov NSW: 38–9. December 1977.