Cobb Highway

Cobb Highway New South Wales–Victoria

The Cobb Highway just outside Hay towards Ivanhoe

General information
Type	Highway
Length	571 km (355 mi)
Route number(s)	B75 Entire route
Former route number	National Route 75 (?? - 2013)
Major junctions
North end	Barrier Highway (A32), Wilcannia, New South Wales
	Mid-Western Highway (B64) Sturt Highway (A20) Riverina Highway (B58) for full list see major intersections
South end	Northern Highway (B75), Moama, NSW / Echuca, Victoria (NSW/Vic Border)
Location(s)
Major settlements	Ivanhoe, Booligal, Hay, Deniliquin
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales Highways in Victoria
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The Cobb Highway is a state highway in the western Riverina and the far western regions of New South Wales, with a short section in Victoria, Australia.

Initially an amalgam of stock routes, the 571-kilometre (355 mi)^[1] Cobb Highway was proclaimed during the late 1930s, initially extending from the New South Wales and Victorian border north to Wilcannia, White Cliffs and Tibooburra to Warri Gate at the New South Wales and Queensland border. It 1945, the highway was truncated to its current length and named in 1947 in honour of Cobb and Co, a company which ran a network of stagecoaches in inland Australia in the latter half of the 19th century and early in the 20th century. The highway follows an old coach route through the Riverina, connecting the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers, and across the intervening plains to the Darling River at Wilcannia. The Cobb also connects the Barrier, Mid-Western, Sturt, and Riverina highways.

The Cobb carries the State Highway B75 shield for its entire length, the majority of which is a sealed single carriageway as far north as 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Ivanhoe;^[2]^[3] and thereafter, gravel.

Route

From north to south the Cobb Highway begins at its junction with the Barrier Highway near Wilcannia and runs south through the townships of Ivanhoe, Booligal, Hay and Deniliquin. Its southern terminus is in Echuca, Victoria, at a roundabout located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Moama where the highway crosses the New South Wales/Victoria border at the Murray River and continues south as the Northern Highway, retaining the B75 shield.

The highway travels through diverse changes in scenery, from the Murray River, enclosed farming land in the Riverina, to open grazing land and semi-desert towards the middle and northern sections. The speed limit is posted at 100 km/h (62 mph) except from three sections where the limit is 110 km/h (68 mph), being 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Deniliquin until Hay, Hay until a few kilometres north of Booligal and the final 110 km/h (68 mph) zone being from just south of Mossgiel to Ivanhoe.

History

In the 1930s the road now known as the Cobb Highway was proclaimed as part of State Highway 21, which also included the road north through Wilcannia, White Cliffs and Tibooburra to Warri Gate at the Queensland border. Highway 21 was truncated 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Wilcannia on 9 February 1945 when the Silver City Highway was proclaimed. The Cobb Highway received its name in 1947 in commemoration of the Cobb & Co. coach company. In 1954, with the institution of the National Route system, the Cobb Highway in New South Wales and the Northern Highway in Victoria were designated to be National Route 75. In May 1969 a bridge over the Edward River at Deniliquin was constructed (replacing a timber bridge built in 1895). In June 1973 a bridge over Murrumbidgee River at Hay was built (replacing the 1874 opening bridge).^[3]

The Cobb Highway is part of a significant travelling stock routes network in New South Wales. The highway is the focus of a major tourism initiative entitled The Long Paddock, developed by the shires along the route (Murray, Deniliquin, Conargo, Hay and Central Darling). The Long Paddock project aims to create sustainable communities along the Cobb Highway through the development of a dynamic cultural heritage touring route. The project uses the consistent theme of transportation, involving elements of history, creative interpretation and local environment, to link the communities along the highway.^[4]

Major intersections

State	LGA	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
New South Wales	Central Darling	Wilcannia	0	0.0	Barrier Highway (A32) – Cobar, Dubbo, Wilcannia, Broken Hill	Northern highway terminus
		Ivanhoe	157	98	Ivanhoe–Menindee Road – Menindee
			162	101	Balranald Road – Balranald, Swan Hill
			163	101	Behring Street – Cobar
	Carrathool	Mossgiel	212	132	Mossgiel Trunk Road – Hillston, Griffith
	Hay	Hay	371	231	Mid-Western Highway (B64) – Goolgowi, West Wyalong, Bathurst, Sydney
	Hay	Hay	371	231	Cadell Street – Maude
	Murrumbidgee River		372	231	Bridge over river
	Hay	Hay South	373	232	Sturt Highway (A20 west) – Balranald, Mildura, Adelaide Sturt Highway (A20 east) – Narrandera, Wagga Wagga, Sydney	Roundabout
	Hay	Hay South	381	237	Jerilderie Road – Jerilderie
	Conargo	Pretty Pine	477	296	Moulamein Road – Moulamein
	Deniliquin	Deniliquin	493	306	Riverina Highway (B58) – Finley, Berrigan, Albury	Roundabout
	Deniliquin	Deniliquin	496	308	Deniliquin–Barham Road south-west / Ochtertyre Street north-west – Barham, Kerang	Roundabout
	Murray	Moama	554	344	Barmah Road – Barmah, Nathalia
	Murray	Moama	568	353	Perricoota Road – Womboota
	Murray River		570	350	Moama–Echuca Bridge
	New South Wales–Victoria state border		570	350	New South Wales–Victoria state border
Victoria	Campaspe	Echuca	571	355	Northern Highway (B75) – Bendigo, Melbourne	Southern highway terminus at Roundabout; continues south as Northern Highway (B75)
Route transition

References

1 2 Google (5 April 2015). "Cobb Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
↑ Rands, Paul (8 November 2013). "Cobb Highway (B75)". Road Photos & Information: New South Wales. Paul Rands. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
1 2 "National Route 75: Cobb Highway". Ozroads: the Australian Roads website. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
↑ The Long Paddock: Cobb Highway Touring Route

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cobb Highway.

The Long Paddock: Cobb Highway Touring Route website.

Road infrastructure in regional New South Wales

Motorways	Hume Motorway Hunter Expressway Pacific Motorway (Brisbane–Brunswick Heads) Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle) Princes Motorway

National highways	Barton Highway Federal Highway Hume Highway New England Highway Newell Highway Sturt Highway

Highways	Barrier Highway Bruxner Highway Carnarvon Highway Castlereagh Highway Cobb Highway Great Western Highway Gwydir Highway Illawarra Highway Kamilaroi Highway Kings Highway Mid-Western Highway Mitchell Highway Monaro Highway Murray Valley Highway Olympic Highway Oxley Highway Pacific Highway Princes Highway Riverina Highway Silver City Highway Snowy Mountains Highway

Local highways	Alpine Way Appin Road Barry Way Bathurst-Ilford Road Bells Line of Road Bucketts Way Burley Griffin Way Bylong Valley Way Camden Valley Way Castlereagh Highway Central Coast Highway Escort Way Fossickers Way Golden Highway Goldfields Way Goulburn-Oberon Road Henry Lawson Way Irrigation Way Kidman Way Lachlan Valley Way Memorial Drive Newcastle Inner City Bypass Newcastle Link Road O'Connell Road Old Hume Highway Picton Road Princes Highway Putty Road Remembrance Drive Summerland Way Thunderbolts Way Waterfall Way Wombeyan Caves Road Yass Valley Way

Bridges	Denison Bridge Grafton Bridge Harwood Bridge Hampden Bridge Macleay River Bridge Martin Bridge Mooney Mooney Bridge Nowra Bridge Sea Cliff Bridge Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge

Tunnels	Cudgen Road Tunnel St Helena Tunnel

Proposals	Sydney Bypass

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