Olympic Highway

Olympic Highway

Advance directional sign in Wagga Wagga, on the Olympic Highway heading south from Cootamundra
Road map showing a northeast-southwest road in southern New South Wales (west of the Australian Capital Territory)
Map of south-eastern Australia with Olympic Highway highlighted in green
General information
TypeRural road
Length317 km (197 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Roads 57 and 239)[2]
March 1938 (as Trunk Road 78)[3]
Route number(s) A41 (2013–present)
Former
route number
National Route 41 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
Northeast end Mid-Western Highway
Cowra, New South Wales
 
Southwest end Hume Highway
Table Top, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlementsYoung, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Culcairn
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Olympic Highway is a 317-kilometre (197 mi) rural road in the central western and south-eastern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. It services rural communities, links Hume Highway with Mid-Western Highway, and provides part of an alternate road link between Sydney and Albury via Bathurst and Cowra as well as servicing Wagga Wagga, linking with Sturt Highway.

  1. ^ "Olympic Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1937". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 102. National Library of Australia. 8 July 1938. p. 2594. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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