Monaro Highway
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| Monaro Highway travelling from Cooma to Canberra Proposed  to replace  in NSW[1] |
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| Length | 291 km |
| General direction | Northwest-Southeast |
| From |  Canberra Avenue, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| via | Tuggeranong, Michelago, Cooma, Bombala |
| To |  Princes Highway,Cann River, Victoria |
| Allocation | Kings Highway, ACT - NSW/Vic. Border:
 Cooma, NSW - Nimmitabel, NSW:  )NSW/Vic. Border - Princes Highway, Vic.:  Formerly |
| Major Junctions |  Snowy Mountains Highway |
The Monaro Highway[2] is a State highway in New South Wales[3], the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria[4], Australia. The Victorian section was formerly called the Cann Valley Highway. It became known as the Monaro Highway in the 1980s.
The Monaro highway traverses the Monaro region, hence the name. It starts at Canberra and runs south past Michelago and Bredbo to Cooma. It continues to Nimmitabel, Bombala and beyond crossing the Victorian border until it meets Princes Highway at the town of Cann River. The Monaro highway is roughly 200 kilometres long and forms part of the main road route from Sydney to the Snowy Mountains. It is also an important freight route between Victoria's Gippsland region and Canberra.
The Monaro Highway was allocated a National Route 23 shield. With Victoria's conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in the late 1990s, the Victorian section was altered to a B23 designation.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Alpha-Numeric Route Numbering for NSW. It is here!, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on May 25, 2008.
- ^ National Route 23, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on May 11, 2008.
- ^ Monaro Highway, New South Wales, Hotkey. Retrieved on May 11, 2008.
- ^ Monaro Highway, Victoria, Hotkey. Retrieved on May 11, 2008.
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