Golden Highway


The Golden Highway is a highway, located in the Hunter and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Designated as route B84, it runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle on the coast and enables road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney.

Route

From west to east, the Golden Highway runs through Dunedoo where it is concurrent with the Castlereagh Highway for approximately then through Merriwa, Sandy Hollow, Denman, Jerrys Plains and Mount Thorley, joining the New England Highway at Belford, south of Singleton. The Bylong Valley Way turns off the Golden Highway east of Sandy Hollow. The Golden Highway and The Putty Road are concurrent for around, east of the Mount Thorley industrial estate near Singleton. The highway then turns east onto Mitchell's Line of Road while the Putty Road continues to Singleton.
The Golden Highway provides a fairly low altitude crossing of the Great Dividing Range. It runs through the Hunter Region and gives access to the golden west of New South Wales.

Major junctions