Golden Highway facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Golden Highway New South Wales
Direction sign at end of Bylong Valley Way
General information
Type	Highway
Length	313 km (194 mi)
Route number(s)	B84
Former route number	State Route 84 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
East end	New England Highway (A15) Belford, New South Wales
	Putty Road Bylong Valley Way Castlereagh Highway (B55)
West end	Newell Highway (A39) Dubbo, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Denman, Sandy Hollow, Merriwa, Dunedoo
Highway system
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The Golden Highway is a 313-kilometre (194 mi) 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

Turnoff at Sandy Hollow towards the Bylong Valley Way.

From west to east, the Golden Highway runs through Dunedoo – where it is concurrent with the Castlereagh Highway for approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) – 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 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of Sandy Hollow. The Golden Highway and The Putty Road are concurrent for around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), 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

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Singleton	Belford	0.0	0.0	New England Highway (A15) – Kurri Kurri, Newcastle, Singleton, Tamworth	T intersection eastern terminus; north and southeast as the New England Highway
	Mount Thorley	10.0	6.2	Putty Road – Singleton	T intersection; Putty Road continues north
		13.4	8.3	Putty Road – Putty, Windsor	Hybrid interchange; Putty Road continues southwest; concurrency terminus
				Mount Thorley Road	Hybrid interchange; Mount Thorley Road continues south
	Warkworth	23.4	14.5	Wallaby Scrub Road – to Putty Road
Hunter River		46.7	29.0	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Muswellbrook	Denman	64.5	40.1	Denman Road – Muswellbrook	T intersection; Golden Highway continues southwest
Hunter River		65.3	40.6	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Muswellbrook	Sandy Hollow	82.6	51.3	Bylong Valley Way – Bylong, Mudgee
		83.0	51.6	Wybong Road – Muswellbrook
Upper Hunter	Merriwa	119	74	Scone Road – Scone
Merriwa River		120	75	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Krui River		144	89	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Warrumbungle	Leadville	215	134	Castlereagh Highway (B55) – Gulgong, Mudgee, Lithgow
	Dunedoo	225	140	Castlereagh Highway (B55) – Gilgandra	Y intersection; Castlereagh Highway continues northwest; concurrency terminus
Dubbo	Dubbo	313	194	Newell Highway (A39) – Coonabarabran, Parkes, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide	T intersection; western terminus; north and southwest as the Newell Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi