Mid-Western Highway

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Mid-Western Highway

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Length	522 km
General direction	East-West
From	Great Western Highway / Mitchell Highway, Bathurst, New South Wales
via	Blayney, Cowra, Grenfell, West Wyalong, Rankins Springs, Goolgowi
To	Cobb Highway, Hay, New South Wales
Allocation	Marsden - West Wyalong: (duplex with )
Major Junctions	Canowindra Road Lachlan Valley Way Olympic Highway Lachlan Valley Way Henry Lawson Way Newell Highway Goldfields Way Newell Highway Kidman Way

The Mid-Western Highway starts at Bathurst New South Wales, where it joins with the Great Western Highway over the Blue Mountains from Sydney. It proceeds via Blayney, Carcoar and Cowra. It then heads west through Grenfell to West Wyalong where it crosses the Newell Highway. It continues west to Rankins Springs and then to Hay where it joins the Sturt Highway.

The Mid-Western Highway is the most direct route between Sydney and Adelaide, however since the Hume Highway has been improved, the route via the Hume Highway and Sturt Highway through Wagga Wagga is probably superior and quicker despite being around 20km longer. The latter is also part of the Auslink National network as the defined route from Sydney to Adelaide.