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Autostrady w Australii

This is a list of highways in Australia, listed alphabetically along with its route number and location. Note that some highways service more than one state or territory.

Route numbering systems

Australia is a vast and sparsely populated country. Its earliest highways radiate in a spoke-like pattern from capital cities in each State. These highways link major country towns to the capital cities. Intercapital transport was initially mainly by sea and rail.

As the population increased, roads connecting the towns located on different highways were constructed. Victoria, for example, has the largest highway network, with every major town linked directly to every other major town in the state. Increased demand for freight and passenger transport led to construction of intercity highways, although much freight still goes by rail.

National Route Numbering System

In 1955, the Australian National Route Numbering System was introduced to simplify navigation across Australia. The National Route Numbers are marked by white shields which are present in directional signs, distance signs or trailblazers. The general rule is that odd-numbered highways travel in north-south directions and even-numbered highways in east-west directions, with only a few exceptions. National Route 1 was assigned to a network of highways and roads which together linked all capital cities and coastal towns circumnavigating the mainland.

In the 1970s the National Highway scheme was introduced. It is made up of highways that give the most direct point-to-point route between capitals. These highways are federally funded. They are recognised by their distinct green and gold shields.

The National Route system initially linked the centres of towns and cities and terminated at the junction of other national routes. The growth of bypasses around towns and cities changes the situation somewhat. National Routes often terminate at the metropolitan city limits rather than the individual city centres.

State Route Numbering System

Important urban and inter-regional routes not covered by the National Highway or National Route systems were marked under the State Route system. They are recognised by blue shield markers. They were practically adopted in all states by the end of the 1980s. In some states, some less important National Routes had been downgraded to State Routes.

In New South Wales, they are also adopted in metropolitan areas of Wollongong and Newcastle using three-digit numbers instead of two-digit found elsewhere. In regional Victoria and South Australia, the blue shield state route numbers were superseded in the late 1990s with the alphanumeric system, which is also used in Tasmania. See below.

Alphanumeric Route Numbering System

In the 1990s there was a major change to the route marking systems. Victoria and South Australia had completely overhauled their systems. They discarded the National and State Route Numbering Systems and introduced the alphanumeric marking scheme following the example set by Tasmania in the late 1970s.

The route numbers inherited from the original National Route Numbering System remains with a few exceptions, however they are now prefixed with letters denoting their grade. For example, Western Freeway is M8 until Ballarat and continues beyond as A8 Western Highway.They are not used in the Melbourne metropolitan area where the blue-shield metropolitan route system is retained.

New South Wales is slowly preparing to introduce the alphanumeric system with new road signs being fitted with such numbers and then being "coverplated" with the existing route number. It has not been announced when this system will officially be introduced.

There are no plans to introduce such a system in Western Australia.

"M" Routes

Primary highways. These are typically dual carriageway motorway standard highways. They connect capital cities to each other or to bigger rural cities and also applicable to major city freeways. Interchanges may either be graded or level. They carry high volumes of traffic and bypass settlements, towns and sometimes cities.

"A" Routes

Single carriageway interstate or interregional primary highways. Traffic volume less than "M" routes but with ample overtaking lanes, sealed shoulders and markings. They may pass through or bypass town centres.

"B" Routes

Secondary highways linking together major towns on different "A" routes including certain lesser important former national routes. In addition, they may include major bypassed sections of former "A" or "M" routes and significant tourist routes. They are reasonably good quality sealed roads with shoulders either sealed or not.

"C" Routes

Roads linking smaller settlements and towns to "A", "B" or "M" routes. May also be applied to short bypassed sections of former "A" routes. Fully sealed surface but of moderate to poor quality and may or may not have shoulders.

"D" Routes

Unsealed roads linking very small remote towns. Only used in South Australia at present. Generally applied to unsealed roads & tracks or unsealed extensions of "B" or "C" routes. Roads/tracks are of various quality for an unsealed road. Use of 4 wheel drive vehicles are recommended for some "D" Routes. Alternatively, in New South Wales, "D" routes refer to detour routes. An example of this is the D5 which provides motorists with an alternate route when the M5 tunnel is closed.

Metropolitan Route Numbering System

In the 1990s in Sydney and Brisbane, urban route numbering system were streamlined in the new Metroad scheme. They are recognised by distinctive hexagonal shields and superseded the state route, freeway and National Route schemes along their path. Metroads radiate in a spoke pattern from city centres to highways outside metropolitan limits. In addition, Metroads also cover major city ring roads. Metroads are made of urban highways, main roads and urban freeways.

Non-Metroads retain the earlier state route system.

Australian highways

Below is the listing of National highways (and their destination routes), followed by highways sorted by states and territories and their corresponding routes. This list has over 100 entries. To view these highways alphabetically click here.

National highways

Canberra to Sydney

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Federal Highway	Canberra to Yarra	73
	Hume Highway	Yarra to Sydney	187
260 kilometres

Canberra to Melbourne

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Barton Highway	Canberra to Yass	52
	Hume Highway	Yass to Albury	294
	Hume Freeway	Wodonga to Melbourne (Thomastown)	290
	Western Ring Road	Melbourne	15
651 kilometres

Sydney to Melbourne

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Hume Highway	Sydney to Albury	539
	Hume Freeway	Wodonga to Melbourne (Thomastown)	290
	Western Ring Road	Melbourne	15
844 kilometres

Sydney to Adelaide

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Hume Highway	Sydney to Tarcutta	392
	Sturt Highway	Tarcutta to Buronga	597
	Sturt Highway	Mildura to Gawler	370
	Main North Road	Gawler to Adelaide	44
1403 kilometres

Sydney to Brisbane

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Sydney-Newcastle Freeway	Sydney to Newcastle	127
	New England Highway	Newcastle to Wallangarra	581
	New England Highway	Wallangarra to Warwick	95
	Cunningham Highway	Warwick to Ipswich	127
	Ipswich Motorway	Ipswich to Brisbane	14
944 kilometres

Melbourne to Brisbane

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Western Ring Road	Melbourne	15
	Hume Freeway	Melbourne (Thomastown) to Seymour	89
	Goulburn Valley Freeway	Seymour to Shepparton (except Nagambie)	45
	Goulburn Valley Highway	Shepparton to Tocumwal (including Nagambie)	110
	Newell Highway	Tocumwal to Goondiwindi	1062
	Leichhardt Highway	Goondiwindi to North Goondiwindi	21
	Gore Highway	North Goondiwindi to Toowoomba	202
	Warrego Highway	Toowoomba to Ipswich	97
	Ipswich Motorway	Ipswich to Brisbane	14
1655 kilometres

Melbourne to Adelaide

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Western Ring Road	Melbourne	15
	Western Freeway	Melbourne (Deer Park) to Ballarat	115
	Western Highway	Ballarat to VIC/SA Border	314
	Dukes Highway	VIC/SA Border to Tailem Bend	189
	Princes Highway	Tailem Bend to Murray Bridge	25
	South Eastern Freeway	Murray Bridge to Crafers	66
	Adelaide-Crafers Highway	Crafers to Adelaide	10
719 kilometres

Adelaide to Darwin

Route #	Road name	Destinations	Distance (km)
	Main North Road	Adelaide to Gepps Cross	tba
	Grand Junction Road	Gepps Cross to Regency Park	tba
	South Road	Regency Park to Wingfield	tba
	Salisbury Highway	Wingfield to Mawson Lakes	tba
	Port Wakefield Road	Mawson Lakes to Snowtown	tba
	Princes Highway	Snowtown to Port Augusta	tba
	Stuart Highway	Port Augusta to SA/NT Border	tba
	Stuart Highway	SA/NT Border to Daly Waters	tba
	Stuart Highway	Daly Waters to Darwin	tba
3,035 kilometres

Perth to Adelaide

Great Eastern Highway Perth to Redcliffe
Great Eastern Highway Bypass Redcliffe to Hazelmere
Roe Highway Hazelmere to Midvale
Great Eastern Highway Midvale to Coolgardie
Coolgardie-Esperance Highway Coolgardie to Norseman

Eyre Highway Norseman to Eucla

Eyre Highway Eucla to Port Augusta
Princes Highway Port Augusta to Snowtown
Port Wakefield Road Snowtown to Gepps Cross
Main North Road Gepps Cross to Adelaide

Perth to Darwin

Roe Highway Midvale (Perth) to Middle Swan (Perth)
Great Northern Highway Middle Swan (Perth) to Port Hedland

Great Northern Highway Port Hedland to Wyndham
Victoria Highway Wyndham to Katherine
Stuart Highway Katherine to Darwin

Brisbane to Darwin

- Ipswich Motorway Brisbane to Ipswich

Warrego Highway Ipswich to Morven
Landsborough Highway Morven to Cloncurry
Barkly Highway Cloncurry to Camooweal

Barkly Highway Camooweal to Tennant Creek

Stuart Highway Tennant Creek to Daly Waters

Stuart Highway Daly Waters to Darwin

Brisbane to Cairns

Bruce Highway Brisbane to Cooroy
Bruce Highway Cooroy to Cairns

Hobart to Burnie

Brooker Highway Hobart to Granton
Midland Highway Granton to Launceston
Bass Highway Launceston to Burnie

State Highways

- Gateway Motorway, Queensland
- Pacific Motorway, Queensland
- Monash Freeway, Victoria
- West Gate Freeway, Victoria
Southern Expressway, South Australia
Princes Highway, South Australia; Victoria
Princes Highway, South Australia
- Brand Highway, Western Australia
- Canning Highway, Western Australia
- Carpentaria Highway, Northern Territory
- Captain Cook Highway, Queensland
- Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, Western Australia
- Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia
- Great Northern Highway, Western Australia
- Gulf Developmental Road, Queensland
- Kennedy Highway, Queensland
- Kwinana Freeway, Western Australia
- Leach Highway, Western Australia
- North West Coastal Highway, Western Australia
- Old Coast Road, Western Australia
- Pacific Highway, New South Wales; Queensland
- Princes Highway, New South Wales
- Savannah Way, Northern Territory; Queensland
- South Coast Highway, Western Australia
- South Western Highway, Western Australia
Bass Highway, Tasmania
Gold Coast Highway, Queensland
Tasman Highway, Tasmania
- Burnett Highway, Queensland
- D'Aguilar Highway, Queensland
- New England Highway, Queensland
- Reid Highway, Western Australia
- Roe Highway, Western Australia
Isis Highway, Queensland
Esk Highway, Tasmania
Capricorn Highway, Queensland
- Lasseter Highway, Northern Territory
- Tonkin Highway, Western Australia
- Anzac Highway, South Australia
- Lake Highway, Tasmania
Leichhardt Highway, Queensland
Stirling Highway, Western Australia
- Davey Street, Tasmania
- Huon Highway, Tasmania
- Macquarie Street, Tasmania
- Southern Outlet, Tasmania
Flinders Highway, Queensland
Canning Highway, Western Australia
West Tamar Highway, Tasmania
- Carnarvon Highway, Queensland
- Dawson Highway, Queensland
- Gregory Highway, Queensland
Leach Highway, Western Australia
East Tamar Highway, Tasmania
Port River Expressway, South Australia
Arthur Highway, Tasmania
- Lyell Highway, Tasmania
- Murchison Highway, Tasmania
- Zeehan Highway, Tasmania
- Brockman Highway, Western Australia
- Bussell Highway, Western Australia
- Vasse Highway, Western Australia
Tablelands Highway, Northern Territory
Mallee Highway, South Australia; Victoria
Plenty Highway, Northern Territory
Salisbury Highway, South Australia
Mount Lindesay Highway, Queensland
Sandover Highway, Northern Territory
- Brisbane Valley Highway, Queensland
- D'Aguilar Highway, Queensland
Barossa Valley Highway, South Australia
- Roper Highway, Northern Territory
- South Western Highway, Western Australia
Kakadu Highway, Northern Territory
Monaro Highway, Victoria
Monaro Highway, New South Wales
Mid-Western Highway, New South Wales
Palmerston Highway, Queensland
Albany Highway, Western Australia
- Barrier Highway, South Australia
- Main North Road, South Australia
- Barrier Highway, New South Wales
- Great Western Highway, New South Wales
- Mitchell Highway, New South Wales
Oxley Highway, New South Wales
Arnhem Highway, Northern Territory
Kamilaroi Highway, New South Wales
Gwydir Highway, New South Wales
Brookton Highway, Western Australia
Olympic Highway, New South Wales
Cunningham Highway, Queensland
Bruxner Highway, New South Wales
Captain Cook Highway, Queensland
Carnarvon Highway, New South Wales; Queensland
Illawarra Highway, New South Wales
- Balonne Highway, Queensland
- Bunya Highway, Queensland
- Moonie Highway, Queensland
- Wide Bay Highway, Queensland
Kings Highway, New South Wales
Isis Highway, Queensland
Castlereagh Highway, Queensland
Castlereagh Highway, New South Wales
Riverina Highway, New South Wales
Dawson Highway, Queensland
Kennedy Highway, Queensland
Gregory Highway, Queensland
Riddoch Highway, South Australia
Peak Downs Highway, Queensland
Mitchell Highway, Queensland
Mitchell Highway, New South Wales
West Coast Highway, Western Australia
Northern Highway, Victoria
Cobb Highway, New South Wales
Calder Highway, Victoria
Silver City Highway, New South Wales
Buchanan Highway, Northern Territory
Mulligan Highway, Queensland
- Barwon Highway, Queensland
- Brisbane Valley Highway, Queensland
- D'Aguilar Highway, Queensland
- Esk-Hampton Road, Queensland
- Gore Highway, Queensland
- Leichhardt Highway, Queensland
- New England Highway, Queensland
Tod Highway, South Australia
- Goldfields Highway, Western Australia
- Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia
- Buntine Highway, Northern Territory
- Delamere Road, Northern Territory
D'Aguilar Highway, Queensland
- Flinders Highway, South Australia
- Lincoln Highway, South Australia
Southern Ports Highway, South Australia
Muirs Highway, Western Australia
Vasse Highway, Western Australia
Great Southern Highway, Western Australia
Henty Highway, Victoria
Midland Highway, Victoria
- South Gippsland Highway, Victoria
- Bass Highway, Victoria
Bass Highway, Victoria
South Gippsland Highway, Victoria
Western Port Highway, Victoria
Western Port Highway, Victoria

Major Arterial Roads

Nepean Highway, Victoria
Great Western Highway, New South Wales
Pacific Highway, New South Wales
Adelaide-Mannum Road, South Australia
Boyer Road, Tasmania
Marlborough Highway, Tasmania
Moorooduc Highway, Victoria
Mole Creek Road, Tasmania
- South Road, South Australia
- Victor Harbor Road, South Australia
Sheffield Road, Tasmania
Castra Road, Tasmania
Kindred Road, Tasmania
- Gawler Road, Tasmania
- Preston Road, Tasmania
- Gunns Plains Road, Tasmania
- S Riana Road, Tasmania
- Pine Road, Tasmania
- W Pine Road, Tasmania
Ridgley Highway, Tasmania
Forth Road, Tasmania
South Road, South Australia
Lyell Highway, Tasmania
- Zeehan Highway, Tasmania
- Henty Road, Tasmania
- Cambridge Road, Tasmania
- Richmond Road, Tasmania
- Colebrook Road, Tasmania
- Mud Walls Road, Tasmania
- Great Western Highway, New South Wales
- Liverpool Road, New South Wales
East Derwent Highway, Tasmania
South Arm Highway, Tasmania
Lake Leake Highway, Tasmania
Whitehorse Road, Victoria
Goodwood Road, Tasmania
Domain Highway, Tasmania
Bell's Line of Road, New South Wales
Great Western Highway, New South Wales
- Poatina Road, Tasmania
- Cressy Road, Tasmania
Great Eastern Highway, Western Australia
Meander Valley Highway, Tasmania
Princes Highway, New South Wales
- Main North Road, South Australia
- Wilmington-Ucolta Road, South Australia
- Princes Highway, New South Wales
- Wanneroo Road (Perth-Lancelin Highway), Western Australia
Gordon River Road, Tasmania
Glenora Road, Tasmania
Huon Road, Tasmania
- Sandy Bay Road, Tasmania
- Channel Highway, Tasmania
- Appin Road, New South Wales
- Putty Road, New South Wales
Frankford Road, Tasmania
Biralee Road, Tasmania
Batman Highway, Tasmania
Waterfall Way, New South Wales
Wilmington-Ucolta Road, South Australia
Lachlan Valley Way, New South Wales
Main North Road, South Australia
- Central Coast Highway, New South Wales
- Pacific Highway, New South Wales
Golden Highway, New South Wales
Goldfields Way, New South Wales
Castlereagh Highway, New South Wales
Kidman Way, New South Wales
Picton Road, New South Wales
Camden Valley Way, New South Wales
Escort Way, New South Wales
Summerland Way, New South Wales
Burley Griffin Way, New South Wales
Fossickers Way, New South Wales
Surf Coast Highway, Victoria
- Bellarine Highway, Victoria
- Hollow Tree Road, Tasmania
- Nepean Highway, Victoria
Pacific Highway, New South Wales
Hopkins Highway, Victoria
Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road, Western Australia
Hamilton Highway, Victoria
Glenelg Highway, Victoria
Pyrenees Highway, Victoria
Henty Highway, Victoria
Sunraysia Highway, Victoria
Wimmera Highway, Victoria
Loddon Valley Highway, Victoria
McIvor Highway, Victoria
- Goulburn Valley Highway, Victoria
- Maroondah Highway, Victoria
- Melba Highway, Victoria
- Midland Highway, Victoria
Maroondah Highway, Victoria
- Goulburn Valley Highway, Victoria
- Maroondah Highway, Victoria
Maroondah Highway, Victoria
Warburton Highway, Victoria
- Bass Highway, Victoria
- Strzelecki Highway, Victoria