Barton Highway

Barton Highway

New South Wales
–Australian Capital Territory
Barton Highway; New South Wales–Australian Capital Territory
	Exit to Yass Valley Way from Barton Highway
	North end South end
Coordinates	34.828282°S 148.957221°E (North end); 35.240576°S 149.136974°E (South end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	52 km (32 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928 (as Main Road 56); February 1935 (as State Highway 15)
Route number(s)	A25 (2013–present); (within NSW); A25 (2013–present); (within ACT);
Former; route number	National Highway 25; (1974–2013, within NSW); National Highway 25; (1974–2013, within ACT); National Route 25; (1956–1974); ACT Tourist Route 4 (Nicholls–Lyneham);
Major junctions
North end	Hume Highway; Yass, New South Wales
	Yass Valley Way; Gungahlin Drive;
South end	Federal Highway; Northbourne Avenue; Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory
Location(s)
Major settlements	Murrumbateman, Hall
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales; Road infrastructure in Canberra;

Barton Highway is a highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It connects Canberra to Hume Highway at Yass, and it is part of the route from Melbourne to Canberra. It is named in honour of Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia.

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