Escort Way

Escort Way

New South Wales
Escort Way; New South Wales
	East end West end
Coordinates	33.274036°S 149.086081°E (East end); 33.390140°S 148.014967°E (West end);
General information
Type	Rural road
Length	114.1 km (71 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928
Route number(s)	B81 (2013–present); (Boree–Cudal)
Former; route number	State Route 81 (1974–2013); (Boree–Cudal); State Route 90 (1974–2013); (Boree–Orange);
Major junctions
East end	Mitchell Highway; Orange, New South Wales
	Peabody Road; Henry Parkes Way; Canowindra Road;
West end	Lachlan Valley Way; Forbes, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Cudal, Eugowra

Escort Way is a 114-kilometre (71 mi) country road in New South Wales running from Mitchell Highway in Orange to Lachlan Valley Way in Forbes. The name derives from the notorious hold up of the Lachlan Gold Escort by bushrangers in 1862 which occurred along the route, and subsequent lobbying by the Canowindra Historical Society to recognise this. Escort Rock, a heritage-listed geological formation is located adjacent to the road near Eugowra.

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