Federal Highway (Australia)

Federal Highway

New South Wales
–Australian Capital Territory
Federal Highway; New South Wales–Australian Capital Territory
	Southbound carriageway, at Wollogorang. The median strip at this location is about 200 metres (656 ft) wide and contains pasture.
	Northeast end Southwest end
Coordinates	34.803013°S 149.609647°E (Northeast end); 35.240579°S 149.136991°E (Southwest end);
General information
Type	Motorway
Length	72.7 km (45 mi)
Opened	February 1931
Gazetted	August 1928 (NSW, as Main Road 3)
Maintained by	Transport for NSW; (NSW); Territory and Municipal Services; (ACT);
Route number(s)	M23 (2013–present); (Yarra–NSW/ACT border); M23 (2016–present); (ACT/NSW border–Majura); A23 (2013–present); (Majura–Lyneham);
Former; route number	A23 (2013–2016); (ACT/NSW border–Majura); National Highway 23; (1974–2013, within NSW); National Highway 23; (1974–2013, within ACT); National Route 23; (1955–1974);
Major junctions
Northeast end	Hume Highway; Yarra, New South Wales
	Majura Parkway; Horse Park Drive; Barton Highway;
Southwest end	Northbourne Avenue; Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory
Location(s)
Region	Southern Tablelands
LGA(s)	Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Upper Lachlan Shire, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, Yass Valley Shire, Australian Capital Territory
Major suburbs / towns	Collector, Sutton, Watson, Downer, Lyneham
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales; Road infrastructure in Canberra;

Federal Highway is a highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is a part of a motorway-standard link between Sydney and Canberra, and is also the main thoroughfare between those cities.

The north-eastern end of Federal Highway is located at its junction with Hume Highway near the rural city of Goulburn. It runs 72.7 km (45.2 mi) southwest to Canberra, the national capital of Australia, where its southwestern end is located at the intersection of Northbourne Avenue and Barton Highway. Federal Highway passes the villages of Wollogorang, Collector and Sutton, as well as skirting the western side of the endorheic basin containing Lake George.

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