Golden Highway

Golden Highway (also known as Mitchells Line of Road at its eastern end) is a 313-kilometre (194 mi) highway, located in the Hunter and Orana regions of New South Wales, Australia. It runs eastwards from Dubbo towards Newcastle on the coast, allowing road transport to avoid travelling over the Blue Mountains to Sydney, and is designated route B84.

Golden Highway

Mitchells Line of Road

New South Wales
Direction sign at end of Bylong Valley Way
East end
West end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length313 km (194 mi)
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Road 62)
November 1996 (as State Highway 27)
Route number(s)
  • B84 (2013–present)
    Entire route
  • Concurrency:
  • B55 (2013–present)
    (Dunedoo-Leadville)
Former
route number
State Route 84 (1974–2013)
Major junctions
East end New England Highway
Belford, New South Wales
 
West end Newell Highway
Dubbo, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlementsDenman, Sandy Hollow, Merriwa, Dunedoo
Highway system
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