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.
Barton Highway
Intersection of the Federal and Barton Highways and Northbourne Avenue
Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for 840 kilometres (520 mi) between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route from Sydney's outskirts to Melbourne's outskirts to dual carriageway was completed on 7 August 2013.
Hume Highway
A passable section of "Sydney Road" in the shire of Benalla, 1914.
A "Golden Guidepost" on the Holbrook Bypass section of Hume Freeway. The guidepost symbolises the connection of Melbourne and Sydney by dual carriageway.
Hume Highway as it passes through Holbrook, the final town on the highway bypassed