Intersection directional sign on the Federal Hwy (NH23) and Antill St roundabout at Watson, June 2013. Image © Paul Rands

Set up in 1974, the National Highway scheme is a now defunct federal classification of road which was 100% funded by the Commonwealth Government. Though the National Highway scheme has wound up, the route numbers are still in use within the ACT, with the transition to alphanumeric route numbering underway.

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