Road Photos & Information: New South Wales: Snowy Mountains Highway (B72)

Road Photos & Information: New South Wales

B72

Snowy Mountains Highway (B72) - Talbingo To Mundarlo

Statistics:

Length: 332 km (Talbingo To Mundarlo: 89 km)
Northern Terminus: Princes Hwy (A1) at Stony Creek, north of Bega
Southern Terminus: Hume Hwy (M31) at Mundarlo, northwest of Adelong
Miscellaneous: Route is co-signed with Monaro Hwy (B23) between Steeple Flat near Nimmitabel and Cooma
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Talbingo, Blowering, Tumut, Adelong, Mt Adrah and Mundarlo

Route Numbering:

Current: B72

Former:
Multiplexes:
Road Authority Internal Classification: HW4 (Stony Creek near Bega to Nimmitabel and Cooma to Mundarlo near Adelong) 1

General Information:

Snowy Mountains Highway is a route that connects the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales with the far south coast via the Great Dividing Range and Snowy Mountains. It's mostly a 2-lane undivided rural highway, passing through farmland, residential and commercial regions. Large tracts of the route pass through national parks and traverse very hilly and steep terrain.

The route links the Princes Hwy (A1), Monaro Hwy (B23) and Hume Hwy (M31). The highest town along the highway is Kiandra, at a height of 1400 metres. 2

Multiplexes along the route include:

Tourist Drive 6, between Mundarlo and Adelong for 27 km

History:

1903: Original timber beam bridges over Adelong Creek and Adelong Flood Channels built. 3
1955: Monaro Highway between Tumut to Tathra renamed Snowy Mountains Highway. 4
13 July 1955: Snowy Mountains Highway between Tathra to Nimmitabel and then Cooma to Mundarlo proclaimed as State Highway No. 4. 5
1968: An $89 218 bridge built over Gilmore Creek on a 1.7 mile deviation of the Snowy Mountains Highway, south of Tumut. 6 A new bridge built over Yaven Creek at a cost of $147 895. The bridge replaced a low level timber bridge at a spot subject to flooding near Mt Adrah on the Snowy Mountains Highway between Adelong and the Hume Highway. 7
1972: Erosion control works costing $23,000, on a section of the Snowy Mountains Highway adjacent to the Blowering Dam undertaken. The works were performed to help stop eroded material being washed into the Blowering Dam storage. 8
February 2010: Work commences on a new 62 metre long concrete bridge over Adelong Creek and Adelong Flood Channel. The original structures were demolished as part of the project. 3
17 December 2010: Replacement bridge over Adelong Creek and Adelong Flood Channel opens to traffic. 3
17 February 2011: Official opening and naming ceremony of the replacement bridge over Adelong Creek and Adelong Flood Channel. 3

Talbingo to Mundarlo		Mundarlo to Talbingo
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	Warning Sign: Large warning sign at Talbingo approaching a steep and winding grade, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands		Jounama Dam Road: Fingerboard assembly on the corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Jounama Dam Rd at Talbingo, November 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Warning Sign: Large warning sign at Talbingo approaching a steep and winding grade, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Steep Descent: Start of steep descent at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Talbingo approaching Black Perry Lookout, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the Black Perry Lookout turn off at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Winding Road: 2 styles of warning sign for the winding road at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Final Descent into Talbingo: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) heading into Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Services Sign: Services sign at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Miles Franklin Dr at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Miles Franklin Drive: Corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Miles Franklin Dr at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	End Low Gear Area: Sign denoting end of low gear area for trucks and buses at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Talbingo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Blowering: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it passes the spectacular view of Blowering Dam at Blowering, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Blowering: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it passes the spectacular view of Blowering Dam at Blowering, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Tumut River: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it crosses Tumut River at Wermatong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching West Blowering Rd at Wermatong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	West Blowering Road: Corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and West Blowering Rd at Wermatong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Entering Tumut: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it enters the town of Tumut, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Richmond Street: Corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Richmond St, Tumut, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Wynyard Street: Corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Wynyard St at Tumut, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tumut approaching Wee Jasper Rd (TD7), October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Wee Jasper Rd (TD7) at Tumut, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tumut approaching Capper St and Gocup Rd, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Capper Street & Gocup Road: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) at the junction with Capper St and Gocup Rd, Tumut, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign on Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it leaves Tumut, October 2013. Click here for a photo by Richard Wardle of the previous sign at this location from October 2008. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Gilmore approaching Killarney Rd, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Killarney Road: Corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Killarney Rd at Gilmore, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Gilmore approaching Batlow Rd, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Batlow Road: Corner of Snowy Mtns Rd (B72) and Batlow Rd at Gilmore, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign at Gadara after Batlow Rd, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Entering Adelong: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it enters the town of Adelong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Adelong approaching Tumut St, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Wondalga Road: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) at the junction with Wondalga Rd (Tumut St) in Adelong, October 2013. Click here for a photo by Richard Wardle of the previous signs at this location from October 2008. Image © Paul Rands
	Adelong: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it passes through the town of Adelong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Grahamstown Rd, Adelong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Grahamstown Road: Corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Grahamstown Rd at Adelong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	RD Sign: Distance sign at Adelong, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Yaven Creek Road: Corner of Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) and Yaven Ck Rd at Bangadang, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Mundarlo approaching the Hume Hwy (M31) interchange, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Hume Highway Interchange: Snowy Mtns Hwy (B72) as it meets its western terminus, the Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Mundarlo, October 2013. Image © Paul Rands
Click here to for the continuation of Snowy Mountains Highway (B72) between Cooma and Talbingo

1 Roads and Traffic Authority, Schedule of Classified Roads (and unclassified Regional Roads), 20 February 2009
2 Department of Main Roads, Main Roads of New South Wales, undated brochure
3 Roads and Traffic Authority, Construction & Maintenance, Regional Projects, South West, Replacement of Adelong Creek bridges
4 Canberra Times, Page 3, 21 October 1958
5 Government Gazette of the State of NSW, Issue 99, Page 2645, 9 September 1955
6 Canberra Times, Page 3, 20 February 1968
7 Canberra times, Page 3, 23 December 1967
8 Canberra Times, Page 6, 27 December 1971

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