Great Western Highway Broadway, Parramatta Road, Church Street | |
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Travelling westbound on Great Western Highway at Springwood | |
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 202 km (126 mi)[1][2] |
Gazetted | August 1928 (as Main Road 5)[3] |
Route number(s) |
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Former route number | see Former route allocations |
Major junctions | |
East end | Railway Square Haymarket, Sydney |
West end | ![]() Bathurst, New South Wales |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Petersham, Ashfield, Parramatta, Eastern Creek, St Marys, Penrith, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, Lawson, Katoomba, Mount Victoria, Lithgow |
Highway system | |
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Great Western Highway is a 202-kilometre-long (126 mi)[1][2] state highway in New South Wales, Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurst, on the state's Central Tablelands. The highway also has local road names between the Sydney city centre and Parramatta, being: Broadway from Haymarket to Chippendale, Parramatta Road from Chippendale to Parramatta, and Church Street through Parramatta.