Mitchell Highway

Mitchell Highway Queensland –New South Wales
Road freight on the Mitchell Highway between Cunnamulla and Charleville, 1979
General information
Type	Highway
Length	1,095 km (680 mi)[1]
Gazetted	August 1928 (as Main Road 7)[2]
Route number(s)	Alternate A2 (2004–present) (Augathella–Charleville) A71 (2004–present) (Charleville–QLD/NSW border) B71 (2013–present) (QLD/NSW border–Nyngan) A32 (2013–present) (Nyngan–Bathurst)
Former route number	National Route 71 (1955–2004/2013) (Augathella–Nyngan) National Route 32 (1955–2013) (Nyngan–Bathurst)
Major junctions
North end	Landsborough Highway Augathella, Queensland
	Diamantina Developmental Road Warrego Highway Balonne Highway Kamilaroi Highway Kidman Way Barrier Highway Oxley Highway Newell Highway Golden Highway Peabody Road Mid-Western Highway
South end	Great Western Highway Bathurst, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Charleville, Cunnamulla, Bourke, Nyngan, Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland Highways in New South Wales
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Mitchell Highway is an outback state highway located in the central and south western regions of Queensland and the northern and central western regions of New South Wales in Australia. The southern part of Mitchell Highway forms part of the National Highway A32 B71 corridor, which stretches from Sydney to Brisbane via Dubbo. Mitchell Highway also forms part of the shortest route between Sydney and Darwin, via Bourke and Mount Isa, making it an important road link for the transport of passengers and freight for regional New South Wales and Queensland.^[3] The highway is a part of route Alternative A2 between Augathella and Charleville, route A71 and B71 between Charleville and Nyngan, and part of route A32 between Nyngan and Bathurst.

In New South Wales, the highway's south-eastern terminus is at its junction with Great Western and Mid-Western Highways, and it links with Golden, Newell, Oxley, Barrier and Kamilaroi Highways. In Queensland, the highway links with Balonne and Warrego Highways and its northern terminus is at its junction with Landsborough Highway.