Olympic Highway | |
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Advance directional sign in Wagga Wagga, on the Olympic Highway heading south from Cootamundra | |
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Map of south-eastern Australia with Olympic Highway highlighted in green | |
General information | |
Type | Rural road |
Length | 317 km (197 mi)[1] |
Gazetted | August 1928 (as Main Roads 57 and 239)[2] March 1938 (as Trunk Road 78)[3] |
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Major junctions | |
Northeast end | ![]() Cowra, New South Wales |
Southwest end | ![]() Table Top, New South Wales |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Young, Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga, Culcairn |
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Olympic Highway is a 317-kilometre (197 mi) rural road in the central western and south-eastern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. It services rural communities, links Hume Highway with Mid-Western Highway, and provides part of an alternate road link between Sydney and Albury via Bathurst and Cowra as well as servicing Wagga Wagga, linking with Sturt Highway.