Mitchell Highway
Proposed to replace [1]
Length	1110 km (690 mi)
General direction	South-North
From	Great Western Highway / Mid-Western Highway, Bathurst, New South Wales
via	Dunkeld, NSW, Lucknow, Orange, Molong, Wellington, Geurie, Dubbo, Narromine, Trangie, Nevertire, Nyngan, Byrock, Bourke, North Bourke, Barringun, NSW, Cunnamulla, Qld, Wyandra, Charleville, Qld
To	Landsborough Highway, Augathella, Queensland
Allocation	Bathurst - Nyngan: Nyngan - NSW/Qld Border: NSW/Qld Border - Augathella: Formerly
Major junctions	Escort Way Peabody Road Golden Highway Newell Highway Oxley Highway Barrier Highway Kidman Way Kamilaroi Highway Balonne Highway Warrego Highway

The Mitchell Highway is a major rural highway in central and northern New South Wales, Australia and South Central Queensland. The highway starts at Bathurst and links Orange, Molong, Wellington, Dubbo, Narromine, Nevertire, Nyngan, Byrock, Bourke, Cunnamulla, Charleville, and Augathella.

The highway was declared on 8 August 1928 and named North Western Highway. On 9 October 1936 the name was changed to the Mitchell Highway, named after Major Thomas Mitchell, who was Surveyor-General of New South Wales in the 1820s and explored much of inland New South Wales and Victoria.^[2]

Summer Street looking west from McNamara Street, Orange

The portion of the Mitchell Highway passing through Orange, New South Wales, is known as Summer Street and serves as the main street through the city.^[3]

[edit] See also

• Highways in Australia
• Highways in New South Wales
• List of highways in Queensland

[edit] References

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