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{{Short description|Highway in Queensland and New South Wales}}
{{Distinguish|Mitchell Freeway}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| road_name    = Mitchell Highway
| type         = highway
| state        = qld
| state2       = nsw
| image        = Mitchell Highway, Cunnamulla - Charleville (1979).jpg
| caption      = Road freight on the Mitchell Highway between Cunnamulla and Charleville, 1979
| location     = Location Mitchell Hwy.svg
| length       = 1095
| length_ref   = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-33.4203965,149.5651274/-25.8372934,146.6162349/@-29.6571494,147.9777711,7.24z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d148.6346564!2d-32.2578723!3s0x6b0f71854008412d:0x1671c8d02aba7125!1m0!3e0 |title=Mitchell Highway |access-date=4 April 2015}}</ref>
| gazetted     = August 1928 {{small|(as Main Road 7)}}
| gazetted_ref = <ref name="nswgovgaz28">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1927 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=110 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=17 August 1928 |pages=3814–20 |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=3 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803050207/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| direction_a  = North
| direction_b  = South
| end_a        = {{AUshield|QLD|A2}} '''[[Landsborough Highway]]'''<br />{{small|[[Augathella, Queensland]]}}
| end_b        = {{AUshield|NSW|A32}} '''[[Great Western Highway]]'''<br />{{small|[[Bathurst, New South Wales]]}}
| est          = 
| through      = {{QLDcity|Charleville|Cunnamulla}}, {{NSWcity|Bourke|Nyngan|Dubbo|Orange}}, {{NSWcity|Bathurst}}
| route        = {{plainlist|
*{{AUshield|QLD|ALTA2}} Alternate A2 {{small|(2004–present)<br />(Augathella–Charleville)}}
*{{AUshield|QLD|A71}} A71 {{small|(2004–present)<br />(Charleville–QLD/NSW border)}}
*{{AUshield|NSW|B71}} B71 {{small|(2013–present)<br />(QLD/NSW border–Nyngan)}}
*{{AUshield|NSW|A32}} A32 {{small|(2013–present)<br />(Nyngan–Bathurst)}}
}}
| former       = {{plainlist|
*{{AUshield|NR|71}} National Route 71 {{small|(1955–2004/2013)<br />(Augathella–Nyngan)}}
*{{AUshield|NR|32}} National Route 32 {{small|(1955–2013)<br />(Nyngan–Bathurst)}}
}}
| exits        = {{plainlist|
*{{AUshield|S|14}} [[Diamantina Developmental Road]]
*{{AUshield|QLD|ALTA2}} [[Warrego Highway]]
*{{AUshield|S|49}} [[Balonne Highway]]
*{{AUshield|NSW|B76}} [[Kamilaroi Highway]]
*{{AUshield|NSW|B87}} [[Kidman Way]]
*{{AUshield|NSW|A32}} [[Barrier Highway]]
*[[Oxley Highway]]
*{{AUshield|NSW|A39}} [[Newell Highway]]
*{{AUshield|NSW|B84}} [[Golden Highway]]
*{{AUshield|NSW|B81}} Peabody Road
*{{AUshield|NSW|A41}} [[Mid-Western Highway]]}}
}}

'''Mitchell Highway''' is an [[outback]] state highway located in the [[Central West Queensland|central]] and [[South West Queensland|south western]] regions of [[Queensland]] and the [[North West Slopes|northern]] and [[Central West, New South Wales|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 {{NTcity|Darwin}}, via {{NSWcity|Bourke}} and [[Mount Isa]], making it an important [[road transport|road link]] for the transport of passengers and [[Truckload shipping|freight]] for regional New South Wales and Queensland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd|url=http://www.www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/sydney-west/blue-mountains/bells-line-of-road-corridor-improvement-program/bells-line-of-road-dubbo-corridor-strategy.pdf|title=Sydney–Dubbo Corridor Strategy: Building our National Transport Future|work=[[Auslink]]|publisher=[[Department of Transport and Regional Services (Australia)|Department of Transport and Regional Services]]|date=June 2007|access-date=4 April 2015|isbn=978-1-921095-46-7|location=Australia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320032302/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/sydney-west/blue-mountains/bells-line-of-road-corridor-improvement-program/bells-line-of-road-dubbo-corridor-strategy.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2015}}</ref> The highway is a part of route Alternative A2 between [[Augathella]] and [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]], route A71 and B71 between Charleville and [[Nyngan]], and part of route A32 between Nyngan and [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]].

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

==Route==
Mitchell Highway lies west of the [[Great Dividing Range]] and in New South Wales runs generally northwest–southeast and in Queensland, runs generally north–south in the central western and southwest parts of that state.

From its northern terminus at a junction with the Landsborough Highway near Augathella, Mitchell Highway heads south as route Alternative A2 through Charleville, meeting Warrego Highway heading east as Alternative A2. As route A71, the highway continues south through {{QLDcity|Cunnamulla}}, meeting with Balonne Highway, and then further south to the state border between Queensland and New South Wales (called Barringun Road), where it changes to route B71.<ref name="rands A71">{{cite web|url=http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/alphanumeric/a71/index.html|title=Mitchell Highway (A71)|author=Rands, Paul|work=Road Photos & Information: Queensland|date=2015|access-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410054259/http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/alphanumeric/a71/index.html|archive-date=10 April 2015}}{{self-published source|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref name="rands AltA2">{{cite web|url=http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/alphanumeric/alt-a2/index.html|title=Warrego Highway & Mitchell Highway (Alternate A2)|author=Rands, Paul|work=Road Photos & Information: New South Wales|date=2015|access-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410061122/http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/alphanumeric/alt-a2/index.html|archive-date=10 April 2015}}{{self-published source|date=August 2022}}</ref>[[File:Nervertire.jpg|thumb|left|A typical narrow width of Mitchell Highway in the [[Orana (New South Wales)|regional]] [[New South Wales]] village of {{NSWcity|Nevertire}}]]Approximately {{convert|5|km|0}} north of {{NSWcity|Bourke}} it crosses the [[Darling River]] before heading into Bourke where it forms junctions with Kamilaroi Highway heading east and [[Kidman Way]] heading south. From this point Mitchell Highway generally heads southeast through to Nyngan, meeting with Barrier Highway, and continues south as route A32. At {{NSWcity|Nevertire}} the highway meets Oxley Highway, before passing through {{NSWcity|Narromine}} and then heads generally east to the major rural centre of Dubbo, where it meets Newell Highway, before it crosses the [[Macquarie River]] and heads south towards {{NSWcity|Wellington}}, crossing the Macquarie River again. At {{NSWcity|Molong}}, the highway generally starts to head east towards {{NSWcity|Orange}}, where an alternative route diverts many heavy vehicles away from the city centre; the portion of Mitchell Highway that passes through Orange city centre is known locally as Summer Street.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Orange City Council |title=Summer Street Commercial Area |access-date=14 August 2008 |url=http://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/files/survey/PP17SS%20Summer%20Street%20Commercial%20Area.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722131600/http://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/files/survey/PP17SS%20Summer%20Street%20Commercial%20Area.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The southern terminus of Mitchell Highway is at a [[roundabout]] in Bathurst, at the junction of Mid-Western Highway to {{NSWcity|Cowra}}, and Great Western Highway to Sydney via the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]].<ref name="rands A32">{{cite web|url=http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/nsw/numbered/alphanumeric/a32/index.html|title=Great Western Highway, Mitchell Highway & Barrier Highway (A32)|author=Rands, Paul|work=Road Photos & Information: Queensland|date=7 December 2013|access-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410060456/http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/nsw/numbered/alphanumeric/a32/index.html|archive-date=10 April 2015}}{{self-published source|date=August 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The passing of the ''Main Roads Act of 1924''<ref>[http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ State of New South Wales, ''An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ |date=11 August 2022 }} 10 November 1924</ref> through the [[Parliament of New South Wales]] provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the [[Main Roads Board]]. The '''North-Western Highway''' was declared (as Main Road No. 7) on 8 August 1928, from the interchange with [[Great Western Highway]] and [[Mid-Western Highway]] in Bathurst, via Orange, Dubbo, Nyngan, and Bourke, to the border with Queensland;<ref name="nswgovgaz28" /> with the passing of the ''Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929''<ref>[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15 State of New South Wales, ''An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812065622/https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15 |date=12 August 2022 }} 8 April 1929</ref> to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to State Highway 7 on 8 April 1929. On 9 October 1936 the name was changed to the Mitchell Highway, in honour of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Sir Thomas Mitchell]], who was [[Surveyor-General of New South Wales]] in the 1820s and explored much of inland New South Wales, [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] and Queensland.<ref name="ozroads mitchell history">{{cite web|work=OzRoads: The Australian Roads website|title=Mitchell Highway: History and Development|url=http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Highways/Mitchell/history.htm|access-date=4 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063104/http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Highways/Mitchell/history.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015}}{{Self-published source|date=April 2015}}</ref><ref>The Mitchell Highway ''[[Main Roads (periodical)|Main Roads]]'' May 1937 page 115</ref> 

The passing of the ''Roads Act of 1993''<ref>[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033 State of New South Wales, ''An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ |date=11 August 2022 }} 10 November 1924</ref> updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Mitchell Highway today retains its declaration as Highway 71, from the state border with Queensland at Barringun to the intersection with Great Western and Mid-Western Highways at Bathurst.<ref name="nswroadsched">{{cite web |url=https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf |title=Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads |author=[[Transport for NSW]] |date=August 2022 |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=1 August 2022 }}</ref>

Mitchel Highway was signed National Route 71 between Augathella and Nygan, and National Route 32 between Nyngan and Bathurst, in 1955. With both states' conversion to their newer alphanumeric systems in 2004 and 2013, its former route numbers were updated to Alternative A2 between Augathella and Charleville and A71 between Charleville and the state border within Queensland in 2004, and B71 between the state border and Nyngan and A32 between Nyngan and Bathurst within New South Wales in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/key-build-programs/alpha-numeric/nsw-factsheet.pdf |title=Road number and name changes in NSW |work=[[Roads & Maritime Services]] |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=2012 |access-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325194425/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/key-build-programs/alpha-numeric/nsw-factsheet.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 1972 the last section of the highway was sealed.<ref>Mitchell Highway: Completion of Sealing ''Main Roads'' December 1972 page 51</ref>

===Truck explosion===
On 5 September 2014, a truck travelling on Mitchell Highway rolled off a road bridge at Angellala Creek approximately 30&nbsp;km south of Charleville ({{coord|-26.6541|146.1760|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD}}). The truck was carrying 52 tonnes of [[ammonium nitrate]] which exploded. The blast destroyed the two road bridges and severely damaged the adjacent rail bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/Disaster-Resources/Documents/QLD-Disaster-Management-Committee-Annual-Report-2014-15.pdf|title=Queensland Disaster Committee Management 2014–15 Management Report|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|page=7|access-date=5 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222055503/http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/Disaster-Resources/Documents/QLD-Disaster-Management-Committee-Annual-Report-2014-15.pdf|archive-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> The blast was so powerful that the truck was disintegrated and the dangers posed by the remaining ammonium nitrate necessitated a 2&nbsp;km exclusion zone around the site for a number of days.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-06/ammonium-nitrate-truck-explodes-in-charleville-queensland-8-hurt/5724512|title=Truck hauling fertiliser explodes in outback Queensland, injuring 8|date=7 September 2014|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=5 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029114607/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-06/ammonium-nitrate-truck-explodes-in-charleville-queensland-8-hurt/5724512|archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> The large crater formed by the blast closed the highway necessitating detours of up to 600&nbsp;km.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dirt-road-opens-to-charleville-after-mitchell-highway-truck-explosion-20140923-10ktgh.html|title=Dirt road opens to Charleville after Mitchell Highway truck explosion|last=Calligeros|first=Marissa|date=23 September 2016|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|access-date=5 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105045532/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dirt-road-opens-to-charleville-after-mitchell-highway-truck-explosion-20140923-10ktgh.html|archive-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> The [[Department of Transport & Main Roads]] was allowed to commence work at the site on 13 September and by 23 September had constructed a temporary side track around the blast site suitable for cars, buses and light trucks. By 7 October, the side track had been upgraded to support road trains, ending the need to detour.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/A/Angellala-Bridge-reconstruction-works|title=Angellala Bridge reconstruction works|website=[[Department of Transport & Main Roads]]|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|access-date=5 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913101011/http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/A/Angellala-Bridge-reconstruction-works|archive-date=13 September 2016}}</ref> In April 2015, the $10&nbsp;million tender to reconstruct the highway and bridges were awarded and the construction work took place between June and November 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-22/angellala-creek-bridge-destroyed-truck-blast-fixed-by-november/6411440|title=Angellala Creek bridge, destroyed in outback Queensland truck explosion, to be ready by November|last=Howells|first=Melinda|date=22 April 2016|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=5 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714124315/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-22/angellala-creek-bridge-destroyed-truck-blast-fixed-by-november/6411440|archive-date=14 July 2016}}</ref> In early 2016, a competition was held to decide a new name for the bridge.<ref name=":0" />

==Major intersections==
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|km=78
|road={{AUshield|QLD|ALTA2}} [[Warrego Highway]] (Alt A2 east){{QLDcity|p=on|Morven|Roma|Dalby|Toowoomba}}
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|road={{AUshield|S|49}} [[Balonne Highway]] (State Route 49){{QLDcity|p=on|St George|Dalby}}
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|LGAspan=2
|location=Bourke
|lspan=2
|km=533
|road={{AUshield|NSW|B76}} [[Kamilaroi Highway]] (B76){{NSWcity|p=on|Brewarrina|Walgett|Narrabri|Gunnedah}}
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{{NSWint
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|road={{AUshield|NSW|B87}} [[Kidman Way]] (B87){{NSWcity|p=on|Cobar|Hillston|Griffith|Jerilderie}}
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|km=796
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|km=901
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{{Jctbridge
|river=[[Macquarie River]]
|km=902
|bridge=[[L.H. Ford Bridge]]}}
{{Jctbridge
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|km=951
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{{NSWint
|LGA-S=Cabonne
|location=Molong
|km=1018
|road={{AUshield|NSW|B81}} Peabody Road (B81), to {{AUshield|NSW|B81}} [[Escort Way]] (B81){{NSWcity|p=on|Canowindra|Cowra}}
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{{NSWint
|LGA=[[City of Orange (New South Wales)|Orange]]
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|notes=Alternative route to bypass Orange [[Central business district|city centre]]; roundabout
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|road=[[Escort Way]]{{NSWcity|p=on|Eugowra|Forbes}}
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|km=1057
|road=Northern Distributor Road (northwest){{NSWcity|p=on|Orange}}
|notes=Alternative route to bypass Orange city centre
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{{NSWint
|LGA-R=Bathurst
|LGAspan=2
|location=Bathurst
|lspan=2
|km=1095
|uspan=2
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|notes=
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{{NSWint
|type=trans
|km=none
|road={{AUshield|NSW|A32}} [[Great Western Highway]] (A32 northeast){{NSWcity|p=on|Lithgow|Katoomba|Sydney}}
|notes=Southern terminus of highway at roundabout, route A32 continues east along Great Western Highway
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==See also==
{{stack|{{Portal|Australian Roads|New South Wales|Queensland}}}}
* [[Highways in Australia]]
* [[Highways in New South Wales]]
* [[List of highways in Queensland]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Road infrastructure in New South Wales}}
{{Road infrastructure in Queensland}}

[[Category:Highways in Australia]]
[[Category:Highways in New South Wales]]
[[Category:Highways in Queensland]]
[[Category:Far West (New South Wales)]]
[[Category:Central West (New South Wales)]]
[[Category:Central West Queensland]]
[[Category:South West Queensland]]
[[Category:City of Orange (New South Wales)]]