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Encyclopedia > Bruxner Highway
Bruxner Highway
Length 341 kilometres
General direction: West-East
From: Boggabilla, NSW
To: Ballina, NSW
Towns along highway: Tenterfield, Casino, Lismore

The Bruxner Highway is one of the more obscure State highways in New South Wales, Australia. It forms an east-west link across the northern part of New South Wales, close to the border with Queensland. It is named after a State politician from the 1920s. Image File history File links Australian_Route_44. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Boggabilla is a small town in the far north of inland New South Wales, Australia. ... Ballina is a town (2001 population: 16,599) and the seat of the Ballina Shire Council Local Government Area on the North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. ... Location of Tenterfield in New South Wales (red) Tenterfield (, ), is a town and Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia. ... Casino is a town of approximately 11000 persons in northern New South Wales. ... Lismore is a sub-tropical city in New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the idea of state highways State Highway, and is more formally known as Route 139 State highway, and state route are terms that usually apply to numbered highways that are primarily administered and financed by a state government in countries that are divided into states. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...


The Bruxner Highway starts at its junction with the Pacific Highway at Ballina and links Lismore Casino, Tenterfield, Bonshaw and Boggabilla and terminates there. The Pacific Highway is a major transport route in eastern Australia and is part of Australias Highway 1. ... Ballina is a town (2001 population: 16,599) and the seat of the Ballina Shire Council Local Government Area on the North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. ... Lismore is a sub-tropical city in New South Wales, Australia. ... Casino is a town of approximately 11000 persons in northern New South Wales. ... Location of Tenterfield in New South Wales (red) Tenterfield (, ), is a town and Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia. ... Bonshaw is a small town in New South Wales, Australia 783 km north of Sydney. ... Boggabilla is a small town in the far north of inland New South Wales, Australia. ...


It has the route number 44, though this seems to end at Tenterfield and the remainder of the highway has no route number.


It forms an important link between Ballina and Lismore, and to a lesser extent Casino and Lismore


The road travels through the main street at Alstonville, although a bypass is palnned


See also


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New South Wales Road Photo Gallery: National Route 44 (Bruxner Highway) (548 words)
The Bruxner Highway is named after Michael Bruxner, a NSW Minister for Transport during the 1930's, who grew up in the Tenterfield area.
Eastbound on the Bruxner Highway, east of Yetman.
This photo from January 2005 is on the Bruxner Highway Westbound at Yetman at the SR95 intersection and shows an incorrect sheild.
Encyclopedia: List of Australian highways (3883 words)
State Route 49 The Balonne Highway, a state highway of Queensland, is the continuation westward of the Moonie Highway from the town of St George to its termination at Cunnamulla.
Flinders Highway is a highway that crosses Queensland from east to west, from Townsville on the Pacific coast to Cloncurry.
The Maroondah Highway is a highway in the east of Melbourne.
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