{{Short description|Highway in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox Australian road | road_name = Burley Griffin Way | state = nsw | type = rural road | image = Burley griffin way sign intersection with hume highway B94 looking along hume highway towards melbourne.JPG | caption = Burley Griffin Way sign on Hume Highway, at its eastern end | length = 276 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-34.3017159,146.0835062/-34.7662819,148.7620487/@-34.4684057,147.0410634,9.61z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en |title=Burley Griffin Way |access-date=1 December 2022 }}</ref> | route = {{AUshield|NSW|B94}} B94 {{small|(2013–present)}} | former = {{AUshield|S|94}} State Route 94 {{small|(1974–2013)}} | gazetted = August 1938 {{small|(as Main Road 387)}}<ref name="nswgovgaz38">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1937 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225072424 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=127 |via=National Library of Australia |date=2 September 1938 |pages=3439 |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130040914/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223032901 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />August 1949 {{small|(as Trunk Road 84)}}<ref name="nswgovgaz49">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1949 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224756689 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=173 |via=National Library of Australia |date=9 September 1949 |pages=2666 |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201082902/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224756689 |url-status=live }}</ref> | direction_a = West | direction_b = East | coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.301716|146.083487|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.766327|148.762043|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | pushpin_label_position_a = left | pushpin_label_position_b = right | end_a = {{AUshield|NSW|B94}} '''[[Irrigation Way]]'''<br />{{small|[[Yoogali]], New South Wales}} | end_b = {{AUshield|NSW|M31}} '''[[Hume Highway]]'''<br />{{small|[[Bowning]], New South Wales}} | exits = {{plainlist| *{{AUshield|NSW|A39}} [[Newell Highway]] *{{AUshield|NSW|B85}} [[Goldfields Way]] *{{AUshield|NSW|A41}} [[Olympic Highway]]}} | through = {{NSWcity|Yenda|Barellan|Temora|Wallendbeen}} }}
'''Burley Griffin Way''' is a New South Wales [[State highway|state route]], is located in south eastern Australia. Named after the American architect [[Walter Burley Griffin]], designer of the cities of [[Canberra]] and [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]], the road links these two cities via [[Yass, New South Wales|Yass]] and [[Barton Highway]].
==Route== Burley Griffin Way commences at the intersection of [[Irrigation Way]] at [[Yoogali]], in the eastern suburbs of Griffith, and heads in an easterly direction, passing through the regional towns of [[Yenda, New South Wales|Yenda]] and [[Barellan, New South Wales|Barellan]], before meeting [[Newell Highway]] at [[Ardlethan]]. It recommences at [[Beckom, New South Wales|Beckom]], running east and crossing [[Goldfields Way]] through [[Temora, New South Wales|Temora]], [[Olympic Highway]] at [[Wallendbeen, New South Wales|Wallendbeen]], continues through [[Harden-Murrumburrah]] and eventually ends at the at-grade interchange with [[Hume Highway]] west of [[Bowning]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=NSW |first=Transport for |date=2023-12-07 |title=Burley Griffin Way safety improvements |url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/burley-griffin-way-safety-improvements |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.transport.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Economically it provides a link between the agricultural produce of the western [[Riverina]] and [[Murrumbidgee River|Murrumbidgee]] regions and markets such as Sydney. The area it passes through is one of the richest agricultural areas in Australia. Hence, [[truck]]s make up a significant proportion of traffic using the road.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
==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]] (MRB). With the subsequent 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 MRB; 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, the [[Department of Main Roads (New South Wales)|Department of Main Roads]] (having succeeded the MRB in 1932) declared Main Road 387 on 24 August 1938, from the intersection with Main Road 254 in Yenda via Barellan to the intersection with State Highway 17 (later [[Newell Highway]]) at Ardlethan, then from the intersection from State Highway 17 at Beckom via Temora, Wallendbeen and Harden to the intersection with [[Hume Highway]]) in Bowning.<ref name="nswgovgaz38" />
Trunk Road 84 was declared on 24 August 1949, from the intersection with Trunk Road 57 (later [[Goldfields Way]]) in Temora via Wallendbeen and Harden to the intersection with [[Hume Highway]]) in Bowning, subsuming the alignment of Main Road 387 between Temora and Bowning; Main Road 387 was truncated at Temora as a result.<ref name="nswgovgaz49" />
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, the western end of Main Road 84 (previously Trunk Road 84) was extended to from Temora via Ardlethan, Barellan, Yenda and Yoolgali, subsuming Main Road 387 and a portion of Main Road 254 (which was truncated to meet Main Road 84 at Yenda),<ref name="nswgovgaz96">{{cite news |title=Roads Act |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231970069 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=91 |via=National Library of Australia |date=2 August 1996 |pages=2666 |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201091534/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231970069 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the route was also officially named as '''Burley Griffith Way''',<ref name="nswgovgaz96" /> on 2 August 1996. Burley Griffith Way today retains its declaration as Main Road 84.<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 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825104657/https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The route was allocated State Route 94 in 1974. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route B94.<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 2007, a bypass was constructed west of Bowning, and Burley Griffin Way was realigned along this road to a new at-grade intersection with Hume Highway. However this intersection can be covered in thick fog in winter, potentially causing accidents for traffic attempting to cross the high-speed dual carriageways of Hume Highway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Transport for NSW |first=N. S. W. |title=History of the Hume Highway duplication |url=https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/about/environment/protecting-heritage/hume-highway-duplication/history/index.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Transport for NSW |language=en}}</ref> The area is prone to fog and already had a reputation as a black spot, despite the intersection being opened back in 2007.
===Wallendbeen Bridge=== In March 2021, the road over rail bridge at Wallendbeen sustained severe damage from severe weather and had to be dismantled. A temporary single-lane bridge crossing the rail line opened in October 2021. Before this temporary solution was installed, motorists had to take a 40-minute detour. As of 16 December 2024 the temporary bridge has sustained major damage due to a truck accident striking the side of the temporary bridge the 40mins detour is back indefinitely splitting the Burley Griffin way in half again.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=NSW |first=Transport for |date=2023-01-30 |title=Burley Griffin Way Bridge at Wallendbeen |url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/burley-griffin-way-bridge-at-wallendbeen |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=transport.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=Wallendbeen Bridge feedback summary report |publisher=Transport for NSW |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-922875-23-5}}</ref>
'''Constructing the new Wallendbeen Bridge'''
Public consultations for the new permanent bridge started in April 2022.<ref name=":1" /> The new bridge will feature a 3.9m wide traffic lane and a 2m wide shoulder for each direction, as well as a sefety screen.<ref name=":0" />
During public consultations, the community voiced their need for a pedestrian crossing across the rail line. Construction is progressing with the above-mentioned design, but Transport for NSW is looking into ways to provide this crossing, for example by adding a pedestrian and cyclist crossing to the new bridge when funding and community support is available, or using the infrastructure of the current temporary bridge to create a new, dedicated pedestrian and cyclist bridge.<ref name=":1" />
Construction for the new permanent bridge began in late 2022. From March 2023 onwards, temporary access for plant and equipment was built, and parts were delivered.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Transport for NSW |title=Replacement of Wallendbeen Bridge Community update February 2024 |url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2024/Burley-Griffin-Way_Wallendbeen-Bridge-Community-update_February-2024.pdf |access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> Pile driving started in late May 2024,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Transport for NSW |date=May 2024 |title=Piling work on Burley Griffin Way rail bridge at Wallendbeen |url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2024/Burley-Griffin-Way_Wallendbeen-Bridge-Community-update_May-2024.pdf |access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> and Retaining structures, stormwater drainage, foundations and bridge abutments were constructed from March to August 2024. In September 2024, the bridge girders were lifted into place<ref name=":0" /> using a 650t crane.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Transport for NSW |date=September 2024 |title=Work continues on Burley Griffin Way bridge at Wallendbeen |url=https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/system/files/media/documents/2024/Burley-Griffin-Way-Wallendbeen-Bridge-super-shutdown-notification-September-2024.pdf |access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref>
As of September 2024, Transport for NSW does not expect the bridge to open as planned by mid-2025<ref name=":2" />
As of May 2025 The road approaches are getting built to connect the new bridge to the newly realigned Burley Griffin Way 20 meters west of the temporary bridge.
From Thursday (11 September), traffic heading east and west along Burley Griffin Way will be diverted to a new permanent rail overbridge, signalling the end of the single-lane structure that has served the town and the wider region since the early 1900s.
==Major intersections== {{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{NSWint |LGAC=Griffith |LGAspan=3 |location=Yoogali |lspan=2 |type=trans |km=0.0 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|B94}} [[Irrigation Way]] (B94 northwest, unallocated southeast){{NSWcity|p=on|Griffith|Leeton|Narrandera}} |notes=Western terminus of Burley Griffith Way<br />Route B94 continues northwest along MacKay Ave. Turn left to travel on Irrigation Way. Continues as Kurrajong Avenue |LGA=}} {{NSWint |km=none |road=Kurrajong Avenue (southwest){{NSWcity|p=on|Hanwood|Darlington Point}} |notes= |LGA=}} {{NSWint |location=Yenda |km=16.0 |road=Whitton Stock Route Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Widgelli|Leeton}} |notes= |LGA=}} {{NSWint |LGA=[[Coolamon Shire Council|Coolamon]] |LGAspan=2 |location=Ardlethan |type=concur |km=80.9 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A39}} [[Newell Highway]] (A39 south){{NSWcity|p=on|Narrandera|Jerilderie}} |notes=Concurrency with route A39 |nspan=2 }} {{NSWint |location=Beckom |type=concur |km=99.2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A39}} [[Newell Highway]] (A39 north){{NSWcity|p=on|West Wyalong|Dubbo}} |notes=none |LGA=}} {{NSWint |LGA-S=Temora |LGAspan=2 |location=Temora |lspan=2 |km=146.6 |road={{AUshield|NSW|B85}} [[Goldfields Way]] (B85){{NSWcity|p=on|West Wyalong|Old Junee}} |notes=Roundabout |LGA=}} {{NSWint |km=148.6 |road=Waratah Street, to Milvale Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Milvale|Young}} |notes= |LGA=}} {{NSWint |LGA=[[Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council|Cootamundra-Gundagai]] |LGAspan=2 |location=Wallendbeen |lspan=2 |km=207.6 |bridge=''[[Main Southern railway line]]'' |notes=Roundabout |road=}} {{NSWint |km=208.7 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A41}} [[Olympic Highway]] (A41){{NSWcity|p=on|Albury|Wagga Wagga|Cowra|Bathurst}} |notes=Roundabout |LGA=}} {{NSWint |LGA-Co=Hilltops |LGAspan=3 |location=Murrumburrah |km=224.2 |road=Wombat Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Wombat}} |notes= |LGA=}} {{NSWint |location=Cunningar |km=233.3 |road=Cunningar Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Boorowa}} |notes= |LGA=}} {{NSWint |location=Binalong |km=257.7 |road=Queen Street, to Hughstonia Road (east){{NSWcity|p=on|Boorowa}}<br />Stephen Street (north){{NSWcity|p=on|Binalong}} |notes=4-way intersection |LGA=}} {{NSWint |LGA-S=Yass Valley |location=Bowning |km=276.0 |type=trans |road={{AUshield|NSW|M31}} [[Hume Highway]] (M31){{NSWcity|p=on|Albury|Yass|Goulburn}} |notes=Eastern terminus of Burley Griffin Way and route B94; at-grade intersection. Sharp left or turn right to access Hume Highway. No access to 2 Mile Rest Area. |LGA=}} {{jctbtm|keys=trans,concur}}
==See also== {{Portal|Australian roads}} * [[Highways in Australia]] * [[List of highways in New South Wales]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Road infrastructure in New South Wales}}
[[Category:Highways in New South Wales]]