{{Short description|Road in New South Wales, Australia}} {{distinguish|Henry Lawson Drive}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox Australian road | road_name = Henry Lawson Way | state = nsw | type = rural road | length = 109 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-33.4195854,148.0314864/-34.2985727,148.3052302/@-33.8578849,147.9510112,10.18z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Henry Lawson Way |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> | gazetted = August 1928 | 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 |via=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> | coordinates_a = {{coord|-33.419537|148.031485|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.295819|148.298117|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | pushpin_label_position_a = top | pushpin_label_position_b = bottom | direction_a = North | direction_b = South | end_a = '''[[Lachlan Valley Way]]'''<br />{{small|[[Forbes, New South Wales]]}} | end_b = {{AUshield|NSW|A41}} '''[[Olympic Highway]]'''<br />{{small|[[Young, New South Wales]]}} | exits = {{AUshield|NSW|B64}} [[Mid-Western Highway]] | through = {{NSWcity|Grenfell}} }}
'''Henry Lawson Way''' is a {{convert|109|km|adj=on}} sealed rural road that links [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]] and [[Young, New South Wales|Young]] in the [[Central West (New South Wales)|central western]] region of [[New South Wales]], Australia. The road is named in honour of [[Henry Lawson]] (1867–1922), an Australian writer and poet, who was born in a town on the [[Grenfell, New South Wales|Grenfell goldfields]], located adjacent to the modern-day rural road.
==Route== Henry Lawson Way commences at the intersection with Gooloogong-Forbes Road ([[Lachlan Valley Way]]) in [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]] and heads in a southerly direction over relatively flat countryside, crossing the Bundaburrah Creek and Ooma Creek, before it meets [[Mid-Western Highway]] just west of {{NSWcity|Grenfell}}. Henry Lawson Way recommences at Grenfell and heads south (along Weddin Street) towards Young through highly undulating countryside, to eventually terminate (as Iandra Street) at the intersection with [[Olympic Highway]] in [[Young, New South Wales|Young]].
==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 (later the [[Department of Main Roads (New South Wales)|Department of Main Roads]], and eventually [[Transport for NSW]]). Main Road No. 236 was declared from [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]] to Bogo Bogalong, just west of [[Grenfell, New South Wales|Grenfell]], and Main Road No. 239 was declared from Grenfell to [[Young, New South Wales|Young]] (and continuing southwards via [[Wombat, New South Wales|Wombat]] to [[Murrumburrah]]) on the same day, 8 August 1928;<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, these were amended to Main Roads 236 and 239 on 8 April 1929.
The [[Department of Main Roads (New South Wales)|Department of Main Roads]], which had succeeded the MRB in 1932, truncated the southern end of Main Road 239 to Young (when Trunk Road 78 was declared from Cowra to Junee, subsuming Main Road 239 from Young to Wombat) on 29 June 1938.<ref name="nswgovgaz38">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1937 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225066454 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=102 |via=National Library of Australia |date=8 July 1938 |pages=2594 |access-date=29 November 2022 |archive-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129023828/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225066454 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The full route between Forbes and Bogo Bogalong (Main Road 236), and between Grenfell and Young (Main Road 239), was officially named '''Henry Lawson Way''' on 20 March 1963.<ref name="nswgovgaz63">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1960 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220325529 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=31 |via=National Library of Australia |date=5 April 1963 |pages=893 |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616015741/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220325529 |url-status=live }}</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, Henry Lawson Way today retains its declarations as Main Roads 236 and 239.<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>
==Major intersections== {{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{NSWint |LGA=[[Forbes Shire Council|Forbes]] |location=Forbes |type=trans |km=0.0 |road=[[Lachlan Valley Way]]{{NSWcity|p=on|Gooloogong|Cowra}} |notes=Northern terminus of northern section of road }} {{Jctbridge |river=Bundaburrah Creek |km=4.9 |bridge=Bridge over creek (name not known) }} {{Jctbridge |river=Bundaburrah Creek overflow |km=5.3 |bridge=Bridge over creek (name not known) }} {{Jctbridge |river=Ooma Creek |km=16.5 |bridge=Bridge over creek (name not known) }} {{NSWint |LGAS=Weddin |location_special=Bogo Bogalong |type=trans |km=50.2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|B64}} [[Mid-Western Highway]] (B64 west){{NSWcity|p=on|Caragabal|Hay}} |notes=Southern terminus of northern section of road }} {{jctgap}} {{NSWint |LGAS=Weddin |LGAspan=2 |location=Grenfell |lspan=2 |type=trans |km=59.3 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|B64}} [[Mid-Western Highway]] (B64 east){{NSWcity|p=on|Cowra|Bathurst}} |notes=Northern terminus of southern section of road }} {{NSWint |km=none |road=Weddin Street (north){{NSWcity|p=on|Grenfell}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA-Co=Hilltops |location=Young |km=109 |type=trans |road={{AUshield|NSW|A41}} [[Olympic Highway]]{{NSWcity|p=on|Bathurst|Cowra|Cootamundra|Wagga Wagga}} |notes=Southern terminus of southern section of road }} {{Jctbtm|keys=trans}}
==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Australian Roads|New South Wales}}}} * [[Highways in Australia]] * [[List of highways in New South Wales]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Road infrastructure in New South Wales}}
[[Category:Highways in New South Wales]] [[Category:Central West (New South Wales)]]