{{Short description|Road in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox Australian road | road_name = Henry Parkes Way | state = NSW | type = rural road | length = 171 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-33.0884678,147.1473954/-33.2452937,148.8144742/@-33.1601856,147.7509736,10.15z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en |title=Henry Parkes Way |access-date=15 March 2023 }}</ref> | gazetted = August 1928 {{small|(as Main Road 224)}}<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><br />April 1938 {{small|(as Trunk Road 61)}}<ref name="nswgovgaz38">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1937 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225071831 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=58 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=14 April 1938 |pages=1526 |access-date=25 November 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829081035/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225071835 |url-status=live }}</ref> | direction_a = West | direction_b = East | coordinates_a = {{coord|-33.089113|147.152158|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-33.245292|148.814467|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | pushpin_label_position_a = left | pushpin_label_position_b = right | end_a = '''Bathurst Street'''<br />{{small|[[Condobolin, New South Wales]]}} | end_b = {{AUshield|NSW|B81}} '''[[Escort Way]]'''<br />{{small|Boree, New South Wales}} | former = {{AUshield|S|90}} State Route 90 {{small|(1974–2013)}} | exits = {{plainlist| *The Bogan Way *{{AUshield|NSW|A39}} [[Newell Highway]]}} | through = {{NSWcity|Bogan Gate|Parkes|Manildra}} }}
'''Henry Parkes Way''' is a {{convert|171|km|mi|adj=on}}<ref name="gmaps" /> country road in [[New South Wales]], Australia, running from [[Condobolin, New South Wales|Condobolin]] via [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]] to [[Escort Way]] in Boree. It is named after [[Henry Parkes]], a long-serving [[Premier of New South Wales|premier]] of the [[Colony of New South Wales]], and promoter for the [[Federation of Australia|federation of the six colonies of Australia]].
==Route== Henry Parkes Way commences at the intersection of William and Bathurst Streets at Condobolin and heads in an easterly direction through [[Bogan Gate]] to Parkes, and from there via [[Manildra, New South Wales|Manildra]], before it ends at an intersection with [[Escort Way]] at Boree. It is a single-carriageway, two-lane sealed road for its entire length.
==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 [[Transport for NSW]]). Main Road No. 224 was declared along this road on 8 August 1928, from Condobolin via Parkes and Manildra to the intersection with Orange-Eugowra Road (today [[Escort Way]]) at Boree.<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 Main Road 224 on 8 April 1929.
Trunk Road 61 was re-aligned to run between Orange and Condobolin via Parkes on 6 April 1938 (subsuming Main Road 224); its former alignment between Condobolin via Eugowra and Cudal to Boree was replaced by Main Road 377 (later named part of [[Lachlan Valley Way]] and [[Escort Way]]).<ref name="nswgovgaz38" />
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 Parkes Way today retains its declaration as part of Main Road 61, from Condobolin to Boree.<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>
Henry Parkes Way was signed State Route 90 in 1974. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, State Route 90 was removed and not replaced.<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>
==Major intersections== {{AUSinttop|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{NSWint |LGA-S=Lachlan |LGAspan=3 |location=Condobolin |lspan=3 |type=trans |km=0.0 |uspan=2 |road=Bathurst Street{{NSWcity|p=on|Nyngan|Nymagee}} |notes=Western terminus of Henry Parkes Way, which runs east as Bathurst Street }} {{NSWint |km=none |road=Willian Street{{NSWcity|p=on|Lake Cargelligo|West Wyalong}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |km=6.9 |road=Fifield Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Fifield|Tullamore}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA-S=Parkes |LGAspan=5 |location=Bogan Gate |km=64.6 |road=The Bogan Way{{NSWcity|p=on|Tullamore|Nyngan|Narromine}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |location=Parkes |lspan=4 |type=concur |km=101.4 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A39}} Bogan Street ([[Newell Highway]] (A39 north){{NSWcity|p=on|Dubbo|Moree}} |notes=Concurrency with route A39 |nspan=2 }} {{NSWint |type=concur |km=101.8 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A39}} Bogan Street ([[Newell Highway]] (A39 south){{NSWcity|p=on|Forbes|West Wyalong}} |notes=none }} {{NSWint |km=103.6 |road=Renshaw McGirr Way{{NSWcity|p=on|Yeoval|Wellington}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |km=107.5 |road={{AUshield|+|airport}} Muzycuk Drive – [[Parkes Airport]] |notes= }} {{NSWint |LGA-S=Cabonne |LGAspan=2 |location=Manildra |km=155.5 |road=Packham Drive{{NSWcity|p=on|Molong}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |location_special=Boree |type=trans |km=170.8 |road={{AUshield|NSW|B81}} [[Escort Way]] (B81){{NSWcity|p=on|Orange|Cudal|Molong}} |notes=Eastern terminus of Henry Parkes Way }} {{Jctbtm|keys=trans,concur}}
==See also== {{portal-inline|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]] [[Category:Highways in Australia]]