# Picton Road

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Highway in New South Wales, Australia

Picton Road New South Wales West end East end Coordinates 34°10′10″S 150°36′41″E / 34.169441°S 150.611371°E / -34.169441; 150.611371 (West end) 34°21′55″S 150°51′33″E / 34.365234°S 150.859184°E / -34.365234; 150.859184 (East end) General information Type Road Length 37.1 km (23 mi)[3] Gazetted August 1928 as Main Road 179)[1] May 1970 (as Trunk Road 95)[2] Route number(s) B88 (2013–present) (Wilton–Cataract) Former route number State Route 88 (1974–2013) Entire route Concurrency: State Route 56 (1974–2013) (Picton–Maldon) Major junctions West end Remembrance Drive Picton, New South Wales Hume Motorway East end Princes Motorway Cataract, New South Wales Location(s) Major suburbs Wilton

**Picton Road** is a 37-kilometre (23 mi)[3] rural road that links [Picton](/source/Picton%2C_New_South_Wales) and [Wollongong](/source/Wollongong%2C_New_South_Wales) through the [Macarthur region](/source/Macarthur%2C_New_South_Wales) of [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales). It provides an important link between the [Hume](/source/Hume_Highway) and [Princes Motorways](/source/Princes_Motorway).

## Route

Picton Road starts with from the intersection with Old Hume Highway ([Remembrance Drive](/source/Remembrance_Drive)) in Picton, then heads in a south-easterly direction, rossing the [Nepean River](/source/Nepean_River) and then [Hume Motorway](/source/Hume_Highway) and continues over grass-forested ranges east of Wilton (passing through Sydney Water Catchment areas) until it ends at the intersection with Mount Ousley Road ([Princes Motorway](/source/Princes_Motorway)) in the southern fringes of [Cataract](/source/Cataract%2C_New_South_Wales).

## History

The passing of the *Main Roads Act, 1924*[4] through the [Parliament of New South Wales](/source/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](/source/Department_of_Main_Roads_(New_South_Wales)), and eventually [Transport for NSW](/source/Transport_for_NSW)). Main Road No. 179 was declared on 8 August 1928 from Campbelltown via Maldon and Wiltin to [Appin](/source/Appin%2C_New_South_Wales).[1] With the passing of the *Main Roads (Amendment) Act, 1929*[5] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to Main Road 179 on 8 April 1929. A branch of Main Road 179 was extended from Maldon to the intersection with [Hume Highway](/source/Hume_Highway) in [Picton](/source/Picton%2C_New_South_Wales) on 14 December 1938.[6] Main Road 502 was declared on 16 August 1939, from the intersection with Main Road 179 near Wilton to [Mount Keira](/source/Mount_Keira%2C_New_South_Wales).[7]

Trunk Road 95 was declared on 27 May 1970, from the intersection with Hume Highway in Picton via Maldon, Wilton and Mount Ousley to the intersection with Princes Highway in [North Wollongong](/source/North_Wollongong%2C_New_South_Wales), subsuming Main Road 502 and the alignment of Main Road 179 between Picton and Wilton; as a result Main Road 179 was truncated at Menangle.[2] The western end of Trunk Road 95 was truncated the interchange with South-Western Freeway (today [Hume Motorway](/source/Hume_Highway)) on 24 October 1984;[8] the eastern end of Main Road 612 was extended along the former alignment from the freeway interchange to Picton (and continuing west via Mowbray Park to Oakdale).[8]

The passage of the *Roads Act of 1993*[9] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, the western end of Main Road 612 was truncated to end at Picton on 27 November 2009;[10] Main Road 468 was declared along its former alignment from Picton to Mowbray Park.[10] Picton Road today, as part of Main Roads 95 and 612, still retains these declarations.[11]

Picton Road was signed State Route 88 across its entire length, with State Route 56 concurrent from Picton to Menangle, in 1974. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route B88 from the interchange with Hume Motorway to the interchange with Princes Motorway (with the rest of the road to Picton left unallocated).[12]

## Major intersections

LGA Location km[3] mi Destinations Notes Wollondilly Picton 0.0 0.0 Remembrance Drive – Bargo, Camden Western terminus of road Razorback 5.2 3.2 Menangle Road – Menangle, Campbelltown 6.4 4.0 Main Southern railway line Nepean River 6.8 4.2 Bridge over the river (Bridge name not known) Wollondilly Wilton 9.9 6.2 Hume Motorway (M31) – Appin, Campbelltown Western terminus of route B88 12.8 8.0 Almond Street, to Wilton Road – Liverpool, Berrima 16.2 10.1 MacArthur Drive – Douglas Park Wollongong Cataract 33.7 20.9 Mount Keira Road – Mount Keira 37.1 23.1 Princes Motorway (M1) – Heathcote, Wollongong, Shellharbour Eastern terminus of road and route B88 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Route transition

## See also

[Australian Roads portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australian_Roads)

- [Appin Road](/source/Appin_Road)

- [List of New South Wales highways](/source/List_of_New_South_Wales_highways)

- [List of Australian highways](/source/List_of_Australian_highways)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz28_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz28_1-1) ["Main Roads Act, 1924-1927"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359). *Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales*. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz70_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz70_2-1) ["Main Roads Act, 1924"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220183604). *Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales*. No. 74. National Library of Australia. 12 June 1970. pp. 2207–8. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221207075936/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220183604) from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gmaps_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gmaps_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-gmaps_3-2) ["Picton Road"](https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-34.1694175,150.6113551/-34.3652868,150.8593478/@-34.2669678,150.6893615,12.26z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *[Main Roads Act, 1924](https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/)* (NSW)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** *[Main Roads (Amendment) Act, 1929](https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1929n15213/)* (NSW)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz38_6-0)** ["Main Roads Act, 1924-1937"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225070281). *Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales*. No. 191. National Library of Australia. 30 December 1938. p. 4959. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221207083816/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225070281) from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz39_7-0)** ["Main Roads Act, 1924-1938"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225731156). *Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales*. No. 127. National Library of Australia. 18 August 1939. p. 4108. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221207084750/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225731156) from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz84_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz84_8-1) ["Main Roads Act, 1924"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231373552). *Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales*. No. 154. National Library of Australia. 2 November 1984. p. 4108. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221207090500/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231373552) from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** *[Main Roads Act 1993](https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/ra199373/)* (NSW)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz09_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz09_10-1) ["Roads Act 1993"](https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202009_2009-184.pdf) (PDF). *Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales*. No. 184. Legislation NSW. 27 November 2009. p. 5850. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221207092440/https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gaz_Gazette%20Split%202009_2009-184.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nswroadsched_11-0)** [Transport for NSW](/source/Transport_for_NSW) (August 2022). ["Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220825104657/https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf) (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Archived from [the original](https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf) (PDF) on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Road number and name changes in NSW"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160325194425/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/key-build-programs/alpha-numeric/nsw-factsheet.pdf#) (PDF). *[Roads & Maritime Services](/source/Roads_%26_Maritime_Services)*. Government of New South Wales. 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/key-build-programs/alpha-numeric/nsw-factsheet.pdf) (PDF) on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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