# Remembrance Drive

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Road in New South Wales

Not to be confused with [Remembrance Driveway (Australia)](/source/Remembrance_Driveway_(Australia)).

Remembrance Drive New South Wales North end South end Coordinates 34°04′26″S 150°41′47″E / 34.073844°S 150.696291°E / -34.073844; 150.696291 (North end) 34°24′17″S 150°30′23″E / 34.404792°S 150.506325°E / -34.404792; 150.506325 (South end) General information Type Road Length 54.3 km (34 mi)[3] Gazetted August 1928 (as Main Road 2)[1] November 1984 (as Main Road 620)[2] Former route number State Route 89 (1980–2013) National Highway 31 (1974–1980) National Route 31 (1954–1974) Major junctions North end Camden Valley Way Cawdor Road Camden South, New South Wales Picton Road Hume Motorway South end Church Avenue Alpine, New South Wales Location(s) Major suburbs Picton, Tahmoor, Bargo, Yanderra

**Remembrance Drive** is a [rural road](/source/Road) that links [Camden](/source/Camden%2C_New_South_Wales) and [Alpine](/source/Alpine%2C_New_South_Wales) on the fringes of south-western [Sydney](/source/Sydney), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales). The road served as the former alignment of [Hume Highway](/source/Hume_Highway) and now forms part of [Old Hume Highway](/source/Old_Hume_Highway).

## Route

Remembrance Drive commences at the intersection of [Camden Valley Way](/source/Camden_Valley_Way) and Cawdor Road in [Camden](/source/Camden%2C_New_South_Wales) and heads south as a two-lane, single carriageway road through Camden, widening to a four-lane, dual-carriageway road at the intersection with Camden Bypass, narrowing soon after to a two-lane, single carriageway road at [Camden Park](/source/Camden_Park%2C_New_South_Wales), and twisting through the Razorback Range, passing through the towns of [Picton](/source/Picton%2C_New_South_Wales), [Tahmoor](/source/Tahmoor%2C_New_South_Wales), [Bargo](/source/Bargo%2C_New_South_Wales) and [Yanderra](/source/Yanderra%2C_New_South_Wales), where it meets [Hume Motorway](/source/Hume_Highway) for the first time. It continues in a southerly direction alongside the motorway and the [Main Southern railway line](/source/Main_Southern_railway_line) through [Yerrinbool](/source/Yerrinbool%2C_New_South_Wales) until it eventually terminates at an interchange with [Hume Motorway](/source/Hume_Highway) again at [Alpine](/source/Alpine%2C_New_South_Wales).[4] In addition to the former alignment of Hume Highway, it was also a part of [Remembrance Driveway](/source/Remembrance_Driveway_(Australia)) that spans from [Sydney](/source/Sydney) to [Canberra](/source/Canberra). After Remembrance Driveway was realigned to the present Hume Highway and Hume Motorway alignment in late 1980s, the former route is designated as Remembrance Drive.[5]

## History

The driveway is historic, being a part of the original [Great South Road](/source/Hume_Highway),[6] servicing the traffic between Sydney and [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne). The first road over the Razorback Range was cut in 1825 by convict gangs. The current route was cleared in 1830. Some sections of the route still use the concrete pavement laid in the 1920s and 1930s. The stretch along the Razorback Range is relatively steep. Between Picton and Bargo, the route passes through the town of Tahmoor instead of following an even older alignment of Hume Highway through [Thirlmere](/source/Thirlmere%2C_New_South_Wales), Hill Top and Colo Vale.[7]

Within New South Wales, the passing of the *Main Roads Act of 1924*[8] 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](/source/Main_Roads_Board) (MRB). Main Road No. 2 was declared along **Great South Road** on 8 August 1928, heading south from Camden through Picton, Bargo, Yanderra and Alpine (and continuing northeast through Narellan, Liverpool and Bankstown to the intersection with [Great Western Highway](/source/Great_Western_Highway) at [Ashfield](/source/Ashfield%2C_New_South_Wales), and continuing southwest through [Mittagong](/source/Mittagong), [Goulburn](/source/Goulburn), [Yass](/source/Yass%2C_New_South_Wales) and [Gundagai](/source/Gundagai) to [Albury](/source/Albury)).[1] With the passing of the *Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929*[9] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to State Highway 2 on 8 April 1929. Great South Road was renamed **Hume Highway** later in 1928.[10]

The [Department of Main Roads](/source/Department_of_Main_Roads_(New_South_Wales)) (having succeeded the MRB in 1932) declared Main Road 620 along Remembrance Drive from Camden, through [Picton](/source/Picton%2C_New_South_Wales) and [Bargo](/source/Bargo%2C_New_South_Wales) to [Yanderra](/source/Yanderra) (and continuing north along Camden Bypass to Narellan, and [Camden Valley Way](/source/Camden_Valley_Way) between Narellan and Prestons) when State Highway 2 was re-aligned along [South Western Freeway](/source/Hume_Highway#Timeline_of_duplication_and_bypass_works), on 24 October 1984;[2] the section between Yanderra and Alpine remained undeclared.

The passing of the *Roads Act of 1993*[11] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Remembrance Drive retains its declaration as part of Main Road 620 (from Camden to Yanderra).[12]

As part of Hume Highway, the route was allocated National Route 31 in 1954 for its entire length. The [Whitlam government](/source/Whitlam_government) introduced the federal *National Roads Act 1974*,[13] where roads declared as a National Highway were still the responsibility of the states for road construction and maintenance, but were fully compensated by the Federal government for money spent on approved projects.[13]: S7 As an important interstate link between the capitals of New South Wales and Victoria, Hume Highway was declared a National Highway in 1974, and the section between Yanderra and Camden was re-designated National Highway 31. When the section of South Western Freeway between Yanderra and Alpine opened in 1977, and the remaining section between Macarthur and Yanderra was open in late 1980, National Highway 31 was re-allocated along it each time; the entire former alignment between Camden and Alpine was allocated State Route 89 in 1980. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, State Route 89 was abolished.

The towns and settlements along the route are historic and a tourist attraction in their own right.

## Major intersections

LGA Location km[3] mi Destinations Notes Camden Camden 0.0 0.0 Argyle Street (Camden Valley Way) (east) – Narellan Cawdor Road (west) – Cawdor, Razorback Northern terminus of road Camden–Camden South boundary 2.1 1.3 Camden Bypass – Narellan 2.4 1.5 Burragorang Road – The Oaks, Nattai Wollondilly Cawdor–Menangle Park boundary 7.6 4.7 Finns Road – Menangle, Douglas Park Roundabout Razorback 12.6 7.8 Mount Hercules Road – Razorback Picton 20.0 12.4 Menangle Street (Picton Road) – Maldon, Wilton, Wollongong 20.4 12.7 Main Southern railway line Bargo River 29.4 18.3 Bridge (no known official name) Wollondilly Bargo 29.5 18.3 Main Southern railway line Yanderra 39.3 24.4 Hume Motorway (M31) – Mittagong, Goulburn, Canberra Southbound entrance and northbound exit only 41.3 25.7 Main Southern railway line Wingecarribee Yerrinbool 42.4 26.3 48.2 30.0 Alpine 50.0 31.1 50.8 31.6 51.7 32.1 Old South Road – Bowral Alpine–Colo Vale boundary 54.3 33.7 Hume Motorway (M31) – Prestons, Liverpool, Goulburn, Canberra Diamond interchange Church Avenue – Colo Vale Southern terminus of road Incomplete access Route transition

## See also

- [Australian Roads portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australian_Roads)
- [New South Wales portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:New_South_Wales)

- [Highways in Australia](/source/Highways_in_Australia)

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

- [Old Hume Highway](/source/Old_Hume_Highway)

## 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. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220803050207/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359) from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz84_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nswgovgaz84_2-1) ["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. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gmaps_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gmaps_3-1) ["Remembrance Drive"](https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-34.0555264,150.6936247/-34.4049093,150.5067526/@-34.2496752,150.5131571,11.55z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d150.5927258!2d-34.3085303!3s0x6b130751babf29bd:0x9369c5a73fca5f5c!3m4!1m2!1d150.556345!2d-34.3451529!3s0x6b13a846d8762f89:0xfb200ee9ab5429fb!1m0!3e0?hl=en) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Map of Remembrance Drive in NSW"](http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&p=173147&st=&s=remembrance%20drive). *Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["History of the Remembrance Driveway"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110218134701/http://remembrancedriveway.org.au/history/default.asp). *The Remembrance Driveway - A Living Memorial*. Archived from [the original](http://www.remembrancedriveway.org.au/history/default.asp) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Picton, New South Wales, Australia: Travel"](http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Picton/2005/02/17/1108500198413.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/nsw/numbered/touristdrives/td12_sydney/](http://expressway.paulrands.com/gallery/roads/nsw/numbered/touristdrives/td12_sydney/) [*[self-published source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [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*](http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/) 11 August 2022 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 10 November 1924

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [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.*](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220812065622/https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15) 12 August 2022 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 8 April 1929

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CRB16AR_10-0)** ["Country Roads Board Victoria. Sixteenth Annual Report: for the year ended 30 June 1929"](https://vgls.sdp.sirsidynix.net.au/client/search/asset/1286145). *[Country Roads Board](/source/Country_Roads_Board)*. Melbourne: Victorian Government Library Service. 19 November 1929. p. 29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [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.*](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/) 11 August 2022 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 10 November 1924

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nswroadsched_12-0)** [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. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NRA1974_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NRA1974_13-1) *[National Roads Act 1974](https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/nra1974151/)* (Cth)

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