74-618: Fernhill may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Fernhill , Bowenfels , a heritage-listed residence and farmland located near Lithgow, New South Wales Fernhill , Mulgoa , a residence and surrounding estate located on the western outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales Fernhill, New South Wales , a suburb of Wollongong Canada [ edit ] Fernhill Cemetery , located in Saint John, New Brunswick India [ edit ] The Fernhills Palace, Ooty ,
148-467: A city park in Northeast Portland, Oregon Fern Hill, Tacoma, Washington Other [ edit ] Fernhill (band) , Welsh folk band Fernhill School (disambiguation) " Fern Hill ", a poem Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fernhill . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
222-411: A continuing association and concern about the welfare of Fernhill. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Fernhill is of research significance for the wealth of information available about the place, through primary documents, through recollections of the associated family and particularly through
296-531: A dual carriageway 3 km deviation was opened at Prospect. This replaced the only winding section of the Highway between Parramatta and Penrith. The bypassed section was heritage-listed in 2014 as the best-preserved section of the 1818 alignment. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s the highway was almost entirely realigned and constructed to three lanes, being deviated as necessary, between Kirkconnell and Glanmire. Ironically this included reinstatement of most of
370-426: A large centre kitchen with ovens, fireplace, dining room and laundry, linked to the main house by a single verandah. The stables are in the form of a large rectangular building constructed of rubble sandstone and dressed quoins and lintels . The doorways are spanned by well-designed three-centred arches, the centre one leading to the coach space and the others to stable and feed and harness room with hayloft over. In
444-577: A major intersection at Homebush West with the A3 arterial road. Although the A3 road is called "Centenary Drive" in this area, the on-/off-ramps are separately named Marlborough Road, carrying on the name of the surface road that was replaced by Centenary Drive. Further west, on the boundary between Lidcombe and Auburn , the highway intersects the A6 arterial road (St Hillier's Road / Silverwater Road). Just south of Parramatta,
518-518: A passage for the road. It is a testimony of Mitchell's vision and engineering skill that this route, almost unchanged, and using his 1832 stonework, is still in use. Because this pass brought the road into the Hartley Valley several kilometres south of the Mount York descent, it necessitated a new route as far west as Hartley to meet Cox's Road. This also is still in use as part of the highway. In 1929
592-472: A point 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of O'Connell . From here it continued westward, not crossing the Fish River, but crossing Campbells River 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) north of the present bridge at The Lagoon and ascending to another ridgeline where it turned north to Gormans Hill, to reach the future site of Bathurst from the south, not the east. For the first one hundred years after this ceased to be
666-575: A short distance further west the majority of traffic is diverted off the highway onto M4 Western Motorway via the WestConnex tunnel at Ashfield. A short distance further west, on the northern fringes of Ashfield, the City West Link arterial road ends at a major junction with the highway at Frederick Street (which proceeds south to join Hume Highway). The highway continues west as Parramatta Road, with
740-474: A similar route to Victoria Pass, but below it. It was more winding and thus longer, thereby affording a less steep climb. However rapid improvements in motor vehicle performance meant that in 1920 Victoria Pass was rebuilt to become the main route again. After the ascent of the eastern escarpment by the Main Western Railway was deviated for the second time in 1913 to its current route via Glenbrook Gorge,
814-549: A strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. Fernhill is of social significance because it was built by a prominent family of early settlers in the district. It is also associated with major families in its district, that have been resident in the Lithgow, Bowenfels, Hartley area from the early eighteenth century to present, and who have
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#1732851074875888-577: Is a 202-kilometre-long (126 mi) state highway in New South Wales , Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurst , on the state's Central Tablelands . The highway also has local road names between the Sydney city centre and Parramatta , being: Broadway from Haymarket to Chippendale , Parramatta Road from Chippendale to Parramatta, and Church Street through Parramatta. The eastern terminus of Great Western Highway
962-429: Is a single storey dressed stone building with ten rooms on the ground floor, four attic rooms and a cellar under the store room. The double pitched and hipped roof has a longitudinal valley and covered stepped verandah roof to three sides. The entrance door is six panelled with diagonally glazed sidelights and fanlight . Internal doors are four panel doors. Windows are six paned sash type. French doors lead off to
1036-513: Is at Railway Square , at the intersection of Broadway with Quay Street, in the inner-city suburb of Haymarket and just south of the Sydney CBD . From Railway Square, the highway follows Broadway south and west, to the intersection with City Road ( Princes Highway ), where the highway changes name to Parramatta Road and heads generally west towards Parramatta . Hume Highway (Liverpool Road) branches south-west at Summer Hill / Ashfield , and
1110-481: Is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. Fernhill is historically significant because it once formed part of an important link in the chain of wayside inns that stretched from Sydney to the Western Goldfields. Together with other inns it is a major component of the pattern of land settlement, transport and travel that characterised development along
1184-689: Is joined by the Chifley Road, which links eastward back to Bells Line of Road. The highway continues generally west, intersecting with Castlereagh Highway west of Marrangaroo , and crosses Coxs River to ascend the Great Dividing Range to reach its highest point (at 1,170 metres (3,840 ft) just east of Yetholme ) and over the western ridge of the Sydney basin before dropping into the Macquarie Valley to reach its western terminus at Bathurst, at
1258-469: Is now known as Victoria Pass, where the highway drops from the Blue Mountains into the Hartley Valley. Midway down the road had to be supported on a causeway formed by massive stone buttressed walls, where a narrow ridge connects two large bluffs. This ridge had to be widened and raised to give the highway a route from the upper to the lower bluff. Mitchell cut terraces into the sides of these bluffs to form
1332-524: Is now only used by local traffic to access residential properties. Mitchells Pass, travelling is now one way eastbound between Lennox Bridge and the highway, due to its narrowness. Great Western Highway traffic therefore has to use the M4 between Russell St and Governors Drive. A major realignment west from Mount Boyce (the highest point on the highway) to eliminate the Soldiers Pinch and other nearby sharp curves
1406-490: Is significant as a group of well constructed buildings set in extensive grounds demonstrating the pattern of land settlement and travel during the late nineteenth century. Fernhill is significant for the collection of makeshift furniture made at and for Fernhill. Fernhill was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria. The place
1480-552: Is still in use today as part of the Great Western Highway. West of Mount Victoria, Evans' route has been superseded, chiefly by Mitchell's new route constructed between 1832 and 1836. Between present-day Flemington and Dog Trap Road (now Woodville Road), Parramatta Road travelled in a wide arc up to 1.25 miles (2.01 km) south of the present route, to avoid marshy areas around Haslams Creek and Duck River . Continuing due west from Flemington, it crossed Duck River near
1554-521: The Great Western Highway in Bowenfels , City of Lithgow , New South Wales , Australia. It was built from 1856 to 1859 by John Blackman. It is also known as Australia Arms Inn . The property is owned by National Trust of Australia (NSW). It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. On 18 July 2019 it was sold as a residential property. The original land grant
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#17328510748751628-556: The Main Roads Board deviated the route north from Old Bowenfels to Marrangaroo, using Trunk Road 55 (Mudgee Road, today Castlereagh Highway ). From Marrangaroo a new road was built westward, running south of Wallerawang to meet Mitchell's 1830 deviation immediately east of Mount Lambie. This route avoids the long, steep gradients either side of Cox's River, which were the main drawback of Mitchell's route. Great Western Highway today therefore consists of Parramatta Road to Parramatta,
1702-580: The Roads Act of 1993 updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Great Western Highway today retains its declaration as Highway 5, from the intersection of Broadway and Quay Streets at Railway Square in Haymarket to the interchange with M4 Western Motorway at Leonay, then from the end of Western Motorway at the interchange with Governors Drive at Lapstone to Bathurst. The first recorded major improvement to
1776-499: The colony's most important early roadways, and for many years remained one of Sydney's premier thoroughfares. By 1810, Parramatta Road had officially open to traffic and was financed during a large portion of the 1800s by a toll , with toll booths located at what now is Sydney University and the Duck River . From Parramatta to Penrith, a road along the current alignment of the Great Western Highway (except at Prospect and Penrith)
1850-467: The railway station , whereas the original alignment crossed the railway via a level crossing at the north end of Katoomba Street and ran along the western side of the railway. Immediately west of where the highway now crosses the railway due to this deviation, the highway was realigned over a distance of 1 km in 2004 to remove the sharp bend at 'Shell Corner'. In Bathurst, the Denison Bridge (1870)
1924-455: The 1867 Victoria Bridge . At Leonay , M4 Western Motorway reconnects with the highway as it begins its ascent into the Blue Mountains . It intersects with Darling Causeway at Mount Victoria which heads north to connect with Bells Line of Road . From Mount Victoria, the highway descends via Victoria Pass into the Hartley Valley and then passes through the western suburbs of Lithgow where it
1998-523: The Blue Mountains. The existence of other, less direct routes had been known as far back as 1797, but due to the need to prevent convicts from believing that escape from the hemmed-in Sydney region was possible, knowledge of the expeditions confirming the existence of routes across the Blue Mountains was suppressed. Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth travelled as far west as the point they named Mount Blaxland , 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of where Lithgow now stands. From this point they were able to see that
2072-661: The Great Western Road to Emu Plains, Coxs Road to Hartley (other than Mitchell's deviations at Lapstone and Mount York), Mitchell's route from Hartley to Old Bowenfels, the Main Roads Board route from Old Bowenfels to Mount Lambie, Mitchell's road from Mount Lambie to Kelso, and McBrian's road from Kelso to central Bathurst. The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for
2146-497: The Great Western Road was also deviated at this point for a second time in 1926 by the then Main Roads Board, which rerouted it via the disused 1867 stone arch railway viaduct across Knapsack Gully and around the southern side of Lapstone Hill to gain the first plateau in the ascent of the Blue Mountains. As this viaduct had held only a single railway track, its deck was widened in 1939 to its present two lane configuration. The viaduct
2220-639: The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Fernhill Park , a landed estate in Winkfield, Berkshire New Zealand [ edit ] Fernhill Branch , railway line in Otago Fernhill, Dunedin , an inner suburb of Dunedin, Otago Fernhill, Hawke's Bay , a town in the North Island Fernhill, Queenstown , a suburb of Queenstown, Otago United States [ edit ] Fernhill Park ,
2294-515: The Western Freeway/Motorway from the 1970s, the definition of Great Western Highway as State Highway 5 outside inner Sydney remained virtually untouched, until the western extension of Western Freeway from Emu Plains to Lapstone in June 1993, resulting in a roughly-2km gap between the beginning of the motorway and the interchange with Russell Street where the highway recommences. The passing of
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2368-539: The Western Road, from the crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1815 to the opening of the railway to Lithgow in the 1860s. The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. Fernhill is of aesthetic significance because it is a well crafted early colonial Georgian roadside inn complete with fine stone barn and other outbuildings, situated in beautiful grounds. The place has
2442-521: The approaches to Bathurst. This route turned north 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of O'Connell to run northwest to where Kelso is now located, then west across the Macquarie River into Bathurst. The section from south of O'Connell to Kelso is now part of the Bathurst-Oberon Road, and from Kelso into central Bathurst still remains as part of Great Western Highway. When Major Thomas Mitchell
2516-455: The building fabric furniture, contents, garden and grounds. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article was originally based on Fernhill , entry number 00225 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 1 June 2018. Great Western Highway Great Western Highway
2590-683: The declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (later Transport for NSW ). Great Western Highway was declared (as Main Road No. 5) on 8 August 1928, from the interchange with Parramatta Road and City Road in the City of Sydney, via Penrith, Katoomba, and Lithgow to Bathurst; with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this
2664-515: The descent of Mount York, down the western side of the Blue Mountains. In improving the eastern ascent Mitchell adhered largely to Cox's route, which follows the southern side of an east-falling gully to reach the plateau at where Blaxland is now located. However, he engaged Scottish engineer David Lennox to build a stone arch bridge, now the Lennox Bridge , across the mouth of a particularly deep side gully. This route, known as Mitchell's Pass,
2738-827: The former erstwhile summer residence of the Maharaja of Mysore Great Britain [ edit ] Fernhill, South Lanarkshire , area of Rutherglen, Scotland Fernhill, Rhondda Cynon Taf , village near Mountain Ash, Wales Fernhill railway station , serving the village of Fernhill in the Cynon Valley, Wales Fernhill, West Sussex , hamlet within the borough of Crawley (but formerly in Surrey) Fernhill Heath , village in Worcestershire Fernhill Heath railway station , former intermediate railway station on
2812-415: The garden was enlarged. c. 1950 . Construction of a new bathroom between the kitchen wing and the main building took place c. 1950 and the kitchen was moved to the main building. As at 1 October 1997, Fernhill is of State significance as an inn dating from the mid-nineteenth century that once formed a part of a chain of other inns stretching from Sydney to the Western Goldfields. It
2886-426: The grounds there is a stone privy. The rubble front fence is built from stones of John Blackman's house in the Hartley Valley. The land comprises 15 hectares (37 acres) of predominantly cleared grazing land with a gently undulating fall from the road commencing from behind the barn. There are many fine mature trees in the grounds. Physical condition is fair. Archaeological potential is medium. Between 1856 and 1858
2960-477: The highway between Leonay and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of Katoomba, generally working westward. This work incorporated the dual carriageway Springwood bypass, opened in 1967. West of Katoomba, there is a further 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of dual carriageway on the River Lett Hill, and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) of dual carriageway from Magpie Hollow Road at Old Bowenfels to Lidsdale State Forest. This
3034-521: The highway meets Woodville Road and continues west onto an on-ramp for M4 Western Motorway, while the highway-designated route turns sharply to the north along Church Street, before turning west again at the southern fringe of the Parramatta central business district, continuing west across western metropolitan Sydney to Penrith , north of the central business district, where it crosses the Nepean River via
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3108-560: The highway reverts to a four lane undivided configuration through Penrith shopping centre, widens to six lanes at the Castlereagh Road intersection, reverts to two lanes west from Castlereagh Road to Russell Street, and is then four lanes undivided with sealed shoulders from Russell Street to the base of Mitchells Pass, where it has been truncated. Between 1981 and 2015 the NSW Government Roads & Maritime Services duplicated
3182-404: The inn complex was constructed. The initial complex included and inn, stables, privy and kitchen block. Between 1910 and the 1930s additional timber outbuildings and services for the separate portions of the property were constructed. An iron garage was constructed c. 1930 s. A new stone fence was built on the front boundary c. 1934 . In 1940 a spring fed dam was constructed and
3256-598: The junction of the Mitchell and Mid-Western Highways . At numerous points along its journey, the highway transverses or is transversed by the Main Western railway line . Major river crossings occur east of Emu Plains (Nepean), near Wallerawang (Coxs), and east of Bathurst ( Macquarie ). It consists of two of Australia's most historic roads – Parramatta Road, and the full length of the former Great Western Road, from Parramatta to Bathurst. Initial travel between Sydney and
3330-490: The lack of sunlight. In the early 1960s the highway was deviated east of Leura to cross under the railway at Scott Parade (which was itself part of the former highway route) and run along the north side of the railway to rejoin the previous route at Leura Mall. In 1967, the highway was deviated to bypass Springwood shopping centre, eliminating two narrow underpasses of the railway from the highway route. The previous route remain in use for local traffic as Macquarie Road. In 1968
3404-446: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fernhill&oldid=1126786838 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fernhill, Bowenfels Fernhill is a heritage-listed former house and former inn located beside
3478-464: The need to divert the railway can be gained from the gradient of the highway as it climbs west from Hare Street to Lovett Street. A number of deviations were built in 1929: In 1930 the level crossing at Bowenfels was replaced by an underpass. Victoria Pass was upgraded in 1932 to give a constant width of 8.5 m, with a minor deviation built at the foot of the pass. In 1957 a short deviation immediately west of Linden eliminated two narrow overpasses of
3552-573: The original cutting. In June 1993 the highway route was severed at Emu Plains with the closure to road traffic of the Knapsack Gully Viaduct . This occurred in conjunction with the westward extension of the M4 Motorway from its terminus since 1971 at Russell Street, Emu Plains. This extension connects directly to the highway at Lapstone , bypassing the viaduct. The portion of Great Western Highway west from Russell Street to Mitchells Pass Road
3626-401: The parts of Major Mitchell's 1830 alignment which had been deviated in 1929 to ease gradients. This work was extended eastward to Mount Lambie in stages during the late 1980s and early 1990s. A second Cox's River deviation, to replace the 1929 deviation, was completed in 1993, between Marrangaroo and Mount Lambie. At Katoomba the highway was deviated in 1985 to travel along the eastern side of
3700-489: The pre-existing road. This road remains in existence – from Mount Lambie west it remains as the route of the current highway (with deviations) but the section adjacent to Cox's River was inundated by the construction of Lake Lyell for Wallerawang Power Station in the late 1970s. Mitchell was also concerned to improve the worst sections of the road, which were the climb from the Cumberland Plain , on which Sydney sits, and
3774-428: The present Mona Street bridge, turning north near the present Granville Park to finish at George Street in Parramatta, between Pitt and Church Streets. This was deviated circa 1840 to follow the present route. Few traces of the original route remain. At Mount Victoria, at the western edge of the Blue Mountains, the route of Cox's road turned north to Mount York , from where it descended into the Hartley Valley. This pass
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#17328510748753848-476: The property passed into the joint ownership of Richard Merrick (Blackman's nephew) and her nephew, James Peacock. From 1910 to the 1950s their descendants continued to live in the property. Eva Merrick died in 1970 and bequeathed her portion and its contents to the National Trust of Australia (NSW). After protracted and financial negotiations the National Trust acquired the remaining shares in 1982. Fernhill
3922-494: The railway overpasses between Lapstone Hill and Mount Victoria were replaced as part of the duplication of the Main Western railway. These bridges were of brick arch construction. They were in turn replaced in the mid-1950s to obtain the necessary height clearances for overhead wiring for the electrification of the Main Western Railway from Penrith to Bowenfels. In 1912 Victoria Pass was superseded by Berghofers Pass, which followed
3996-401: The railway, both of which had right angle bend approaches from both directions. These bridges would have had to have been replaced in any event to allow for overhead wiring for the electrification to Bowenfels of the Main Western Railway. Such replacements occurred east of Linden, further west of Linden near Bull's Camp, east of Lawson, at Medlow Bath and east of Mount Victoria, and in these cases
4070-401: The replacement bridges were located at a skew angle to eliminate right angle bend approaches, with the earlier bridges left for pedestrian use. In 1958 the 'Forty Bends’, where the Highway runs along the foot of Hassans Walls approaching Lithgow, were eased. The fact that this section of the highway is on the southern side of a very high escarpment poses severe ice problems during winter, due to
4144-477: The rock for Cox's 1815 road. This was severed in 1868 by the construction of the Springwood-Mount Victoria section of the Main Western Railway. The railway itself was deviated at this point in the 1920s when it was duplicated, and a cutting on the original alignment of the railway now forms the top section of the southern face of the highway cutting, the terrace in the face of the cutting being the bed of
4218-399: The route of Great Western Highway was the construction in 1806 of ten bridges along Parramatta Road. In attempts to improve the gradient of the descent from the Blue Mountains plateau to the floor of the Hartley Valley, Lawson's Long Alley was opened in 1824. This still did not prove satisfactory and construction of a second deviation, known as Lockyer's Pass, was commenced. However this route
4292-429: The route of the Great Western Road it remained trafficable, but the destruction of the bridge at Phil's Falls on the Fish River in 1930 meant it was no longer a through route, and parts became untrafficable. However, most of this route remains in existence as a series of local roads. The original route had only been in existence for eight years when, in 1823, Assistant Surveyor James McBrian identified an improved route on
4366-471: The same year a new bridge, Victoria Bridge , was nearing completion adjacent to the road crossing, as part of the Penrith-Weatherboard (Wentworth Falls) section of the Main Western Railway. Its deck was modified to accommodate road traffic as well as the single-track railway. This bridge continued in dual use until 1907 when the current steel truss railway bridge was built alongside, and the 1867 bridge
4440-461: The settlement of Parramatta was by water along the Parramatta River . Sometime between 1789 and 1791 an overland track was made to provide an official land route between the two settlements. Parramatta Road dates to the 1792 formation of a route linking Sydney to the settlement of Parramatta, formalised under the direction of Surveyor-General Augustus Alt in 1797. Parramatta Road became one of
4514-425: The site of Bathurst. Within a year, Macquarie commissioned William Cox to construct a road west from Emu Plains, following Evans' route, and this road was finished in 1815. Macquarie himself travelled across it soon after completion, established and named Bathurst, and named the road the Great Western Road. The section of the Great Western Road as far west as Mount Victoria , with a small number of minor deviations,
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#17328510748754588-405: The verandah. All joinery throughout is cedar. There are four fine stone fireplaces, one plain and three with well carved leaf, flower and acorn motifs. The timber shingled roof remains under the corrugated iron sheeting. The former bar has built-in cupboards with small paned glass doors while other door fanlights are rectangular small panes. The kitchen wing forms a separate brick wing and comprises
4662-498: The worst of the almost impenetrable terrain of the Blue Mountains was behind them, and that there were easy routes available to reach the rolling countryside they could see off to the west. Macquarie then despatched Surveyor George Evans to follow Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth's route and to push further west until he reached arable land. Evans travelled west until he reached the Fish River , and followed it downstream until he reached
4736-409: Was amended to State Highway 5 on 8 April 1929. Its eastern end was extended to the intersection of Broadway and Wattle Street on 22 February 1967 (part of Sydney's Ring Road 1 at the time). It was extended east again to its current terminus at Railway Square in Haymarket on 22 January 1993. As the main route for traffic from the Blue Mountains into Sydney was superseded from Great Western Highway to
4810-551: Was appointed as Surveyor-General in 1828, one of the first matters to which he turned his attention was the improvement of the Great Western Road. Mitchell's attention was focussed on providing a more direct and easily graded route for the Great Western Road. To this end, he surveyed a route running northwest from Hartley via Mt Walker to Meadow Flat, crossing the Great Dividing Range at Mount Lambie, then running in an almost straight line westward via Browns Hill to Kelso, to meet
4884-415: Was bypassed in 1991 by a realignment of the Highway where it crosses the Macquarie River into Bathurst city centre. Because of its heritage value it was retained for use by cyclists and pedestrians. During 1991–1993 a massive cutting was made to improve and widen the alignment of the highway immediately east of Woodford. At the top of the southern side of this cutting can be seen the rudimentary excavation of
4958-420: Was closed to motor traffic when the M4 Motorway was extended west from Russell Street to connect to the highway at Lapstone in 1994. West of Knapsack Gully, although now widened to four lanes, the 1926 route of the highway is still in use. It uses a long stretch of abandoned railway formation – the section from Zig Zag Street to Blaxland station is located on the original 1867 railway alignment. An indication of
5032-577: Was completed in 1833 and superseded what is now called Old Bathurst Road, located to the north of the route. The Mitchell's Pass and Lennox Bridge served as the main route to the Blue Mountains for 93 years until 1926, when the Great Western Highway was re-routed via sections of the former Lapstone Zig Zag including the Knapsack Viaduct . After protracted arguments first with Governor Ralph Darling and then his successor Richard Bourke , and ignoring orders, Mitchell surveyed, designed and had built what
5106-527: Was completed in 2002. From Railway Square to Woodville Road, the highway was widened to its present width when it was reconstructed in reinforced concrete in the 1930s. From Woodville Road west to The Northern Road the highway was widened, generally progressively westward, from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. This section is a combination of six lanes with median strip, six lanes with wide landscaped median, and four lanes undivided. At The Northern Road in Kingswood
5180-467: Was constructed soon after completion of the Sydney–Parramatta Road. In 1813, acting on the instructions of Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie , Gregory Blaxland , William Lawson and William Wentworth led an 1813 expedition that travelled west from Emu Plains and, by staying to the ridges, were able to confirm the existence of a passable route directly west from Sydney across
5254-524: Was given over solely to road traffic. This bridge remains in use for Great Western Highway. The design of this bridge is almost identical to that of the 1863 Menangle Railway Bridge , also over the Nepean River. In 1870 the Denison Bridge , a wrought iron truss bridge , was built across the Macquarie River at Bathurst. This replaced an earlier wooden bridge. In the first few years of the 20th century
5328-482: Was issued to William Dwyer in 1837 for Portion 36, Parish Lett and County Cook. In 1856, Portion 36 was purchased by John Blackman. Between 1856 and 1858 the extant Fernhill complex was constructed and was known as the Australia Arms Inn. John Blackman died in 1860 and his widow Elizabeth operated it as an inn until 1873, after which time she lived in it as her home and renamed it Fernhill House . After her death
5402-466: Was not completed, as its construction was abandoned in favour of construction of Mitchell's route via Victoria Pass. Originally the Great Western Road crossed the Nepean River at Penrith by means of a ferry adjacent to the Log Cabin Hotel. This was superseded in 1856 by a bridge which was destroyed by a flood in 1857. A second bridge was opened in 1860, and was destroyed by the record flood of 1867. In
5476-424: Was the major piece of engineering on the original route, and when Macquarie travelled the new road in 1815, he named it Cox's Pass in honour of the builder. From the foot of Mount York the road resumed its westerly direction to where Hartley now stands. However, from here it ran via the present-day Glenroy, Mount Blaxland, Cut Hill Road, Pitts Corner, Phils Falls, Mount Olive Road, Carlwood Road and Sidmouth Valley to
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