Road Photos & Information: New South Wales: Cobb Highway (B75)

Road Photos & Information: New South Wales

B75

Cobb Highway (B75) - Victoria Border to Hay

Statistics:

Length: 726 km (NSW / Victoria Border to Hay: 198 km)
Northern Terminus: Barrier Highway (A32), 19km southeast of Wilcannia
Southern Terminus: NSW / Victoria border at Moama
Miscellaneous: Continues as Northern Highway (B75) in Victoria
Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Hay, Booroorban, Wanganella, Dahwilly, Deniliquin, Mathoura and Moama

Route Numbering:

Current: B75

Former:
Road Authority Internal Classification: HW21 1

General Information:

The Cobb Highway commences at Moama on the Murray River and continues for in a northerly direction through Mathoura, Deniliquin, Hay, Booligal, Mossgiel and Ivanhoe, to a junction with the Barrier Highway (A32) a few kilometres south of Wilcannia. At Deniliquin the Highway connects with the Riverina Highway (B58) and at Hay it intersects the Sturt Highway (A20) and connects with the Mid-Western Highway (B64). 1

It follows a route at one time used by coaches of Cobb & Co., the great pioneering firm whose coaching activities which commenced in 1853 and amongst their many services operated a route through the Riverina to Wilcannia and Broken Hill. 1

10 km north of Deniliquin, there is a survey tree, which is a large eucalypt. It features a surveyors' benchmark, which comprises of a chiselled "V" section lettering "T" and a broad arrow on a very weathered scar surface. A section at the base of the tree has also been carved away though the galvanised nail that would originally have been in place is no longer present. Benchmarks established by the Main Roads Board, the authority in place between 1925 and 1932 typically featured the lettering "MRB BM" and a number relating to the location of the mark within the sequence. That the benchmark was limited to a "T" mark therefore is indicative of it having been placed after this period, when the management of roads was passed on to the Department of Main Roads (DMR). 1

History:

1933: Reconstruction works near Deniliquin performed. 1
1947: Following representations by the Councils concerned, and after consultation with the Royal Australian Historical Society, the name "Cobb Highway" was adopted). 1

Victoria Border to Hay		Hay to Victoria Border
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Moama approaching Perricoota Rd, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		AD Sign: Advance directional sign approaching the Mid Western Hwy (B64) / Murray St intersection in Hay. December 2007. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Moama on Perricoota Rd approaching Cobb Hwy (B75), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the Mid Western Hwy (B64) / Murray St intersection in Hay, December 2007. Image © Paul Rands
	Reassurance Directional Sign: RD sign at Moama, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Approaching Cobb Hwy: Westbound AD sign at Hay on the Mid Western Hwy (B64), December 2007. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the junction with Barmah Rd at Moama, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing westbound Mid Western Highway traffic at the Mid Western Hwy (B64) / Murray St intersection in Hay, December 2007. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign as Cobb Hwy leaves Moama, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the Mid Western Hwy (B64) / Murray St intersection in Hay, April 2014. Click here for a photo of this location from December 2007. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Mathoura: Cobb Hwy (B75) as it passes through Mathoura, near Lawrence St, April 2014. Note all caps fingerboard, which is non-standard. Image © Peter Renshaw		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Hay approaching Sturt Hwy (A20), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the Lawrence St junction in Mathoura, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at South Hay, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the Walliston Rd junction in Mathoura, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Pretty Pine, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Denilliquin approaching Saleyards Rd, September 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Deniliquin approaching Riverina Hwy (B58), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Denilliquin approaching Crispe St, April 2014. Click here for a photo of this location by Peter Renshaw, from August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Wanderer St in Deniliquin showing both Riverina Hwy (B58) and Cobb Hwy (B75), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Hardinge St and Ochertyre St in Denilliquin, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Napier St in Deniliquin, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Denilliquin on Hardinge St approaching Cobb Hwy (B75) and Ochertyre St, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection directional signs: ID sign assemblies at the junction with Napier St in Denililquin, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Denilliquin on Ochertyre St approaching Cobb Hwy (B75) and Hardinge St, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		AD Sign: Advance directional sign approaching Charlotte St in Deniliquin, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Riverina Hwy (B58) at Deniliquin, August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw		Distance Sign: RD sign at Deniliquin, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Distance Sign: Reassurance directional sign as Cobb Hwy leaves Denilliquin, April 2014. Click here for a photo of this location by Peter Renshaw, from August 2013. Image © Peter Renshaw		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Barmah Rd at Moama approaching Cobb Hwy (B75), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional SIgn: Fingerboard assembly at the corner of Cobb Hwy (B75) and Wanganella-Moulamein Rd in Wanganella, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Distance Sign: RD sign near Barmah Rd at Moama, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Pretty Pine approaching Moulamein Rd, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Intersection Directional Signs: ID sign assembly facing Perricoota Rd at Moama, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Moulamein Road: ID sign assembly at the Moulamein Rd junction at Pretty Pine, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw		Black Intersection Directional Sign: Black ID sign with alphanumeric coverplate facing Shaw St in Moama, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Moulamein Rd at Pretty Pine approaching Cobb Hwy (B75), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Pretty Pine, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at South Hay approaching Sturt Hwy (A20), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on the roundabout with Sturt Hwy (A20) at South Hay, January 2014. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Hay approaching the town centre, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Cadell St in Hay approaching Cobb Hwy (B75), April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Hay approaching Mid Western Hwy (B64) and Murray St, April 2014. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing westbound Murray St traffic at the Mid Western Hwy (B64) / Murray St intersection in Hay, December 2007. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: Intersection directional sign at the Mid Western Hwy (B64) / Murray St intersection in Hay Image © Paul Rands
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Northbound distance signage after the Mid Western Hwy (B64) / Murray St intersection as you leave the town of Hay, December 2007. Image © Paul Rands
Click here for the continuation of B75 between Hay and Wilcannia Click here for the continuation of B75 as Northern Highway in Victoria

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