Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
Barton Highway (A25)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 40 km
- Termini:
- Northern: Hume Highway (M31) interchange at Yass
- Southern: Barton Hwy (A25) at the NSW-ACT Border at Spring Range
- Miscellaneous:
- Continues as A25 in the ACT
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Yass, Marchmont, Murrumbateman, Jeir, Spring Range and Wallaroo
Route Numbering:
- Current: A25
- Former: 25 25
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- HW15
General Information:
The Barton Highway is one of two major connectors from Canberra to the Hume Highway, which links Sydney with Melbourne.
The Barton Highway north of the ACT border carries over 10 000 vehicles per day. The route is a significant road freight link between the Hume Highway and the ACT. 2
History:
- January 1935: Road improvements including upgrading from gravel road of the Federal Highway (later Barton Highway) leading from the Hume Highway at Yass to Canberra was undertaken and completed in March 1937. 2
- March 1937: Upgrade works between Yass and Canberra completed. 2
- 8 March 1935: Proclaimed as a State Highway. 3
- 1954: The route formerly known as Yass-Canberra Road and also Federal Highway, and named the Barton Highway. 3
- 1956: The National Route 25 shield was given to the Barton Highway. 4
- 1974: The Barton Hwy became National Highway 25. 4
- 1990s: Hume Highway interchange and Yass Bypass built.
- 2013: NH25 replaced by A25.
- December 2020: Work commenced on duplication of the Barton Highway between the ACT border and Jeir. 5
- February 2024: The duplication project between the ACT border and Jeir was completed. 5
Click or tap here for the former alignment between ACT border and Jeir
ACT Border to Yass
Distance Sign:
Reassurance directional sign at Murrumbateman, November 2016.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign assembly facing Briarwood Ln, Jeir, November 2023.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Yass on Yass Valley Way approaching the Barton Hwy (A25) interchange, October 2013.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Yass on Yass Valley Way approaching the Barton Hwy (A25) interchange, October 2013.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013.
Image © Paul Rands
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the Hume Hwy (M31) interchange at Yass, September 2013.
Image © Paul Rands
Yass To ACT Border
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Wallaroo approaching Victoria St, Hall, at the ACT-NSW Border crossing, November 2013.
Image © Paul Rands
2 NSW Government, Roads & Traffic Authority.
3 NSW Government, Department of Main Roads, The Roadmakers, A History of Main Roads in New South Wales, ISBN 0 7240 0439 4.
4 Sam Laybutt (Ozroads)
5 NSW Government, Transport for NSW, Barton Highway corridor upgrade - Stage 2 - Barton Highway, 25 Mar 2025.