Talk:Great Western Highway

Katoomba
I am wondering which curve it is that was eased using part of the original railway formation 3km west of Katoomba. Could someone please clarify which bend it is - I am not sure who wrote that info but it may have been Adam Sexton. Thanks 202.93.188.19 (talk) 13:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

With no responses in nearly two years and an examination of old aerial photographs proving fruitless I have removed the information as I suspect it is incorrect. 61.88.20.56 (talk) 01:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Shell corner is an obvious, 1943 aerials available at six images Dave Rave (talk) 02:08, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

A32
''The Great Western Highway is a highway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs 210 km from Sydney to Bathurst.'' Any reason then why there is a redirect from A32 highway (Australia), which is the South Australian section of the Barrier Highway? Vandalism? Koro Neil (talk) 05:19, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * it's been 32 since I was a lad, 32 is stated as Sydney to Adelaide, not just Adel to BHill or Syd to Bathurst Dave Rave (talk) 02:15, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I suspect the A32 needs a better page of its own incorporating the four sections it has been divided into Dave Rave (talk) 12:22, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Refs
This article has lots of historical and route marking information with absolutely no references. Some of the information is incorrect or suspected to be incorrect and without sources it is impossible to check where the info came from. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.75.192.74 (talk • contribs) 06:07, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Broadway
The article seems to be in two minds about whether Broadway is part of the Great Western Highway or not. There seems to be some sort of fudge that pretends Railway Square and the City Road intersection are next to each other, as if Broadway did not exist. Following the refs don't lead anywhere much as they seem to lead only to Google Maps (hardly the authority on road naming) and a self-published source, which contradict each other: Google Maps seems to think Great Western Highway starts at the City Road junction, while the self-published OZRoads site says it starts at Railway Square. I tend to think the latter source is more reliable, but are there official sources that can confirm whether Great Western Highway ends in the east at the City Road junction, or keeps going to Railway Square? --49.255.223.3 (talk) 00:15, 8 October 2020 (UTC) You'd have to keep in mind the state of the main road of the day, like the rail line, which was there at the time and over time what name became associated with it. I'd say railway square being the western rd to Parramatta, but the south road has slowly crept over the importance factor, hence the Ashfield turn-off, not the city road one. Dave Rave (talk) 01:05, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Ok thanks. On the narrow question of the "official" definition though I've found my own answer: see this document from the roads naming authority (RMS) itself which is clear that Broadway is part of the Great Western Highway. I'll update the article to reflect that. --49.255.223.3 (talk) 01:55, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

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Penrith to Mt Vic
going through Penrith, north of the central, needs expanding, as the main 'highway' through High street was always an old given, before henry st was used to bypass, and then north/belmore/jane st, is much later years to get the "highway" out of the cbd though the m4 had already taken this traffic.

but to then skip penrith to mt vic with no mention of old bathurst road, lennox bridge, re-use of the zig zag, all the rail crossings, town bypasses ........ c'mon editors, get on it. Dave Rave (talk) 12:53, 14 October 2023 (UTC)