Henry Lawson Way

The Henry Lawson Way is a 109-kilometre (68 mi) sealed rural road that links Forbes, situated on the Newell Highway, to Young, situated on the Olympic Highway in the central western region of New South Wales, Australia.

Henry Lawson Way New South Wales
North end South end
Coordinates	33°25′10″S 148°01′53″E (North end) 34°17′45″S 148°17′53″E (South end)
General information
Type	Rural road
Length	109 km (68 mi)
Route number(s)	No shield Forbes to Bogolong and Grenfell to Young B64 Bogolong - Grenfell
Major junctions
North end	Lachlan Valley Way, Forbes, New South Wales
	Mid-Western Highway
South end	Olympic Highway (A41), Young, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Grenfell

The road is named in honour of Henry Lawson (1867 – 1922), an Australian writer and poet, who was born in a town on the Grenfell goldfields, located adjacent to the modern-day rural road.

Route

The road commences in Forbes at a junction with the Gooloogong-Forbes Road (Lachlan Valley Way). It continues south over relatively flat countryside, crossing the Bundaburrah Creek and Ooma Creek, before it forms concurrency with the Mid-Western Highway west of Grenfell. The concurrent road heads east into the town of Grenfell, where the concurrency terminates as the Henry Lawson Way heads south (on Weddin Street) towards Young through highly undulating countryside. It reaches its terminus (as Iandra Street) at a junction with the Olympic Highway.[1]

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km[2]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Forbes	Forbes	0	0.0	Lachlan Valley Way - south-east - Gooloogong, Cowra	Northern end of Henry Lawson Way
Bundaburrah Creek		4.9	3.0	Bridge over creek (name not known)
Bundaburrah Creek overflow		5.3	3.3	Bridge over creek (name not known)
Ooma Creek		16.5	10.3	Bridge over creek (name not known)
Weddin	Grenfell	50.2	31.2	Mid-Western Highway - north-west - Caragabal / south-east - Grenfell	North-western concurrency terminus with Mid-Western Highway
		59.3	36.8	Mid-Western Highway - east - Cowra / Weddin Street - north - Grenfell CBD / south - Young	South-eastern concurrency terminus with Mid-Western Highway. Henry Lawson Way turns south on Weddin Street.
Hilltops	Young	108	67	Blackett Avenue - south - Young CBD	The road continues south-east as Iandra Street
		109	68	Olympic Highway - east - Cowra / south-west - Young CBD	Southern end of Henry Lawson Way
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Route transition

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in New South Wales

References

1. "Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads - Gazetted roads 236 and 239" (PDF). Roads and Maritime Services. April 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
2. Google (16 October 2018). "Henry Lawson Way" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 16 October 2018.