Type Rural road Length 47 km | Major settlements O'Connell | |
North end Great Western Highway (A32), Bathurst, New South Wales South end Goulburn-Oberon Road, Oberon, New South Wales Via O'Connell, New South Wales Major settlement O'Connell, New South Wales | ||
O'Connell Road is a New South Wales rural road linking Oberon to the regional highway hub of Bathurst, where several roads including the Great Western Highway, Mid-Western Highway, Mitchell Highway and Bathurst-Ilford Road join. The road is designated as Main Road 253.
Map of O'Connell Rd, New South Wales, Australia
It is fully sealed over its entire length and of high enough standard to accommodate B-double trucks.
In conjunction with the Goulburn-Oberon Road from near the Hume Highway to Oberon, this scenic route provides a leisurely and surprisingly direct route between Bathurst and Goulburn.
The only town on O'Connell Road between Bathurst and Oberon is O'Connell.
References
O'Connell Road Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA