Princes Highway

The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Port Augusta, South Australia via Melbourne and Adelaide, a distance of 2365 km. The highway approximately follows the coastline and thus takes quite an indirect and lengthy route. By contrast, the Hume Highway (National Highway 31) from Sydney to Melbourne at 870 km, and the Western and Dukes Highways (National Highway 8) from Melbourne to Adelaide at 740 km ar... more

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Length:

  • 2,256 km (1402 mi )

Formed:

  • Aug 10, 1920

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