Bruxner Highway NSW

Couple of month's ago I traveled the Bruxner Highway just inland from Ballina and you must see it to believe it, it is 1 of the most scenic highways I have ever had the privileged to experience, it weaves its way through the northern rivers and mountains of the great dividing range and the western slopes of the New England Ranges, if you ever get some spare time and need a relaxing holiday and you don’t mind camping out or dropping a line to try your luck at fishing hopefully 1 day you will drive the renowned Bruxner Highway.

The amazing memories I have of this trip is the old towns of yesteryear from along the way, it takes you back into time and if you bring your camera you will be forever taking snaps of relics and building of the bygone era.

I have added some pics of farming land on the western side around 60km from Tenterfield and termite mounds near the small farming community of Texas on the Queensland border.

Here is some information on the Bruxner Highway

(1a) Length: 420km

Eastern Terminus: Pacific Hwy at Emigrant Creek, 7km west of Ballina

Western Terminus: Newell Hwy, Boggabilla
Note: The current western extent of National Route 44 signage is Tenterfield, and it is unlikely to ever be extended despite this being (i believe) the original intention.

Route taken: From the Pacific Highway, 7km west of Ballina, via Lismore, Casino, Mallanganee, Tabulam and Drake to the New England Highway at Tenterfield; then from the New England Highway 5km north of Tenterfield via Bonshaw and Yetman to the Newell Highway at Boggabilla.
Note: National Route 44 signage ends at Tenterfield - the western segment of the Bruxner Hwy has no route shield.

Focal Points: Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Tenterfield, Bonshaw, Yetman, Goondiwindi

Internal Classification: State Highway No. 16

Proclaimed a State Highway: March 1938

Named: 2 November 1959

The Bruxner Highway is an east-west highway in northern New South Wales, stretching 420km from the Pacific Highway, 7km west of Ballina, to the Newell Highway at Boggabilla. It serves the rapidly developing areas of Ballina, Alstonville, Wollongbar and Lismore before traffic volumes drop considerably between Casino and Tenterfield. West of the New England Highway, the Bruxner is under state control only as far as the Tenterfield Shire boundary where it becomes a Regional Road (administered by Local Government but funded by grants from the RTA). Traffic volumes are generally less than 1,000 vpd west of Tenterfield and there is still a 4.7km section of unsealed road between Yetman and Boggabilla.

The Bruxner Highway carries the National Route 44 shield from the Pacific Highway to Tenterfield, whilst west of Tenterfield the highway is un-numbered. I believe it was intended to extend National Route 44 from Tenterfield to Boggabilla once the Bruxner Highway was fully sealed, however with the introduction of alpha-numeric route marking to New South Wales it is unlikely to ever happen. National Route 44 signs were installed in 1974.