Oxley Highway

Oxley Highway

New South Wales
Oxley Highway; New South Wales
General information
Type	Highway
Length	653 km (406 mi)
Gazetted	August 1928 (as Main Road 11)
Route number(s)	B56 (2013–present); (Coonabarabran–Port Macquarie)
Former; route number	National Route 34 (1955–2013); Entire route
Major junctions
West end	Mitchell Highway; Nevertire, New South Wales
	Newell Highway; Castlereagh Highway; Newell Highway; Kamilaroi Highway; New England Highway; Fossickers Way; New England Highway; Pacific Highway;
East end	Gordon Street; Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlements	Warren, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Tamworth, Bendemeer, Walcha, Wauchope
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales;

Oxley Highway is a rural highway in New South Wales, Australia, linking Nevertire, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Tamworth, and Walcha to Port Macquarie, on the coast of the Tasman Sea. It was named to commemorate John Oxley, the first European to explore much of inland New South Wales in 1818.