Glen Innes to Grafton highway contruction
Tuesday 8 August 1950, The Sydney Morning Herald
SHOVEL AT WORK ON NEW HIGHWAY Heavy and modern mech- anical equipment, like this diesel shovel, has made pos- sible construction of a highway over 100 miles of mountainous country between Glen Innes and Grafton. Work on the new highway is well advanced, and when com- plete will provide a heavy traffic route from Glen Innes to a new deep sea port, which is under construction at Iluka on the Clar- ence River. The new highway will shorten the heavy haulage distance be- tween Glen Innes and the nearest deep sea port by 200 miles. North west traffic will have ac- cess to the port by the existing highway which connects Inverell with Glen Innes. Government approval has been given for the construction of a railway line connecting Inverell with Glen Innes.
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