Olympic Highway 2.47

The Olympic Highway is a rural road in the central western and south-eastern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The 318km highway services rural communities and links the Hume Highway with the Mid-Western Highway and provides part of an alternate road link between Sydney and via and as well as servicing Wagga Wagga, linking with the Sturt Highway.Initially a series of trunk routes, the road was named the Olympic Way on 5 July 1963, in honour of part of the path that the Olympic Torch took on its journey from Cowra to Albury for the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. It was renamed as the Olympic Highway in 1996, and the route between Wagga Wagga and Cowra was used for torch relay for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. In spite of its name, the road is not an official highway as classified by NSW Roads & Maritime Services, yet considered a rural road.