Statistics:
- Length:
- 318 km
- Termini:
- Northern: Mid Western Highway (NR24), Cowra
- Southern: Hume Highway (NH31), Table Top
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Table Top, Gerogery, Culcairn, Henty, Yerong Creek, The Rock, Uranquinty, Kapooka, Moorong, Wagga Wagga, Boorooma, Brucedale, Wallacetown, Yathella, Junee, Illabo, Behtungra, Cootamundra, Wallendbeen, Wombat, Young, Bendick Murrell, Crowther, Koorawatha, Wattamondara and Cowra
Route Numbering:
- Current: A41
- Former: 41
- Multiplexed with: 20
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- MR78
General Information:
National Route 41 was a rural highway in southern New South Wales. It serviced rural communities and links the Hume Highway with the Mid Western Highway and Sturt Highway.
The route was named Olympic Way, as it was the path that the Olympic Torch took on its journey to Melbourne for the 1956 Summer Olympics. The torch was carried from Cairns to Melbourne. For the 1956 Summer Olympics the Olympic Flame, or torch, was carried along the road from Cowra to Wagga Wagga. For the 2000 Summer Olympics the torch was carried from Wagga Wagga to Cowra en route to Sydney. 2
The Olympic Highway features the Kapooka Bridge which crosses the railway line at Kapooka. It was built in 1880 and features 2 right angle bends at the approaches to the bridge, which have been the scene of several crashes. 3
Multiplexes along the route include:
- National Highway 20, for 2.5 km, between Moorong and Wagga Wagga.
History:
- 1880: Construction of the Kapooka Bridge, across the main Sydney-Melbourne railway line. 3
- 1956: Route between Cowra and Wagga selected for carrying of the Olympic Flame for the 1956 Olympic Games. 2
- 2000: Same route between Cowra and Wagga used for carrying the Olympic Flame for the 2000 Olympic Games. 2
- 2013: National Route 41 decommissioned and replaced by A41.
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1 NSW Government, Roads and Traffic Authority, Schedule of Classified Roads and State & Regional Roads, 31 January 2011.
2 Olympic Highway, Lambert M. Surhone , Mariam T. Tennoe , Susan F. Henssonow, ISBN: 978-6-13-506934-1.
3 NSW Government, Roads and Traffic Authority, Community Update, Realignment of the Olympic Highway at Kapooka, December 2010.