<P> The Newell Highway carries the National Highway 39 shield for its entire length . The highway is generally flat, with long, straight sections joined by the occasional curved section . However, passing through the Warrumbungle Ranges, there are steeper grades and tighter curves than on the rest of the highway . Open road sections of the Newell Highway are mostly 110 km / h (68 mph) zones . The Newell Highway serves as a major road link between Melbourne and Brisbane; and is named in honour of H.H. Newell, the Commissioner of Main Roads in New South Wales from 1932 until 1941 . </P> <P> The highway runs generally north - south, parallel to the eastern coast of New South Wales, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) inland, and is the main inland direct road link from Victoria to Queensland, bypassing the more urbanised and congested coastal areas of the state . </P> <P> From its northern terminus at Goondiwindi in Queensland where it meets the Leichhardt Highway, the Newell runs to the south across the New South Wales and Queensland state border through Boggabilla, Moree, Narrabri, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Dubbo, Parkes, Forbes, West Wyalong, Narrandera, Jerilderie, and Finley . The Newell meets its southern terminus at Tocumwal where the highway crosses the Murray River (part of the border between New South Wales and Victoria) and adjoins the Goulburn Valley Highway in Victoria . </P> <P> The highway crosses eight major inland rivers, from north to south, the Macintyre between Goondiwindi and Boggabilla, the Mehi at Moree, the Namoi near Narrabri, the Castlereagh at Coonabarabran and at Gilgandra, the Macquarie at Dubbo, the Lachlan and Lake Forbes at Forbes, the Murrumbidgee at Narrandera, and the Murray River at Tocumwal . The Newell Highway is subject to periodic flooding north of Moree, at Dubbo, and south of Narrandera . </P>

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