Federal High Traditional Cache
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The geocache has been placed to honour the Federal Highway in Canberra. It is a small Sistema with room for swaps and trackables.
The north-eastern end of the Federal Highway runs 72.7 km south west from Goulburn to Canberra via Collector, Sutton and skirts the western side of the Endorheic Basincontaining Lake George. This section of the Federal Highway was opened on the 25th February 1931, since then there have been the following improvements made to the highway: February 1931 - Opened to traffic in ACT 1936 – Bituminous sealing completed February 1954 - Federal Hwy given 'Rememberance Driveway' subtitle May 1972 - Hume Hwy interchange grade separation 1974 - Proclaimed a National Highway 1977 – Dual carriageways 17-22km south of Goulburn 1982 - Dual carriageways 22-30km south of Goulburn 1986 - Sutton interchange grade-separation 1987 - Bungedore Rd to Sutton Interchange dual carriageways June 1988 - Collector Bypass 1988 – Sutton Interchange to ACT deviation March 1990 – Brooks Creek deviation December 1993 – Collector Bypass to Lake George dual carriageways August 1999 - Lake George dual carriageways (commenced 1996) September 2000 - Sutton interchange to Antill St dual carriageways The Federal Highway is the main transport route between Sydney and Canberra. The Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development estimates that more than 11,000 cars and 4,000 trucks use this section of the federal Highway per day. This cache has been placed to honour the creation of the Federal Highway. First To Find - Geosnag1 & CBRCHIC
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