Alpine Way


The Alpine Way is a rural road located in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The road connects in the east to the New South Wales / Victorian border in the west, crossing the Murray River, near Bringenbrong / Upper. The route does not carry an official shield designation.

Route

The eastern terminus of the Alpine Way is at a "T" intersection with Kosciuszko Rd, west of Jindabyne on the eastern side of the Snowy Mountains.
The road winds its way generally west to adjacent the Thredbo River, before heading south-west past Thredbo and then climbing & crossing the crest of the Great Dividing Range at Dead Horse Gap at an altitude of then a winding descent to & crossing Snowy Creek @ very near the Murray River / Victorian Border.
Thereafter, it continues around the western side of the range heading north along the upper reaches of the Murray River Tributaries, past the Geehi River & Swampy Plain River Junction to, before eventually crossing the Murray and reaching its western terminus and connecting with the Murray Valley Highway on the river's southern bank, within Victoria.
The highway was initially built in the 1950s as part of the access for the Snowy Mountains Scheme. However, the paving of it was only completed approximately forty years later in the 1990s.
The majority of the road is contained within the Kosciuszko National Park and since 2004 has been maintained by Roads & Maritime Services.
The road has no major intersections.

Road restrictions

Road restrictions in the region require all two-wheel drive vehicles carry snow chains between Thredbo and Tom Groggin from the long weekends marking the Queen's Official Birthday in June and the Labour Day in October. It is also quite possible that snow chains may be needed to drive safely along other parts of Alpine Way.