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The Princes Highway is a road in Australia, extending from Sydney to Port Augusta via the coast through the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a distance of 1941 km ( along Highway 1 ) or 1898 km via the former alignments of the highway.

( However, those routes are slower and connections to the bypassed sections of the original route are poor in many cases ).

The highway follows the coastline for most of its length and thus takes quite an indirect and lengthy route.

By contrast, the Hume Highway ( National Highway 31 ) from Sydney to Melbourne at 870 km ( as opposed to 1040 km on Highway 1 ), and the Western and Dukes Highways ( National Highway 8 ) from Melbourne to Adelaide at 730 km ( 915 km along Highway 1 ) are far more direct.

Because of the rural nature and lower traffic volumes over much of its length, the Princes Highway is a more scenic and leisurely route than the main highways between these major cities.