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| former = | exits = }} The Bells Line of Road is a major road in New South Wales and runs from North Richmond on the North-Western outskirts of Sydney to Bell in the Blue Mountains, where it becomes Chifley Road. The route is signed as B59 for its entirety. The route, part of the traditional aboriginal pathway network, was shown to Archibald Bell, Jr. by Darug men Emery and Cogy in 1823.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.greaterbluemountainsdrive.com.au/hawkesbury-valley-surrounds.php )〕 They were accompanied by assistant government surveyor Robert Hoddle and the route they marked was known as Bell's Line, to be later cleared to become the second road across the Mountains. It was rarely used before World War II. The road was improved between 1939 and 1949 as it was seen by the government as being an alternative to the Great Western Highway and could be used for war efforts. Today, the route is still used as an alternate route across the Blue Mountains and is also a popular tourist drive. ==Route== Bells Line of Road starts at Richmond Bridge where national route A40 crosses the Hawkesbury River. It proceeds through the towns of North Richmond and the village of Kurmond, before bypassing Kurrajong. It then proceeds to climb onto the Bell Range of the Blue Mountains, passing through Kurrajong Heights. When on the range it proceeds the fruit growing areas of Bilpin and Berambing, before climbing and descending Mount Tomah, passing by the Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens. After Mount Tomah it proceeds through the Blue Mountains National Park passing Mount Bell and Mount Charles as well as picnic areas such as Pierces Pass and Mount Banks. Eight km before Bell is the turn off to the villages of Mount Wilson and Mount Irvine The route has numerous sections of road that are steep and winding. The prime example of this is Bellbird Hill when the road rises around 450 m from the Hawkesbury Valley to the Bell Range. The road is steep with a grade of 1:8 and has several tight bends. Other steep sections include the east and west ascents of Mount Tomah and Mount Bell as well as "The Glen" on the west side of Kurrajong Heights. Bells Line of Road was formerly the larger part of State Route 40, which began in the city before journeying to Richmond, where it took the Bells Line of Road through to Lithgow. This continuous alternative signed route between Sydney and Lithgow was broken with the introduction of alpha-numerics in 2013; east of Windsor State Route 40 became A2 then A40, and west of Windsor (including Bells Line of Road) the B59. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bells Line of Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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