Mid-Western Highway, sometimes Mid Western Highway, is a state highway located in the central western and northern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The highway services rural communities and links the Great Western, Mitchell, Olympic, Newell, Cobb and Sturt highways. Mid-Western Highway forms part of the most direct route road link between Sydney and Adelaide, with its eastern terminus in and western terminus in . It is designated part of route A41 between Bathurst and , and route B64 between Cowra and Hay. During 2014 the Roads & Maritime Services in conjunction with the NSW Geographical Names Board commenced a consultation process to change the name of the highway to the Wiradjuri Highway, as the only state highway to lie fully within the Wiradjuri cultural area. Route Mid-Western Highway runs generally west-east, roughly aligned along the Lachlan River in New South Wales, then stretching across the Hay Plain, generally towards the south-western corner of New South Wales. The highway is a single carriageway along its entire length, and shares a concurrency with Newell Highway between Marsden and . Mid-Western Highway commences at the intersetion with the Great Western and Mitchell Highways in the city of Bathurst. Heading west by southwest, the highway carries the A41 shield and passes through , where the village is bypassed in 1975, and to Cowra where the highway crosses the Lachlan River, forms the northern terminus of Olympic Highway and provides access to Lachlan Valley Way. At Cowra the highway heads west, now designated route B64 to , with a link to Henry Lawson Way as the highway heads further west to its junction with Newell Highway at Marsden. From Mardsen to West Wyalong, Newell Highway is concurrently signed as routes A39 and B64. Mid-Western Highway recommences west of West Wyalong and continues further west through Weethalle, and then southwest to Rankins Springs and Goolgowi, before reaching its western terminus in Hay at the intersection with Cobb Highway. Following the upgrade of Hume Highway to a dual carriageway along the vast majority of its length in New South Wales, and the declaration of Sturt Highway as a national highway - despite Mid-Western Highway being the most direct route between Sydney and Adelaide - the route via the Hume and Sturt Highways through Wagga Wagga offers motorists a quicker route, despite being approximately longer. The only major river crossing is the Lachlan River at Cowra.