Highlands history: Berrima endured heavy highway traffic before bypass opened

Updated April 24 2019 - 11:06am, first published 9:54am

The Berrima Bypass opened on 22 March 1989, 30 years ago. It was part of the F5 South Western Hume Freeway project, funded by the Federal Government, built in sections from the 1970s to provide the Hume Highway with a four-lane, dual-carriageway between Liverpool and Breadalbane.

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