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| M1 A1 | Pacific Motorway, Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Gore Hill Freeway, Warringah Freeway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Cahill Expressway, Eastern Distributor, Southern Cross Drive, General Holmes Drive, The Grand Parade, President Avenue, Princes Highway & Princes Motorway (M1 / A1) - Clybucca to Port Macquarie |
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M1 / A1 is the principal coastal route through New South Wales, and forms part of the circumferential route around Australia.
The route varies greatly along its length and includes sections of rural highway, urban arterial road, divided rural highway and also motorway. The route also features several tunnels, located in the inner east, inner south and lower northern suburbs of Sydney and at Yelgun and Tweed Heads, at the northern end of the route in NSW. The route passes through forest, rural, residential, commercial and industrial areas.
The Pacific Highway section of A1 runs between Brunswick Heads and Hexham, and also between Wahroonga and the Gore Hill Freeway at Artarmon. The northern section between Brunswick Heads and Hexham is a mix of dual carriageway, rural highway and urban arterial roadway.
History:
- 17 May 1929: The route was named as the Great Northern Highway.
- May 1931: After pressure from the Queensland Government, the coastal highway linking Sydney and Brisbane was named Pacific Hwy.
- 1936: Timber suspension bridge opened to traffic over the Hastings River near Port Macquarie.
- 1939: Two thirds of the Pacific Highway was bitumen. 2
- 1950s: Bridge constructed over Macleay River in Kempsey.
- 1961: Port Macquarie bypassed.
- January 1996: The NSW State Government and the Federal Government agreed to jointly fund the $2.2 billion Pacific Highway Upgrading Program over a period of 10 years. The NSW State Government was to provide $1.6 billion and the Federal Government $600 million.
- June 2010: Work starts on Kempsey Bypass. 3
- March 2013: Kempsey Bypass completed and opened to traffic.
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at South Kempsey approaching Macleay Valley Way, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at South Kempsey approaching Macleay Valley Way, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Reassurance Directional sign: Distance sign after Hastings River Dr (TD10) (former Pacific Hwy alignment) at Fernbank Creek, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Thrumster approaching Oxley Hwy (B56), December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Thrumster approaching Oxley Hwy (B56), December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
| Click here for the continuation of A1 between Urunga and Clybucca Click here for the continuation of A1 between Port Macquarie and Johns River |
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1 Roads & Maritime Services.
2 Department of Main Roads, The Roadmakers, A History of Main Roads in New South Wales, ISBN 0 7240 0439 4.
3 Roads & Maritime Services, Projects, Pacific Highway upgrade, Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour, Kempsey Bypass.
Last updated: 15-Feb-2019 5:16
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