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Statistics:

• Length: 1354 km (Bega to Victoria Border: 100 km)
• Northern Terminus: Queensland Border at Tweed Heads, continues as Pacific Motorway (M1)
• Southern Terminus: Victorian Border at Timbillica, continues as Princes Highway (A1)
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Frogs Hollow, Wolumla, Yellow Pinch, Millingandi, Pambula, South Pambula, Greigs Flat, Eden, Boydtown, Kiah, Narrabarba and Timbillica

Route Numbering:

• Current: A1

• Former:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: HW1 (Victorian border to Yallah and Waterfall to Kogarah) 1

General Information:

The Princes Highway was formed from a string of roads linking Sydney to the Illawarra, and then forming a coastal route to Melbourne and into South Australia. The section covered by A1 is in 2 pieces - between Rockdale and Waterfall in Sydney, and then Yallah near Wollongong through to the Victorian Border. The route is a mix of urban arterial road, dual carriageway and also rural highway.

History:

• 7 June 1926: The Princes Highway comes under a federal and state government £ for £ funding scheme, thus recognizing the importance of the highway as major route.
• August 1920: Official opening of Princes Highway performed at Warragul in Victoria. The formation of the Princes Highway is from existing roads being renamed, after the visit to Australia in 1920 of the Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VIII, and after abdicating, the Duke of Windsor).
• 1 July 1928: Princes Highway became a state highway. 2
• 2007: Commencement of construction of a new crossing of the Pambula River.
• 16 March 2008: Replacement bridge over Pambula River opened to traffic. 3

Victoria Border to Bega			Bega to Victoria Border
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	NSW-VIC Border: Princes Hwy (A1) crossing from Victoria into New South Wales at Timbilica, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade			Pambula: Princes Hwy (A1) as it passes through the town of Pambula, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at the NSW-VIC Border at Timbilica, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Quarantine Bay Road: Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, May 2011. Image © Paul Rands			Quarantine Bay Road: Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, May 2011. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Nethercote Rd at Eden, May 2011. Image © Paul Rands			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, May 2011. Image © Paul Rands
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Narrabarba approaching Imlay Rd, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
				Victoria Border: Princes Hwy (A1) at Timbillica as it crosses the border into Victoria, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
Click here for the continuation of Princes Hwy (A1) in Victoria Click here for the Princes Hwy (A1) between Cobargo and Bega

1 Roads & Maritime Services, Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads, August 2013.
2 Main Roads Board, Annual Report, Volume 1, Number 1, September 1929.
3 Roads & Maritime Services, Projects, Southern region, Completed projects, Pambula River Bridge.

Last updated: 13-Aug-2020 12:19

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