Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
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.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at South Kempsey approaching Macleay Valley Way, December 2013.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at South Kempsey approaching Macleay Valley Way, December 2013.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Reassurance Directional sign:
Distance sign after Hastings River Dr (TD10) (former Pacific Hwy alignment) at Fernbank Creek, December 2013.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Thrumster approaching Oxley Hwy (B56), December 2013.

Image © Michael Greenslade

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

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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