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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) - Port Macquarie to Johns River |
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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.
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.
- 1939: Two thirds of the Pacific Highway was bitumen. 2
- December 1990: Opening of stage 1 of the Herons Creek Deviation Duplication. Construction involved the provision of a northbound carriageway alongside two sections of existing single carriageway,from Stills Road to Houston Mitchell Drive and from near Ryans Road to Innes Drive, which formed part of the 18km long Herons Creek Deviation. The project replaced the single lane sections of the Pacific Highway between Herons Creek and the junction with the Oxley Highway. 8
- December 1990: Opening of stage 2 of the Herons Creek Deviation Duplication. 3
- 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.
- 3 July 1998: The Herons Creek Duplication, 10.5 km in length, was totally opened to traffic. 3
- July 2010: Coopernook to Herons Creek upgrade opened to traffic, 33 km of dual carriageway road. 4
- March 2011: Work starts on Herons Creek to Stills Road upgrade. 5
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Bago Road: Pacific Hwy (A1) at the Bago Rd interchange at Herons Creek, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Herons Creek, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
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Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kew approaching Ocean Dr (TD10), December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade |
| Click here for the continuation of A1 between Clybucca and Port Macquarie Click here for the continuation of A1 between Johns River and Nabiac |
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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, Hexham to Port Macquarie, Completed projects, Herons Creek Deviation Duplication.
4 Roads & Maritime Services, Projects, Pacific Highway upgrade, Hexham to Port Macquarie, Completed projects, Coopernook to Herons Creek.
5 Roads & Maritime Services, Projects, Pacific Highway upgrade, Hexham to Port Macquarie, Herons Creek to Stills Road Upgrade.
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