Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
M1 Pacific Motorway (M1) - Publications

General Information:

Road authorities are always keen to advertise their latest road building efforts, and in the case of the Pacific Motorway (former Sydney-Newcastle Freeway), the New South Wales Department of Main Roads were no exception.

Presented below are some brochures relating to the Pacific Motorway (former Sydney-Newcastle Freeway). Click on a thumbnail to open a larger image.

Expressway Etiquette:

This brochure was released during the 1960s to introduce the motoring public in NSW to freeway driving. It covers the design of expressways, how to use them and their benefits, with particular reference to the Sydney-Newcastle Expressway, which, at the time was a major engineering feat, and the first proper freeway road in New South Wales.

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Expressway Etiquette Segment 1:
Section 1, showing the cover and safety features of the Sydney-Newcastle Expressway, as it was then called.

Image © DMR, supplied by Tiptruck

Expressway Etiquette Segment 2:
Section 2, showing safety features of the Sydney-Newcastle Expressway, as it was then called.

Image © DMR, supplied by Tiptruck

Expressway Etiquette Segment 3:
Section 3, showing a map of the Sydney-Newcastle Expressway, as it was then called. The map includes Calga-Ourimbah Expressway (Peats Ridge Road) and also the 'proposed' Peats Ferry Bridge, which was eventually built.

Image © DMR, supplied by Tiptruck

Last updated: 28-Nov-2019 12:09

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