Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
Pacific Highway, 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 (Metroad 1) - Kyeemagh to Sutherland (Decommissioned)

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General Information:

Metroad 1 is basically a replacement of National Route 1 through the Sydney area, when Metroads were introduced to NSW in the 1990s. That said, the Metroad 1 route has had some changes to its routing since it was introduced.

The route is formed by several major roads in Sydney and carries large volumes of traffic daily. It consists of mostly suburban arterial road qualities, mostly 3 lanes in each direction. There are a few near freeway standard sections along the route.

Existing roads were re-named ‘Princes Highway’ 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). The highway was officially opened on August 10 1920 at Warragul, Victoria.

The Princes Highway starts in the Sydney suburb of St. Peters as a continuation of King Street, and heads south through the Illawarra region of New South Wales and the city of Wollongong. It continues south, through the South Coast of New South Wales, passing through Nowra and Batemans Bay, and finally crossing the border into Victoria south of Eden.

The Metroad 1 section of the Princes Highway covers Sydney's southeastern suburbs.

The Princes Highway features Tom Uglys Bridge over the Georges River, which comprises of six through Pratt trusses and three deck plate web girders. The Bridge has a concrete deck supported on steel buckled plates between steel stringers. The six trusses of the bridge follow the American practice of being tall through trusses with overhead bracing above the traffic. It has an overall length of 499m: 6 trusses of 69.5m and three approach steel girder spans of 27.4m. There is a 4.5m wide footway and the bridge is 10.4m wide between kerbs. Tolls were levied until 31 May 1952 when the loans for the bridge were repaid. 1

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Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) at approaching Rawson Av at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Rocky Point Rd at Kogarah, November 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) at approaching Rawson Av at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the junction with Rocky Point Rd at Kogarah, November 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) at Rawson Av at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the junction with Rocky Point Rd at Kogarah, November 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Sutherland By-Pass:
Looking northbound on the Sutherland By-pass which opened to traffic in the mid 1970s
, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing King Georges Rd (Metroad 3) at Blakehurst, November 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Sutherland approaching President Av, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Distance Sign:
Southbound RD sign near the intersection with King Georges Road (Metroad 3) at Blakehurst. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

President Avenue:
Corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) (Acacia Rd) and President Av in Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Southbound at Blakehurst:
The Princes Hwy as it winds past Dover Park near Kogarah Bay. March 2006.

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Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of President Av and Princes Hwy (Acacia Rd) (Metroad 1) at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Unusual AD Sign:
Custom advance direction sign for a loop road between the 2 carriageways of the Tom Ugly's Bridge at Blakehurst. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of President Av and Princes Hwy (Acacia Rd) (Metroad 1) at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

 

Tom Ugly's Bridge Approach:
Southbound approaching Tom Ugly's Bridge. March 2006.

The original crossing (right of shot) was opened on the 11th May 1929 and was then known as the "Georges River Bridge". It was designed by Percy Allan and consists of six steel truss spans forming a total length of 499m (545 yds). When it was opened, it was the longest bridge in Australia. A second bridge (left), which opened on 17 October 1987, was built adjacent to alleviate traffic congestion. The new bridge was designed to carry four lanes of the Princes Highway, three southbound and one northbound, which allows the original bridge to carry three northbound lanes. 1

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on President Av approaching Princes Hwy (Acacia Av) at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Acacia Av) (Metroad1) approaching Old Princes Hwy and the unnumbered section of Acacia Av at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Tom Ugly's Bridge:
Southbound deck of Tom Ugly's Bridge over the Georges River. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Corner of Princes Hwy, Acacia Rd & Old Princes Hwy:
Corner of Princes Highway, Acacia Road and Old Princes Highway in Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Southbound at Sylvania:
Hard almost 90 degree turn near Endeavour Street in Sylvania. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Old Princes Hwy approaching Acacia Av and Princes Hwy at Sutherland, January 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Advance Directional Sign:
Southbound diagrammatic AD sign approaching Port Hacking Road at Sylvania
, September 2010. Click here for a photo of the old sign taken by Paul Rands in March 2006.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) approaching the Kingsway at Kirrawee, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Port Hacking Road:
Corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and Pt Hacking Rd at Sylvania, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Kirrawee approaching Waratah St, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Port Hacking Rd at Sylvania approaching Princes Hwy (Metroad 1), September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Waratah Street:
Corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and Waratah St in Kirrawee, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign on Port Hacking Rd at Sylvania at the junction with Princes Hwy (Metroad 1), September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Waratah St in Kirrawee approaching Princes Hwy (Metroad 1), September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign on Port Hacking Rd at Sylvania at the junction with Princes Hwy (Metroad 1), September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Waratah St in Kirrawee, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Trailblazer:
Metroad 1 trailblazer at Sylvania, after the Port Hacking Rd intesection, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Waratah St in Kirrawee, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

 

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) approaching Bates Dr in Miranda
, September 2010.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) approaching The Boulevarde in Kirrawee, September 2010.

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  Bates Drive:
Corner of Princes Hwy and Bates Dr in Miranda, September 2010.

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Intersection Directional Signs:
ID sign at the corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and The Boulevarde in Miranda, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of Princes Hwy and Bates Dr in Miranda, September 2010.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) approaching Bates Dr in Kareela, September 2010.

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  Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) approaching The Boulevarde at Miranda, September 2010.

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Bates Drive:
Corner of Princes Hwy and Bates Dr in Kareela, September 2010.

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  Intersection Directional Signs:
ID signs facing The Boulevarde in Miranda, September 2010.

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Intersection Directional Signs:
ID signs facing Bates Dr in Kareela, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Intersection Directional Signs:
ID sign at the corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and The Boulevarde in Miranda, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Trailblazer:
Metroad 1 trailblazer on Princes Hwy in Sylvania, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Advance Directional Signs:
AD sign on The Boulevarde approaching Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and in Miranda, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Port Hacking Rd approaching Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) at Sylvania, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Advance Directional Sign:
Southbound AD signage approaching the junction with Waratah Street in Miranda, September 2010. Click here for a photo of the old sign taken by Paul Rands in March 2006.

Image © Michael Mak

Port Hacking Road:
Port Hacking Rd and Princes Hwy in Sylvania, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

  Waratah Street:
Intersection directional sign at the corner Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and Waratah St in Miranda, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Height & Weight Restriction Sign:
Height and weight restriction sign on Princes Hwy at Sylvania approaching Tom Ugly's Bridge, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

  Approaching the Kingsway:
Southbound at Gymea, near the intersection with former State Route 64, The Kingsway, September 2010. Click here for a photo of the old sign taken by Paul Rands in March 2006.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Sylvania, approaching the loop road under Tom Ugly's Bridge, November 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

  The Kingsway:
Looking south at the intersection with The Kingsway at Gymea
, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Clearance Sign:
Low clearance sign approaching Tom Ugly's Bridge at Sylvania, November 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing the Kingsway at Gymea, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Tom Ugly's Bridge:
Princes Hwy at Sylvania, as it crosses the Georges River via Tom Ugly's Bridge, November 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing the Kingsway at Gymea, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Blakehurst approaching King Georges Rd (Metroad 3), November 2010. Click here for a photo from December 2008 of the same location.

Image © Rob Tilley

  Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on the Kingsway at Gymea, approaching Princes Hwy (Metroad 1), September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

King Georges Road:
Corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and King Georges Rd (Metroad 3) at Blakehurst, November 2010. Click here for a photo from December 2008 of the same location.

Image © Rob Tilley

  Supplementary Advance Directional Sign:
Southbound sign for Acacia Rd (Princes Hwy) (Metroad 1) and Old Princes Highway at Kirrawee, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Distance Sign:
RD sign at Blakehurst after the King Georges Rd (Metroad 3), December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

  Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at Kirrawee at the Oak Rd junction, September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) approaching Park Rd at Carlton, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

  Supplementary Advance Directional Sign:
Southbound sign after the Oak Rd junction, for Acacia Rd (Princes Hwy) (Metroad 1) and Old Princes Highway at Kirrawee,
September 2010.

Image © Michael Mak

Trailblazer:
Metroad 1 trailblazer at Carlton, near Park Rd, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

  Diagrammatic Sign:
AD sign approaching the Old Princes Highway at Kirrawee. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Jubilee Avenue:
Corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and Jubilee Av, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

  Sutherland By-Pass:
Looking southbound on the Sutherland By-pass which opened to traffic in the mid 1970s. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Rocky Point Road:
Corner of Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) and Rocky Point Rd at Kogarah, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

     
Approaching President Avenue:
Changeable sign on Princes Hwy (Metroad 1) approaching President Av (Metroad 1), December 2008.

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Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Princes Hwy approaching President Av, December 2008.

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Lane Allocation Signals:
Lane allocation signals over Princes Hwy at President Av junction. The installation was designed by ESDD, December 2008.

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West Botany Street:
Corner of President Av (Metroad 1) and West Botany St in Kogarah, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

     
Trailblazer:
Metroad 1 trailblazer on President Av at Kogarah, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

     
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on President Av approaching The Grand Pde, December 2008. Metroad 1 turns left at this junction.

Image © Paul Rands

     
The Grand Parade:
Corner of President Av and The Grand Pde in Brighton-Le-Sands, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

     
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on The Grand Parade approaching Bay St in Brighton-Le -Sands, December 2008.

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Brighton-Le-Sands:
The Grand Parade (Metroad 1) as it passes through Brighton-Le-Sands, December 2008.

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Articulated Vehicle Detour Sign:
Articulated vehicle sign on The Grand Parade approaching Bestic St in Brighton-Le-Sands, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

     
Bestic Street:
Corner of The Grand Parade (Metroad 1) and Bestic St in Brighton-Le-Sands, December 2008.

Image © Paul Rands

     
Click here for the continuation of Metroad 1 between Sutherland to Waterfall
Click here for the continuation of Metroad 1 between Sydney and Kyeemagh

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Last updated: 08 Nov 2019 01:09

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