Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
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Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Southern Freeway, Mount Ousley Road & Princes Highway (National Route 1) (Decommissioned) - Construction Photos: Yallah To Gerringong

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General Information:

National Route 1 forms part of the main coastal route between Victoria and Queensland. The route features a mix of rural highway, arterial and freeway design standards. The route forms part of what is collectively known as Highway 1. It is Australia's coastal highway joining all mainland's state capitals and coastal towns circumnavigating the entire Australian continent. It is also the longest numbered highway in the world, covering more than 14 500 km.

In New South Wales, National Route 1 was truncated by National Highway 1 between Beresfield and Wahroonga, by Metroad 1 between Wahroonga and Waterfall and by M1 at Tweed Heads West.

Southern Section:

The southern section of National Route 1 is formed by 2 separate sections of the Southern Freeway, linked by dual carriageway Mt Ousley Road. At the end of southern segment of the Southern Freeway, National Route continues as Princes Highway. The route from Kiama to Sydney is a mix of divided road and freeway, the majority of the route from Gerringong to the Victorian border is undivided rural highway standard and undivided urban arterial within some towns, with some dual carriageway sections sporadically placed between Bomaderry and tourist areas immediately south of Nowra.

The Princes Highway was formed from a string of roads linking Sydney to the Illawarra, which later was renumbered from National Route 1 to Metroad 1 in the Sydney area during the 1990s.

The Princes Highway section of NR1 formed a coastal route from Yallah, in Wollongong's southern suburbs to Melbourne and into South Australia. The route is a mix of urban arterial road, dual carriageway and also rural highway.

Multiplexes along the route include:

History:

Princes Highway:

This section concentrates on construction photos between Yallah and Gerringong

Preview: Description:
Shellharbour Road:
Incomplete Princes Hwy (NR1) dual carriageway at the Shellharbour Rd (SR151) interchange at Dunmore, September 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign and upgrade works at Dunmore, approaching New Lake Entrance Rd (SR157), September 2009.

Image © Paul Rands

1 Roads and Traffic Authority, Schedule of Classified Roads and State & Regional Roads, 31 January 2011
2 Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Princes Highway Upgrade, Completed Projects, Oak Flats to Dunmore - Realignment of the Princes Highway, Recent Project History
3 Main Roads Board, Annual Report, 1930-31
4 Main Roads Board Annual Report, 1932
5 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1933-34
6 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1936-37
7 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1953-54
8 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1962-63
9 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1964-65
10 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1965-66
11 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1966-67
12 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1967-68
13 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1969-70
14 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1970-71
15 Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Princes Highway Upgrade, Completed Projects, North Kiama Bypass
16 Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Princes Highway Upgrade, Completed Projects, Kiama Bypass Access Rampsd
17 Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Princes Highway Upgrade, Completed Projects, Oak Flats to Dunmore - Realignment of the Princes Highway

Last updated: 30-Jan-2018 17:28

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