Road Photos & Information: Queensland: Bruce Highway (National Highway 1) (Decommissioned)

Road Photos & Information: Queensland

Bruce Highway (National Highway 1) (Decommissioned) - Bald Hills to Beerburrum

Statistics:

Length: 1679 km (Bald Hills to Beerburrum: 36 km)
Northern Terminus: Captain Cook Hwy (NR1), Florence St and Sheridan St, Cairns
Southern Terminus: Gateway Motorway (Metroad 1) and Gympie Arterial Rd (Metroad 3) at Bald Hills
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Bald Hills, Burpengary, Caboolture and Beerburrum

Route Numbering:

Current: M1

Former:
Road Authority Internal Classification: 10A (Bald Hills to Gympie) 1

General Information:

The Highway 1 corridor is the main coastal route from the NSW border to the northern tip of the east coast of Australia, and links major cities and towns with Brisbane, and beyond the NSW border, Sydney.

Bruce Highway is named after former Minister of Public Works, Henry Bruce and connects Brisbane with all coastal regions north of the city.

The route is freeway standard from the Gateway Motorway interchange to Curra, north of Cooroy. From there, the route alternates between single and dual carriageway, and passes through rural, residential, industrial and commercial areas.

History:

October 1934: Bruce Highway named after Minister for Works. 3
November 1934: Bruce Highway declared. 4
1942: By this time, the route was bitumen sealed between Brisbane and Eumundi. 5
March 1965: Construction of Stage 1 of Caboolture Bypass (Burpengary to Bribie Island Road) commenced. 6
August 1966: Completion of Stage 1 of Caboolture Bypass. 6
July 1968: Beerburrum to Glasshouse Mountains reconstruction completed. 6
January 1969: Stage 2 of Caboolture Bypass (Pumicestone Road to Beerburrum) completed. 6
1972: Work begins on the Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation. The new route took traffic from Gympie Road at Bald Hills to Uhlmann Road at Burpengary along a much more superior alignment which was also constructed to four lanes. 7
August 1970: Stage 3 Caboolture Bypass (Bribie Island Road to Pumicestone Road) completed. 6
April 1970: Work on the Pumicestone Road interchange commenced. 6
October 1970: Pumicestone Road interchange completed. 6
1974: National Route 1 replaced by National Highway as part of the Federal National Highway funding program.
10 November 1977: The Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation was officially opened. 7
2005: M1 was extended to take in the Bruce Highway from Bald Hills to Cooroy, replacing National Highway 1.

Bald Hills to Beerburrum		Beerburrum to Bald Hills
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	Start of Bruce Highway: Sign north of the Gateway Mwy (Metroad 1) and Gympie Arterial Rd (Metroad 3) interchange and the North Pine River bridge at Murrumba Downs indicating the beginning of Bruce Hwy, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade		Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Elimbah, May 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Kallangur, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade		Pumicestone Road: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the Pumicestone Rd interchange at Elimbah, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign: Freeway Green AD sign at Burpengary approaching Progress Rd interchange, October 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade		Freeway Green Reassurance Directional Sign: Freeway Green distance sign at Caboolture, May 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Morayfield Road: Bruce Hwy (NH1) as passes under Uhlmann Rd & Morayfield Rd (SR60) at Burpengary, March 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Caboolture approaching Bribie Island Rd (SR85) and D'Aguilar Hwy (SR85), May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Beerburrum, November 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade		Bribie Island Road / D'Aguilar Highway Interchange: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the Bribie Island Rd (SR85) and D'Aguilar Hwy (SR85) interchange at Caboolture, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Service Centre: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the Service Centre at Morayfield, March 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Freeway Green Sign: Freeway green and standard green ID signs at the Deception Bay Rd interchange at Burpengary, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Morayfield approaching Buchanans Rd, March 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Deception Bay Rd approaching Bruce Hwy (NH1) interchange at Burpengary, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Buchanans Road: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the Buchanans Rd interchange, Morayfield, October 2005. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Deception Bay Rd on Bruce Hwy (NH1) interchange at Burpengary, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Caboolture approaching Bribie Island Rd (SR85) and D'Aguilar Hwy (SR85), March 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly facing Old Gympie Rd at Burpengary at the junction with Deception Bay Rd, New Settlement Rd and Bruce Hwy (NH1) interchange, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign Supplemental AD sign at Morayfield approaching Bribie Island Rd (SR85) and D'Aguilar Hwy (SR85), March 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Mango Hill approaching Anzac Av (SR71), May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	D'Aguilar Highway / Bribie Island Road Interchange: D'Aguilar Hwy (King St) (SR85) at the interchange with Bruce Hwy (NH1) and Bribie Island Rd (SR85) at Caboolture, July 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade		Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Mango Hill, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Caboolture approaching the Pumicestone Rd interchange, March 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Griffin, approaching Gateway Mwy (Metroad 1) and Gympie Arterial Rd (Metroad 3), May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Pumicestone Road: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the Pumicestone Rd interchange, Caboolture, March 2006. Image © Paul Rands		Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign: Freeway Green AD sign at Griffin, approaching Gateway Mwy (Metroad 1) and Gympie Arterial Rd (Metroad 3), May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Pumicestone Rd at Caboolture approaching Bruce Hwy (NH1), May 2005. Note the incorrect font for the town names, it should be identical to the Nambour legend. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Pumicestone Rd at Caboolture approaching Bruce Hwy (NH1), May 2005. Note the incorrect font for the town names, it should be identical to the Nambour legend. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Black & Freeway Green Intersection Directional Sign: Black and freeway green ID signs on Pumicestone Rd at the Bruce Hwy (NH1) interchange in Caboolture, May 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Elimbah approaching Glass House Mountains Rd (TD24), March 2006. TD24 is now named Steve Irwin Way and is a former alignment of Bruce Hwy. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Glenview approaching Caloundra Rd (SR6) and Glass House Mountains Rd (SR 6 / TD24), March 2006. Image © Paul Rands
	Glass House Mountains Road & Caloundra Road: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the interchange with Caloundra Rd (SR6) and Glass House Mountains Rd (SR 6 / TD24) at Glenview, March 2006. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the off ramp to Glass House Mountains Rd (SR6 / TD24) and Caloundra Rd (SR6) at Glenview, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on the northbound on ramp to Bruce Hwy (NH1) from Glass House Mountains Rd (SR6 / TD24) and Caloundra Rd (SR6) at Glenview, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
Click here for the continuation of NH1 between Beerburrum and Nambour

1 Department of Transport and Main Roads, The State Road Network of Queensland, 30 June 2010
2 Nambour Chronicle, 4 October 1929
3 Nambour Chronicle, 8 November 1929
3 Nambour Chronicle, 26 October 1934
4 Nambour Chronicle, 23 November 1934
5 Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, North Coast Roadside Rest Areas
6 Tyler Bullock
7 Caboolture in the 70s

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