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

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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 Southern Expressway (later Freeway) and also Mount Ousley Road, ran between Waterfall in Sydney's south, bypassing Wollongong and ending at Yallah, in the Illawarra's southern suburbs. It is the main route between Sydney and Wollongong, and crosses the Illawarra Escarpment to the narrow coastal strip on which most of the Illawarra suburbs are built.

History:

Southern Freeway:

This page concentrates on historic photos between Gwynneville and Yallah

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Wollongong Bypass:
Part of the alternative route to the Princes Highway being built to bypass the shopping and business centre of Wollongong may be seen passing from the left-hand side to the centre of the photograph. The new road is being built to expressway standards and bridges have been constructed to carry streets over the new road. 1963.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Princes Highway & Bypass:
Junction of the Princes Hwy (near Ghosts Ck) with the southern end of the alternative route to bypass the shopping and business centre of Wollongong. 1963.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Wollongong Bypass:
The alternative route to the Princes Highway constructed to bypass the shopping and business centre of Wollongong is shown on the left of the photograph. The bypass, built to expressway standards, is two miles in length and will ultimately form part of a new north-south arterial road to be constructed from Thirroul to Dapto and beyond. 1964.

Image © Department of Main Roads

West Wollongong:
An aerial view of the section of the North-South Arterial Road between Ghosts Creek and North Wollongong, bypassing the central business district of Wollongong. 1965.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Extension Construction:
Construction in progress on the extension of the North-South Arterial Road (West Wollongong) between Ghosts Creek and Gladstone Avenue Fig Tree, 1967.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Princes Highway:
Princes Hwy interchange (Ghosts Creek Bridge) at West Wollongong, 1968.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Ghosts Creek Bridge:
Landscaping of the grassed slopes adjacent to the Southern Expressway at Wollongong has included the planting of many trees and shrubs. 1971.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Gladstone Avenue:
Aerial shot over Gladstone Avenue at Figtree, 1972. In the foreground is construction of The Avenue bridge and in the background one of several bridges that form the Masters Road interchange.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Mullet Creek:
Construction of bridge over Mullet Creek on a deviation of the Princes Highway between Kembla Grange and Dapto, 1972. This has since been bypassed by the Southern Freeway.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Berkeley Road:
Overlooking the Southern Fwy at the Berkeley Rd overpass at Unanderra, 1974.

Image © Department of Main Roads

The Avenue & Masters Road:
Aerial shot over The Avenue bridge and in the background the Masters Road interchange, shown temporarily connected to Gladstone Avenue, Figtree, 1975.

Image © Department of Main Roads

Princes Highway:
Southern Expwy (NR1 / F6) at Princes Hwy (ALT-NR1) interchange (Ghosts Ck Bridge) at West Wollongong, 1979.

Image © Department of Main Roads

1 Roads and Traffic Authority, Schedule of Classified Roads and State & Regional Roads, 31 January 2011
2 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1945-46
3 Parsons Brinckerhoff, F6 Corridor Public Transport Use Assessment Final Draft Report, September 2004
4 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1958-59
5 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1960-61
6 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1961-62
7 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1965-66
8 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1966-67
9 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1967-68
10 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1969-70
11 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1971-72
12 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1972-73
13 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1973-74
14 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1974-75
15 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1976-77
16 Department of Main Roads, Annual Report, 1977-78

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