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

Road Photos & Information: Queensland

Bruce Highway (National Highway 1) (Decommissioned) - Beerburrum to Nambour

Statistics:

Length: 1679 km (Beerburrum to Nambour: 50 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: Beerburrum, Beerwah, Glenview, Palmview, Tanawha, Forest Glen and Nambour

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 1929: Work starts on Petrie Creek Bridge, Nambour. 2
October 1934: Bruce Highway named after Minister for Works. 3
November 1934: Bruce Highway declared. 4
December 1934: Bruce Highway was officially opened at Glasshouse Mountains. 5 After many years of agitation by the Great North Coast Road Committee, local authorities and the RACQ, the first declaration of the Bruce Highway, between what is now Rothwell and Eumundi was officially opened. 6
June 1939: Bruce Highway between Nambour and Woombye opens. 7
1942: By this time, the route was bitumen sealed between Brisbane and Eumundi. 6
1957: Landsborough to Mooloolah Connection Road Reconstruction completed (4km). Also now former Isis River Bridge completed. 8
1958: Caloundra Road to Sippy Creek Reconstruction completed (3.7km). Mooloolah Connection Road to Caloundra Road Reconstruction completed, including channelised Calounda Road junction (3.2km). 8
1960: Sippy Creek to Crosby Hill Road Reconstruction including channelised Crosby Hill Road junction completed (2.8km). 8
1961: Tanawha deviation (old route now Main Creek Road) completed (2.4km). Work began on the Landsborough Bypass. 8
1962: Eudlo Creek to Maroochydore Road Reconstruction including Eudlo Creek Bridge and channelised Maroochydore Road junction completed. 8 By this time, the highway was bitumen sealed between Brisbane and Cairns. 6
June 1962: Construction completed on Landsborough Bypass, which became the first section of limited-access road on the Bruce Highway. 8
November 1963: Construction begun on first four lane section with the Maroochy Shire Council region. 9
July 1968: Beerburrum to Glasshouse Mountains reconstruction completed. 8
1969: Glasshouse Mountains to Beerwah reconstruction completed. 8
1974: National Route 1 replaced by National Highway as part of the Federal National Highway funding program.
May 1982: Upgrade work to improve Woombye turn-off from Bruce Highway. 10
9 December 1985: Bruce Highway deviated around the Glass House Mountains region. 11
2005: M1 was extended to take in the Bruce Highway from Bald Hills to Cooroy, replacing National Highway 1.

Beerburrum to Nambour		Nambour to Beerburrum
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	Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign: Freeway green AD sign at Palmview approaching the Sunshine Mwy (SR70) interchange, March 2006. Click here for a photo fo this location by Rob Tilley from April 2005. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: Southbound AD sign showing access to Bruce Hwy (NH1) on Farrell St (Old Bruce Hwy) (former NH1) approaching Fleming St and Old Gympie Rd in Yandina, April 2011. Image © Rob Tilley
	Freeway Green Advance Directional Sign: Freeway green AD sign at Palmview approaching the Sunshine Mwy (SR70) interchange, March 2006. Click here for a photo fo this location by Rob Tilley from April 2005. Image © Paul Rands		Caloundra Road & Glass House Mountains Road: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the interchange with Caloundra Rd (SR6) and Glass House Mtns Rd (SR6 / TD25) at Palmview, April 2005. Glass House Mtns Rd is now named Steve Irwin Way and is a former Bruce Hwy alignment. Image © Rob Tilley
	Sippy Creek Road: Bruce Hwy (NH1) at the Sippy Ck Rd junction at Palmview, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Freeway Green Intersection Directional Sign: Freeway green ID sign at the Sunshine Mwy (NH1) interchange at Palmview, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Tanawha, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Chevallum on the off ramp to Chevallum Rd and Mons Rd (TD25), November 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Chevallum approaching Maroochydore Rd (SR8), April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Woombye, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
Click here for the contination of National Highway 1 between Nambour and Gympie Click here for the continuation of National Highway 1 between Bald Hills and Beerburrum

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 Nambour Chronicle, 21 December 1934
6 Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, North Coast Roadside Rest Areas
7 Nambour Chronicle, 16 June 1939
8 Tyler Bullock
9 Nambour Chronicle, 8 November 1963
10 Nambour Chronicle, 20 May 1982
11 Sam Laybutt (Ozroads)

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