Road Photos & Information: Queensland: Gold Coast Highway (State Route 2) - NSW Border to Surfers Paradise

Road Photos & Information: Queensland

Gold Coast Highway (State Route 2) - NSW Border to Surfers Paradise - Remnant Signage: NSW Border to Tugun

Statistics:

Length: 38 km (NSW Border to Tugun: 4 km)
Northern Terminus: Pacific Mwy (M1) at Helensvale
Southern Terminus: Gold Coast Hwy (SR2) in Bilinga at NSW Border
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Bilinga & Tugun

Route Numbering:

Current:
Former:
Road Authority Internal Classification: 11B (Broadbeach to NSW Border) 1

General Information:

The Gold Coast Highway is the former Pacific Highway route between the NSW border and Helensvale.

The route is a mix of divided and undivided urban highway, which passes mostly along the coast, right through the heart of the Gold Coast. The route passes through light industrial areas, as well as commercial, residential and tourist areas.

In 2008, State Route 2 was extended between Tugun and NSW Border, replacing National Route 1. This page covers remnant signage after the route number changed.

History:

December 1930: The main South Coast Road, which had originally been built as a series of small roads linking the dairying and sugar farms south of Brisbane to the main railway line, became the Pacific Highway. 2
1985: Tweed Heads Bypass, Coolangatta Airport to Kennedy Dr, opened to traffic. 3
3 June 2008: Tugun Bypass opens to traffic. National Route 1 shifted from the routing between NSW Border and Tugun. 4
February 2011: Construction of a new intersection north of the Bilinga Interchange that will provide northbound traffic with a right-turn lane direct to Coolangatta Road from the old Pacific Highway Tweed bypass. 5

Preview:	Description:
	Distance Sign: Old Pacific Highway reassurance directional sign at Bilinga, February 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tugun for the what is now the Stewart Av intersection, February 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tugun for the what is now the Stewart Av intersection, February 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tugun for the what is now the Stewart Av intersection, February 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Former Pacific Highway & Gold Coast Highway Junction: Pacific Hwy from this junction to Pacific Mwy (M1) was renamed to Stewart Av, February 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Former Pacific Highway & Gold Coast Highway Junction: Pacific Hwy from this junction to Pacific Mwy (M1) was renamed to Stewart Av, February 2009. Image © Rob Tilley

1 Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, South Coast Region: front
2 Transport and Main Roads, From Bulldust to Beef Roads and Beyond: Main Roads –The first 50 years
3 Sam Laybutt (Ozroads)
4 Courier Mail, Tugun bypass opens - finally, 3 June 2008
5 Transport and Main Roads, Projects, Gold Coast Highway Southern Corridor – Bilinga Interchange Proposed Works

Last updated: 04-Aug-2019 0:57

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