Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
Pacific Motorway, Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Gore Hill Freeway, Warringah Freeway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Eastern Distributor, Southern Cross Drive, General Holmes Drive, The Grand Parade, President Avenue, Princes Highway and Princes Motorway (M1 / A1)
Queensland Border To Brunswick Heads
Construction Photos
Statistics:
- Length:
- 1333 km
- Termini:
- Northern: Queensland Border at Tweed Heads, continues as Pacific Motorway (M1)
- Southern: Victorian Border at Timbillica, continues as Princes Highway (A1)
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Billinudgel, Yelgun, Crabbes Creek, Sleepy Hollow, Round Mountain, Duranbah, Chinderah, Banora Point, Tweed Heads South and Tweed Heads West
Route Numbering:
- Current: M1
- Former: 1
- Road authority internal classification: 6003 (Wahroonga to Beresfield and Brunswick Heads to Queensland border) 1
General Information:
Pacific Motorway is broken into several sections.
The northernmost sections run between Port Macquarie through to the Queensland border, and features several tunnels, including Yelgun and Tweed Heads. The latter travels under Coolangatta Airport. In that segment, the route through the Coffs Harbour area is signposted as Pacific Hwy (A1), whilst the rest is signposted as Pacific Mwy (M1).
History:
- December 1996: Chinderah Bypass, 5.7 km in length, opened to traffic. 2
- June 1998: Partial opening of Brunswick Heads Bypass
- August 2002: Yelgun to Chinderah Freeway, 28.6 km in length, opened to traffic. 3
- April 2006: Construction commences on Tugun Bypass. 4
- 11 July 2007: Brunswick Heads Bypass. 8.6 km in length, opened to traffic.
- 2 June 2008: Tugun Bypass opens to traffic. 5 The route consists of dual two-lane carriageway, interchanges, four bridges, and a 350m twin-tube tunnel under the Gold Coast airport runway. 6
- 1 May 2009: New South Wales Government Gazette shows the internal classification of HW10 has been shifted from Pacific Hwy (now Gold Coast Hwy) onto Tugun Bypass. 7
- December 2009: Work begins on re-routing of Pacific Highway through Banora Point. 8
- September 2012: Completion of the Banora Point upgrade. 8
This page concentrates on construction photos of the Tugun Bypass.
Brunswick Heads to QLD Border
Construction Sign:
Construction sign on Pacific Hwy at Tweed Heads South, July 2007.
Image © Paul Rands
Construction Zone:
Northbound on Pacific Hwy at Tweed Heads at the Tugun Bypass construction area, July 2007.
Image © Paul Rands
Construction Zone:
Northbound on Pacific Hwy at Tweed Heads at the Tugun Bypass construction area, July 2007.
Image © Paul Rands
Construction Zone:
Northbound on Pacific Hwy at Tweed Heads West at the Tugun Bypass construction area, March 2007.
Image © Dave Whiteman
2 Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Pacific Highway Upgrade, Ballina To Tweed Heads, Completed Projects, Chinderah Bypass
3 Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Pacific Highway Upgrade, Ballina To Tweed Heads, Completed projects, Yelgun to Chinderah
4 Roads & Traffic Authority, Annual Report 2006
5 Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Media Release, Tugun Bypass To Open, 11 April 2008
6 Engineers Australia / Queensland Division, Engineering Excellence Awards, Winners, High Commendations and Category Entrants, 14 September 2007
7 Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales Government Gazette, 1 May 2009
8 Roads and Maritime Services, Projects, Pacific Highway Upgrade, Ballina To Tweed Heads, Banora Point