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)
Maclean to South Grafton
Statistics:
- Length:
- 1333 km (Maclean to South Grafton: 37 km)
- Termini:
- Northern: Pacific Mwy (M1), Tweed Heads, at the NSW / QLD Border
- Southern: Princes Hwy (A1), Timbillica, at the NSW / VIC Border
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Gullmurrad, Tyndale, Tucabia and Pillar Valley
Route Numbering:
- Current: M1
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- HW10
General Information:
M1 / A1 is the principal coastal route through New South Wales, and forms part of the circumferential route around Australia.
The route varies greatly along its length and includes sections of rural highway, urban arterial road, divided rural highway and also motorway. The route also features several tunnels, located in the inner east, inner south and lower northern suburbs of Sydney and at Yelgun and Tweed Heads, at the northern end of the route in NSW. The route passes through forest, rural, residential, commercial and industrial areas.
History:
- 17 May 1929: The route was named as the Great Northern Highway.
- May 1931: After pressure from the Queensland Government, the coastal highway linking Sydney and Brisbane was named Pacific Hwy.
- 1939: Two thirds of the Pacific Highway was bitumen. 2
- January 1996: The NSW State Government and the Federal Government agreed to jointly fund the $2.2 billion Pacific Highway Upgrading Program over a period of 10 years. The NSW State Government was to provide $1.6 billion and the Federal Government $600 million.
- May 2000: Tyndale Realignment, 1 km in length, opened to traffic.
Click or tap here for the former alignment between Maclean and South Grafton
South Grafton To Maclean
NEW Wooli Road:
Pacific Mwy at Pillar Valley passing under Wooli Rd, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Firth Heinz Road:
Pacific Mwy at Tucabia passing under Firth Heinz Rd, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Bostock Road:
Pacific Hwy (M1) passing under Bostock Rd at Tucabia, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Tyndale, approaching Big River Way (B76) (former Pacific Hwy), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Tyndale approaching Big River Way (B76), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Tyndale approaching Big River Way (B76), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Big River Way Interchange:
Pacific Mwy (M1) at the Big River Way (B76) interchange, Tyndale, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Big River Way Interchange:
Pacific Mwy (M1) at the Big River Way (B76) interchange, Tyndale, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Big River Way Interchange:
Pacific Mwy (M1) at the Big River Way (B76) interchange, Tyndale, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Tyndale, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Byrons Lane:
Pacific Hwy (M1) passing under Byrons Ln, Tyndale, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW McIntyres Lane:
Pacific Hwy (M1) passing under McIntyres Ln, Gulmarrad, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Gulmarrad approaching Cameron St, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Bypassed Town Sign:
Bypassed town sign at Gulmarrad approaching Cameron St, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Gulmarrad approaching Cameron St, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
Maclean To South Grafton
NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Gulmarrad, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW McIntyres Lane:
Pacific Mwy (M1) passing under McIntyres Ln at Gulmarrad, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Tyndale, approaching Big River Way (B76) (former Pacific Hwy), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Bypassed Town Sign:
Bypassed town sign at Tyndale, approaching Big River Way (B76) (former Pacific Hwy), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Services Sign:
Services sign at Tyndale approaching Big River Way (B76), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Tyndale, approaching Big River Way (B76) (former Pacific Hwy), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Tyndale, approaching Big River Way (B76) (former Pacific Hwy), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Tyndale, approaching Big River Way (B76) (former Pacific Hwy), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Big River Way Interchange:
Pacific Mwy (M1) at Tyndale, at the interchange with Big River Way (B76), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Big River Way Interchange:
Pacific Mwy (M1) at Tyndale, at the interchange with Big River Way (B76), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Big River Way Interchange:
Pacific Mwy (M1) at Tyndale, at the interchange with Big River Way (B76), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Tyndale:
Pacific Mwy (M1) at Tyndale, after the interchange with Big River Way (B76), October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Tyndale, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Crowleys Road:
Pacific Mwy (M1) passing under Crowleys Rd at Tyndale, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Firth Heinz Road:
Pacific Mwy (M1) passing under Firth Heinz Rd at Pillar Valley, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Wooli Road:
Pacific Mwy (M1) passing under Wooli Rd at Pillar Valley, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Coldstream River:
Pacific Mwy (M1) passing over Coldstream River at Pillar Valley, October 2020.
Image © Paul Rands
2 Department of Main Roads, The Roadmakers, A History of Main Roads in New South Wales, ISBN 0 7240 0439 4.