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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)

Nowra to Ulladulla

Statistics:

Length:: 1333 km (Nowra to Ulladulla: 64 km)
Termini:: Northern: Northern: Pacific Mwy (M1), Tweed Heads, at the NSW / QLD Border; Southern: Southern: Princes Hwy (A1), Timbillica, at the NSW / VIC Border
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:: South Nowra, Falls Creek, Tomerong, Wandandian, Jerrawangala, Conjola, Yatte Yattah, Milton, Mollymook and Ulladulla

Route Numbering:

Current: A1
Former: 1
Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹: HW1 (Victorian border to Yallah and Waterfall to Kogarah)

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.

Princes Highway:

The Princes Highway was formed from a string of roads linking Sydney to the Illawarra, and then forming a coastal route to Melbourne and into South Australia. The section covered by A1 is in 2 pieces - between Kogarah and Waterfall in Sydney, and then Kiama near Wollongong through to the Victorian Border. The route is a mix of urban arterial road, dual carriageway and also rural highway.

History:

Princes Highway:: 1881: Construction of the Nowra Bridge over the Shoalhaven River.; 17 June 1926: The Princes Highway comes under a federal and state government £ for £ funding scheme, thus recognizing the importance of the highway as major route.; August 1920: Official opening of Princes Highway performed at Warragul in Victoria. The formation of the Princes Highway is from existing roads being renamed, after the visit to Australia in 1920 of the Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VIII, and after abdicating, the Duke of Windsor).; 11 July 1928: Princes Highway became a state highway. ²; 1936: Construction of deviations between Nowra and Batemans Bay, other deviations in this period include various sites including Tomerong, Stewarts and Luncheon Creeks, Myrtle Gully, Conjola, Ulladulla (East Lynne to Batemans Bay), straightening of highway between Nowra and Batemans Bay, including 22 new concrete bridges in that section.; 1939: By the middle of the year, 300 miles (or 50% of the then highway) had been paved with bituminous surface.; 1981: Duplication of Nowra Bridge.; 16 March 2008: Work started on upgrading Princes Hwy to 4 lanes between Forest Road at South Nowra and Jervis Bay Road at Falls Creek. ³; November 2011: Construction on the upgrade started at South Nowra to provide consistent four lane conditions on the Princes Highway between Bomaderry and Jervis Bay Road. ⁴

Ulladulla to Nowra

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Turpentine Rd at Tomerong, approaching Princes Hwy (A1), December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing Turpentine Rd at Tomerong, at the junction with Princes Hwy (A1), December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

Nowra to Ulladulla

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at South Nowra, approaching Hillcrest Av, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Entering South Nowra:

Princes Hwy (A1) as it enters South Nowra, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at South Nowra approaching Browns Rd and Flinders Rd, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:

RD sign at South Nowra, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at South Nowra on the Central Av roundabout, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at Comberton on the Warra Warra Rd roundabout, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Comberton, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Comberton approaching BTU Rd, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign at Comberton approaching BTU Rd, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW BTU Road:

Princes Hwy (A1) at the BTU Rd intersection in Comberton, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Forest Rd, Comberton, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Forest Rd, Comberton, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Entering Falls Creek:

Princes Hwy (A1) as it enters Falls Creek, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Parma Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Parma Rd at Falls Ck, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Falls Ck approaching Jervis Bay Rd, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Falls Ck approaching Jervis Bay Rd, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign at Falls Ck approaching Jervis Bay Rd, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

Jervis Bay Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Jervis Bay Rd, Falls Creek, December 2013.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Jervis Bay Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Jervis Bay Rd at Falls Ck, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

UPDATED Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Falls Creek, May 2017. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2013.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Tomerong approaching Hawken Rd, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Turpentine Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Turpentine Rd at Tomerong, May 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign at Tomerong, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign approaching Island Point Rd at Tomerong, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Island Point Rd at Tomerong, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Island Point Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Island Point Rd at Tomerong, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Tomerong, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW The Wool Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and The Wool Rd at Basin View, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Entering Wandandian:

Princes Hwy (A1) as it enters the small town of Wandandian, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Sussex Inlet Rd at Tullarwalla, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Sussex Inlet Rd at Tullarwalla, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign at Tullarwalla, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign at Mondayong, approaching Bendalong Rd, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Mondayong, approaching Bendalong Rd, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Bendalong Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Bendalong Rd at Mondayong, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

UPDATED Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign at Conjola, December 2017.

Image © Paul Rands

NEW Conjola Mountain Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Conjola Mtn Rd at Conjola. Conjola Mtn Rd is the former Princes Hwy alignment through this area, December 2017.

NEW Entering Conjola:

Princes Hwy (A1) entering the small town of Conjola, December 2017.

NEW Porters Creek Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Porters Ck Rd at Yatte Yattah, December 2017.

NEW Entering Yatte Yattah:

Princes Hwy (A1) entering the town of Yatte Yattah, December 2017.

NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign approaching Lake Conjola Entrance Rd at Yatte Yattah, December 2017.

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Lake Conjola Entrance Rd at Yatte Yattah, December 2017.

NEW Lake Conjola Entrance Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Lake Conjola Ent Rd at Yatte Yattah, December 2017.

NEW Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign at Yatte Yattah, December 2017.

NEW Little Forest Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Little Forest Rd at Little Forest, December 2017.

NEW Entering Milton:

Princes Hwy (A1) as it enters the town of Milton, December 2017.

Milton:

Princes Hwy (A1) as it passes through the town of Milton, December 2013.

NEW Matron Porter Drive and Croobyar Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1), Matron Porter Dr and Croobyar Rd at Milton, December 2017.

Entering Ulladulla:

Princes Hwy (A1) as it enters the Ulladulla urban area, December 2013.

NEW Illet Street:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Illet St, Mollymook, December 2017.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Golf Av, Ulladulla, December 2013.

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Ulladulla approaching St Vincent Av, December 2017.

Ulladulla Town Centre:

Princes Hwy (A1) as it passes through the town of Ulladulla, December 2013.

NEW Kings Point Drive:

Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Kings Pt Rd at Ulladulla, December 2017.

Click or tap here for the continuation of M1 / A1 between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay
Click or tap here for the continuation of M1 between Gerringong and Nowra

¹ NSW Government, Transport for NSW, Schedule of Classified Roads And State and Regional Roads, July 2022.
² Main Roads Board, Annual Report, Volume 1, Number 1, September 1929.
³ Roads & Maritime Services, Projects, Southern region, Completed projects, Forest Road to Jervis Bay Road.
⁴ Roads & Maritime Services, Projects, Princes Highway upgrade, Nangudga Lake Bridge replacement.