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)
Cobargo to Bega
Statistics:
- Length:
- 1333 km (Cobargo to Bega: 40 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:
- Quaama, Brogo, Greendale, Stony Creek and Bega
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.
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:
- 7 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).
- 1 July 1928: Princes Highway became a state highway. 2
- 1939: By the middle of the year, 300 miles (or 50% of the then highway) had been paved with bituminous surface.
- June 2012: Work commenced on Bega Bypass. 3
Bega to Cobargo
NEW Services Sign:
Services sign at Bega approaching Newtown Rd (former Princes Hwy), December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign near Newtown Rd at Bega for Buckajo Rd and Lagoon St, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Services Sign:
Services sign at Bega approaching Carp St (former Princes Hwy), December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on the High St overpass at Bega approaching Carp St (former Princes Hwy), December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Snowy Mountains Hwy (B72) at Stony Creek, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
Cobargo to Bega
NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign after Snowy Mountains Hwy (B72) at Stony Creek, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Bega, approaching Lagoon St and Buckajo Rd, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Services Sign:
Services sign at Bega, approaching Carp St, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Bega near Bega River, approaching Carp St, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
UPDATED Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Bega, approaching Carp St, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at Bega, facing Newtown Rd, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Bega, after Newtown Rd, December 2018.
Image © Paul Rands
2 Main Roads Board, Annual Report, Volume 1, Number 1, September 1929.
3 Roads & Maritime Services, Bega Bypass, Community Update, December 2012.