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)
Bega to Victorian Border
Statistics:
- Length:
- 1333 km (Bega to VIC Border: 100 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:
- Wolumla, Yellow Pinch, Millingandi, Pambula, South Pambula, Greigs Flat, Eden, Boydtown, Kiah, Narrabarba and Timbillica
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
- 2007: Commencement of construction of a new crossing of the Pambula River.
- 16 March 2008: Replacement bridge over Pambula River opened to traffic. 3
Victorian Border to Bega
NSW-VIC Border:
Princes Hwy (A1) crossing from Victoria into New South Wales at Timbilica, December 2013.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at the NSW-VIC Border at Timbilica, December 2013.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Quarantine Bay Road:
Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, May 2011.
Image © Paul Rands
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Nethercote Rd at Eden, May 2011.
Image © Paul Rands
Bega to Victorian Border
Pambula:
Princes Hwy (A1) as it passes through the town of Pambula, December 2013.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, May 2011.
Image © Paul Rands
Quarantine Bay Road:
Corner of Princes Hwy (A1) and Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, May 2011.
Image © Paul Rands
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Quarantine Bay Rd at Eden, May 2011.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Narrabarba approaching Imlay Rd, December 2013.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Victoria Border:
Princes Hwy (A1) at Timbillica as it crosses the border into Victoria, December 2013.
Image © Michael Greenslade
2 Main Roads Board, Annual Report, Volume 1, Number 1, September 1929.
3 Roads & Maritime Services, Projects, Southern region, Completed projects, Pambula River Bridge.