Road Photos & Information: New South Wales: Pacific Motorway, Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Gore Hill Freeway, Warringah Freeway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Cahill Expressway, Eastern Distributor, Southern Cross Drive, General Holmes Drive, The Grand Parade, President Avenue, Princes Highway & Princes Motorway (M1 / A1)

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M1 A1

Pacific Motorway, Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Gore Hill Freeway, Warringah Freeway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Cahill Expressway, Eastern Distributor, Southern Cross Drive, General Holmes Drive, The Grand Parade, President Avenue, Princes Highway & Princes Motorway (M1 / A1) - Gwynneville to Yallah

Statistics:

Length: 1354 km (Gwynneville to Yallah: 19 km)
Northern Terminus: Queensland Border at Tweed Heads, continues as Pacific Motorway (M1)
Southern Terminus: Victorian Border at Timbillica, continues as Princes Highway (A1)
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Yallah, Dapto, Kembla Grange, Kanahooka, Berkeley, Unanderra, Figtree, Mt St Thomas, Mangerton, West Wollongong, Keiraville and Gwynneville

Route Numbering:

Current: M1

Former:
Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 6006 (Yallah to Gwynneville and Bulli Tops to Waterfall)

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 Motorway:

The Princes Motorway started life as the Southern Expressway (later Freeway) and also Mount Ousley Road, and runs between Waterfall, bypassing Wollongong and ending at Yallah, in the Illawarra's southern suburbs. It is the main route between Sydney and Wollongong, and crosses the Illawarra Escarpment to the narrow coastal strip on which most of the Illawarra suburbs are built.

History:

Princes Motorway:

March 1964: Mount Ousley Road was connected to the now former F6 Freeway at Gwynneville

Preview:	Description:
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Berkeley after Five Islands Rd interchange, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Northcliffe Dr at Berkeley approaching the Princes Mwy (M1) interchange, August 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on the interchange of Northcliffe Dr and Princes Mwy (M1) at Berkeley, August 2013. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Dapto approaching Fowlers Rd, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the corner of Princes Hwy and Fowlers Rd, Dapto for access to Princes Mwy (M1). June 2012. Image © Paul Rands
	Princes Highway: Princes Mwy (M1) as it crosses Princes Hwy at Dapto, December 2013. The reservation in the distance is for the overpass for the Albion Park Rail bypass. Image © Michael Greenslade
Click here for the continuation of the route as Princes Highway (A1) between Yallah and Gerringong Click here for the continuation of the Princes Motorway (A1) between Waterfall and Gwynneville

Last updated: 22-Dec-2019 18:14

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