Expressway - The Australian Highway Site: Road Photos & Information: QLD: M1 / A1 (Gin Gin to Gladstone)

Road Photos & Information: Queensland

Pacific Motorway, Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway (M1 / A1)

Gin Gin to Gladstone

Statistics:

Length:: 1802 km (Gin Gin to Gladstone: 147 km)
Termini:: Northern: Draper St (unnumbered), Portsmith; Southern: NSW Border at Tugun
Miscellaneous:: Continues as Pacific Mwy (M1) in NSW
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:: Gin Gin, Monduran, Kolonga, Gindoran, Colosseum, Miriam Vale, Bororen, Iveragh and Benaraby

Route Numbering:

Current: A1
Former: A1 1 1
Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹: 10E (Benaraby to Rockhampton

General Information:

The M1 / A1 corridor is the main coastal route from the NSW border to the northern tip of the east coast of Australia, and links major cities and towns with Brisbane, and beyond the NSW border, Sydney.

Bruce Highway:

Formerly known as the Great North Coast Road, the Bruce Highway is named after former Minister of Public Works, Henry Bruce ² and connects Brisbane with all coastal regions north of the city.

The route is freeway standard from the Gateway Motorway interchange to Curra, north of Cooroy. From there, the route alternates between single and dual carriageway, and passes through rural, residential, industrial and commercial areas.

History:

Bruce Highway:: October 1934: Bruce Highway named after Minister for Works. ³; November 1934: Bruce Highway declared. ⁴; 1962: By this time, the highway was bitumen sealed between Brisbane and Cairns. ⁵

Gin Gin to Gladstone

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing John Clifford Way at Lowmead, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Lowmead, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Blackmans Gap Road:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Blackmans Gap Rd in Miriam Vale, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign at Miriam Vale for the junction with Baffle Creek Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Miriam Vale for the junction with Baffle Creek Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Baffle Creek Road:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Baffle Ck Rd in Miriam Vale, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

RD sign at Miriam Vale after Baffle Creek Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Entering Bororen:

Bruce Hwy (A1) as it enters the town of Bororen, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign near Marshall St in Bororen, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

RD Sign:

Reassurance directional sign at Bororen, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Pages Road:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Pages Rd at Foreshores, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Tannum Sands Rd in Tannum Sands, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Tannum Sands Road:

ID sign assembly at the junction with Tannum Sands Rd in Tannum Sands, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

RD sign near Station Creek at Tannum Sands, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign showing route through Gladstone via Port Curtis Way (SR58) at Benaraby, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Port Curtis Way (SR58) at Benaraby, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Port Curtis Way:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Port Curtis Way (SR58) at Benaraby, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Port Curtis Way:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Port Curtis Way (SR58) at Benaraby, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Gladstone to Gin Gin

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing Port Curtis Way (SR58) at Benaraby, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign at Benaraby, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Tannum Sands Rd at Tannum Sands, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Tannum Sands Road:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Tannum Sands Rd in Tannum Sands, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

RD sign at Tannum Sands, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign at Bororen, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign at Miriam Vale approaching Baffle Ck Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Miriam Vale approaching Baffle Ck Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Baffle Creek Road:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Baffle Ck Rd at Miriam Vale, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Baffle Ck Rd at Miriam Vale approaching Bruce Hwy (A1), January 2014.

Image © Terry Siva

Distance Sign:

Distance sign at Miriam Vale, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Blackmans Gap Rd in Miriam Vale, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Reassurance directional Sign at Miriam Vale, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Kalpower Rd in Kolonga, June 2010.

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign assembly at the corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Kalpower Rd at Kolonga, June 2010.

Distance Sign:

RD sign at Kolonga, June 2010.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Monduran Dam Rd at Monduram, June 2010.

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Monduran, June 2010.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Gin Gin-Mt Perry Rd at Gin Gin, June 2010.

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner of Gin Gin-Mount Perry Rd in Gin Gin, June 2010.

Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:

Supplemental AD sign at Gin Gin approaching Bundaberg-Gin Gin Rd (SR3), June 2010.

Milden Street:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Milden St in Gin Gin, June 2010.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Gin Gin approaching Bundaberg-Gin Gin Rd (SR3), June 2019. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by January 2014 from Terry Siva.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Gin Gin approaching Bundaberg-Gin Gin Rd (SR3), June 2019. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Rob Tilley from June 2010.

Bundaberg-Gin Gin Road:

Corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Bundaberg-Gin Gin Rd (SR3) at Gin Gin, June 2019. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Rob Tilley from June 2010.

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner of Bruce Hwy (A1) and Bundaberg-Gin Gin Rd (SR3) at Gin Gin, June 2010.

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Gin Gin, June 2019.

Distance Sign:

RD sign as Bruce Hwy (A1) leaves Gin Gin, January 2014. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by June 2010 by Rob Tilley.

Click or tap here for the continuation of A1 between Gladstone and Bowen
Click or tap here for the continuation of A1 between Maryborough and Gin Gin

¹ QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, The State Road Network of Queensland, 30 June 2010.
² QLD Government, Bulldust, Beef and Beyond.
³ Nambour Chronicle, 26 October 1934.
⁴ Nambour Chronicle, 23 November 1934.
⁵ QLD Government, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, North Coast Roadside Rest Areas.