Length:

2941 km (Geraldton to Carnarvon: 466 km)

Termini:

Northern: Great Northern Hwy (NH1 and NH95), Mundabullangana (near Port Hedland)

Southern: Eyre Hwy (NH1) and Coolgardie-Esperance Hwy (NR94), Norseman

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Howatharra, Isseka, Northampton, Binnu, Ajana, Galena, Wannoo and Carnarvon

Current: None

General Information:

National Route 1 is a mostly somewhat coastal route in Western Australia. In some cases it travels quite close to the coast and the Indian and Southern Oceans and at other times it is further inland, but still generally following the coastline.

The quality of the route varies from rural 2 lane highway to multi-lane suburban arterial road and also freeway standard.

Tourist Way 354, for 87 km, between Geraldton and Ajana

North West Coastal Highway:

October 2001: Work starts on replacement bridge over the Gascoyne River at Carnarvon to replace the single lane bridge that was built in 1931 from concrete, steel and timber. The works included the construction of a new two-lane bridge with a two-metre wide pedestrian and cycle path, and improvements, including road widening and reconstruction of North West Coastal Highway from south of the Gascoyne River to just north of the Blowholes Road turn-off, a distance of 12.5 km. ¹

2012: Upgrade of the intersection of North West Coastal Highway and Speedway Road, Carnarvon. The works included reconstruction and widening of North West Coastal Highway to accommodate turn pockets into Speedway Road, in addition to widening and sealing part of Speedway Road. ²

This page concentrates on the former alignment between Geraldton and Carnarvon

Carnarvon to Geraldton

Former Alignment at Binnu:

Old alignment of North West Coastal Hwy, 13 km south of Binnu, April 2016.

Image © Paul Rands

Hutt River:

Former highway alignment and timber bridge over Hutt River, 13 km south of Binnu, April 2016.

Image © Paul Rands