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New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
Former Alignment: National Route 1 (Pacific Highway)
(Port Macquarie)
The Pacific Highway, one of Australia’s busiest and most important road links, passes through the heart of residential, farming and retail areas of many towns along the New South Wales coast between Hexham, northwest of the industrial city of Newcastle, to the NSW-QLD Border at Tweed Heads, about 90 minutes south of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland.
The route's southern terminus is located at the junction of the Pacific Highway (SR111) and the New England Highway (NH1) at Hexham, 16 km northwest of Newcastle, which is north of Sydney. The northern terminus is at the New South Wales / Queensland border, just west of the town centre of Tweed Heads. The route itself is a mix of freeway, arterial and rural highway standards. The highway has been progressively upgraded over the years, however since the late 1980s, an accelerated upgrade program has been undertaken. Despite the acceleration program, only approximately 40% of the highway is of dual carriageway.
This page concentrates on Hastings River Drive, which
was once the Pacific Highway.
This section of road was by-passed in 1961, replacing
route that was over 20 km in length through urban and
shopping areas with one passing through rural lands
running around 7 kilometres long.
Much of Hastings River Drive in the immediate area
of Port Macquarie has been upgraded from the 1980s and
to the current decade, and consists partially of dual
carriageway, urban single carriageway road and rural
highway standards.
Part of Hastings River Drive, west of the town centre,
forms the Oxley Highway (NR34). This section is covered
under the NR34
page.
| Length: |
22 km (although part is National Route 34 (Oxley
Hwy)) |
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