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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
Former Alignment: National Route 1 (Pacific Highway)
(Tweed Heads)
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 looks at the roads that were formerly used
as the Pacific Highway before the Tweed Heads area was by-passed
in 1992. The area has a handful of remnants dating back
to then and also much earler, and some are shown below.
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Signage
on QLD-NSW Border
Old signage outside the Twin Towns Services Club on
the corner of Boundary, Griffith and Wharf Streets,
only metres from the state border. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Welcome
to New South Wales!
Sign indicating you've crossed into the state of New
South Wales from Queensland. Wharf Street Tweed Heads,
this was once the Pacific Highway. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Corner
of Bay & Wharf Streets
Looking south along Wharf Street outside the Centro
Tweed Mall, March 2006, along the old highway alignment.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Southbound
through Tweed Heads
Travelling along the old highway alignment on Wharf
Street, March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Lane
Allocation Signage
Gantry as you head south along Terranora Terrace (at
the Boyd St signals), Tweed Heads. This is southbound
as you approach the Kennedy Drive interchange and Boyds
Bay Bridge over the Terranora Inlet. The signage on
the right with the redundant NR1 sheild is an error.
March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Black
Signage
Old 1980s black ID sign on the Kennedy Drive / Terranora
Terrace interchange, Tweed Heads. Northbound, March
2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Crossing
Terranora Inlet
Travelling over the Boyds Bay Bridge into South Tweed
Heads, March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Black
AD sign
Remnant 1980s black advance directional sign with redundant
NR1 sheild, northbound at South Tweed Heads, just before
you cross Terranora Inlet, March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Southbound
at South Tweed Heads
Moving south along Minjungbal Drive through the intersection
with Dry Dock Road. To the left of the photo (out of
shot) is the Border Crossing Inspection Point. March
2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Southbound
at South Tweed Heads
Moving south along Minjungbal Drive, the former Pacific
Highway. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Southbound
through South Tweed Heads
Looking towards the south outside the Tweed City Shopping
Centre, as you pass through the Kirkwood Road junction,
March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Looking
south to Banora Point
Southbound through South Tweed Heads as you approach
the interchange with the current Pacific Highway alignment.
March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Freeway
Green AD sign
Limited access road coloured signage on the old Pacific
Highway alignment at South Tweed Heads, March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Pacific
Highway Interchange
Southbound as you connect with the current alignment
of National Route 1 / Pacific Highway at Banora Point.
March 2006.
Image © Paul
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