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Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Route 1 (Princes Highway) (Eden to NSW-Vic Border)
The northern terminus of the National Route 1 section
of the Princes Hwy is at the connect with the Southern
Fwy at Yallah, several kilometres south of Wollongong.
The NSW southern terminus is located at the NSW / Vic
border, which is 48 km south of Eden.
The remaining part of NR1, from Yallah to Waterfall
(on Sydney's Outskirts) takes in the Southern
Freeway (F6) and Mount
Ousley Road. In Sydney NR1 is replaced with Metroad
1. NR1 is duplexed with SR157 from Lake Entrance Road interchange at Oak Flats to the junction with Tongarra Road at Albion Park Rail.
Click
here for former alignment through Kiama.
Major routes connecting / intersecting with the highway between Yallah and the NSW-Vic border include: Southern Freeway (NR1) at Yallah, Illawarra Highway (NR48) at Albion Park Rail, Tongarra Road (SR157) at Albion Park Rail, Lake Entrance Road (SR157) at Oak Flats, Shellharbour Road (SR151) at Dunmore, Cambewarra Mountain Road (SR79) at Bomaderry, Kings Highway (NR52) at Batemans Bay, Snowy Mountains Highway (NR18) at Bega. Towns and localities along the route include Yallah, Albion Park Rail, Dunmore, Bombo, Kiama, Gerringong, Berry, Bomaderry, Nowra, Milton, Ulladulla, Batemans Bay, Mogo, Moruya, Narooma, Cobargo, Bega, Pambula and Eden.
Eden to NSW-Vic Border History:
The formation of the Princes Hwy comes about due to existing roads being re-named ‘Princes Highway’ after the visit to Australia in 1920 of the Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VIII, and after abdicating, the Duke of Windsor). The highway was officially opened in August 1920 at Warragul, Victoria.
- 7 June 1926: the Princes Highway comes under a federal and state government £ for £ funding scheme, thus recognizing the importance of the highway as major route.
- 1939: by the middle of the year, 300 miles (or 50% of the then highway) had been paved with bitumous surface.
| Length: |
430 km |
| Length (Eden to NSW-Vic Border): |
19 km |
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| Sources: DMR's The Roadmakers and the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. |
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