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Photo Gallery
Queensland Road Photo Gallery:
Pacific Motorway (M1) (Nerang to Tugun)
The Pacific Motorway runs from Tugun (corner of Gold
Coast Highway and Pacific Highway) to the Riverside
Expressway in Brisbane and is known as M1 and Metroad
3.
The South East Freeway is a former name for the section
of the Pacific Motorway between the Brisbane CBD and
Springwood. Construction from the Captain Cook Bridge
to Mount Gravatt was completed in the early 1980s, with
massive upgrades on several sections in the late 90s.
The motorway features eight traffic lanes with a 110
km/h speed limit between the Logan Motorway and the
Smith Street Motorway interchange and generally six
or four lanes at 100 km/h on other sections. The motorway
passes through the major tourist region of the Gold
Coast, the destination for most of the vehicular traffic
from Brisbane.
In this section we only look at the M1 part of the
road, for the Metroad 3 continuation, click
here. If you wish to view the M1 continuation along
the Gateway Motorway click
here, or along the Bruce Highway, click
here.
This page concentrates on the Pacific Motorway from
Nerang to Tugun.
Click here for consruction photos of the Tugun Bypass.
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SR90 Exit Signage
Advance exit sign for Exit 71 (Nerang - Broadbeach
Road / Nerang Connection Road). Southbound at Nerang,
March 2006.
Image © Paul
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Crossing the Nerang River
Southbound at Nerang as you head over the river
to Exit 71 (in background). March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Exit 71
Passing under the Nerang - Broadbeach Road /
Nerang Connection Road interchange at Nerang. Southbound,
March 2006.
Image © Paul
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Exit 71A
Southbound at the Pappas Way exit at Nerang.
March 2006.
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Southbound at Highland Park
Typical conditions for the remainder of the freeway
as you head south. March 2006.
Image © Paul
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Exit 73
Southbound at Highland Park towards Exit 73, Nielsens
and Alexander Roads (SR40) at Highland Park. March 2006.
Image © Paul
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Advance Exit Sign
Signage for Elysium Road (Exit 75), southbound
at Carrara, March 2006.
Image © Paul
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Elysium Road (Exit 75) Interchange
Southbound as you head down the hill towards
the Elysium Road interchange at Carrara. March 2006.
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Advance Exit Sign
Southbound at Carrara you see this sign for
exit 77, the Gooding Drive and Mudgeeraba Road interchange
(SR50). March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit Distance Sign
Typical RD sign indicating the next 3 exits
and how far away they are, southbound at Merrimac, March
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit 79 Signage
Southbound signage for the Robina Town Centre
Drive and Mudgeeraba Road (SR42) exit. March 2006 at
Merrimac.
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Distance Sign
RD Sign, southbound at Merrimac, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Signage for Robina Exit
Signage for the exits to the Robina Town Centre
(exit 79 & 82). March 2006 at Merrimac.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Unusual Sign
Odd sign setup for tourist information and police.
You'd normally expect this type of sign to be blue.
Southbound at Merrimac. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Through Exit 79
Southbound as you pass through the Robina Town
Centre Drive and Mudgeeraba Road (SR42) interchange,
March 2006 at Robina.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Distance Sign
Southbound RD sign after the Robina Town Centre
Drive and Mudgeeraba Road (SR42) interchange. March
2006, Robina.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Mudgeeraba Creek
Southbound as you pass over Mudgeeraba Creek
and approach the Somerset Drive / Robina Parkway (Exit
82) interchange. March 2006 at Robina.
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Exit 82
Somerset Drive / Robina Parkway (Exit 82) interchange.
March 2006 at Robina.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit 85 Signage
Advance signage for the next exit, Reedy Creek
Road, State Route 80. Southbound at Robina, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit 85 Signage
Advance signage for the next exit, Reedy Creek
Road, State Route 80. Southbound at Reedy Creek, March
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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AD Signage
Advance directional fork sign for the SR80 exit,
note the unusual placement in the median strip. Southbound
at Reedy Creek, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit 85
Southbound through Exit 85 with signage for
Penny Lane, exit 85A. March 2006 at Reedy Creek.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit Distance Sign
Southbound exit distance sign as you pass through
Exit 85, Reedy Creek Road. March 2006 at Burleigh Heads.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Reedy Creek Road Overpass
Northbound bridge over the southbound carriageway
of the Pacific Motorway at Burleigh Heads, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit 85A
Southbound past the service exit of Penny Lane
at Burleigh Heads. March 2006.
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Bermuda Street Exit Sign
Southbound at Burleigh Heads as you pass the
advance exit sign for exit 87, Bermuda Street. March
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Distance Sign
Southbound RD sign near the Bermuda Street interchange at Burleigh Heads, May 2005.
Image © Rob Tilley |
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Bermuda Street (SR3) Interchange
Southbound as you pass through the Exit 87 interchange
at Burleigh Heads. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Bermuda Street Overpass
Signage for the next exit as you pass through
the Bermuda Street interchange at Burleigh Heads, March
2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Tallebudgera Creek Road AD Sign
Advance directional sign for the Tallebudgera
Creek Road interchange, exit 89. Southbound at Burleigh
Heads, March 2006
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit 89
Southbound at the Tallebudgera Creek Road interchange
at Tallebudgera Creek. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Distance Sign
Southbound RD sign at the Tallebudgera Creek
Road interchange. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Exit Distance
Sign
Southbound exit RD sign after the Tallebudgera
Creek Road interchange. March 2006.
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Palm Beach Avenue Exit Sign
Sign indicating the approaching exit for Palm
Beach Road, southbound near Palm Beach. May 2005.
Image © Rob Tilley |
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Palm Beach Avenue Exit Sign
Sign indicating the approaching exit for Palm
Beach Road, southbound at Palm Beach. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Palm Beach Avenue Exit
Southbound through exit 92, Palm Beach Road. March 2006
at Palm Beach.
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Palm Beach Avenue Exit
Southbound through exit 92, Palm Beach Road. March 2006
at Elanora.
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Distance Sign
Southbound RD sign at the Palm Beach Road interchange.
March 2006 at Elanora.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Old Stewart Road Sign
Remnant Stewart Road advance exit signage. You
no longer turn right across traffic to access Stewart
Road. The exit is now grade separated as part of Stage
1 of the Tugun By-Pass, and the sign should be updated
to indicate that the exiting traffic should use the
right lane to exit, not turn right. Eventually, when
the Tugun By-Pass opens to traffic, motorists will exit
for Stewart Road via the left lane of the motorway.
March 2006, southbound at Elanora.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Stewart Road Advance Exit Sign
Southbound at Currumbin, this sign confirms
the updated nature of the Stewart Road exit, the last
exit when you head south along the Pacific Motorway.
March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Stewart Road Interchange Upgrade
Works
Taken southbound on Pacific Motorway, Currumbin,
here's some of the construction for the Stewart Road
/ Currumbin turn-off. November 2004.
Image © Paul
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Stewart Road (Exit 95) interchange
Southbound as you approach the Stewart Road
exit at Currumbin, March 2006.
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Stewart
Road Interchange Upgrade Works
Taken southbound on Pacific Motorway, Currumbin,
here's some of the construction for the Stewart Road
/ Currumbin turn-off. November 2004.
Image © Paul
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Stewart Road (Exit 95)
interchange
Southbound at the Stewart Road exit at Currumbin,
March 2006. As you can see by the layout of the interchange,
the Pacific Motorway will continue under Stewart Road,
south past Coolangatta Airport and on into New South
Wales. You can also see the layout for the interchange
in this image, when it eventually becomes the Currumbin
/ Tugun exit once the freeway is extended.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Eastbound at Tugun
Heading directly towards the coast as you close
in on the last few hundred metres of the Pacific Motorway.
March 2006.
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Advance Directional Sign
AD sign as you approach the signalised intersection
with the Gold Coast Highway ((SR2) Former Pacific Highway)
and the Pacific Highway (NR1) which goes through Tugun
and Bilinga. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Official End of Pacific Motorway
Southern terminus of the Pacific Motorway, through
traffic to Coolangatta and New South Wales turns right
here and local traffic to various Gold Coast suburbs
turn left.
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