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Photo Gallery
Queensland Road Photo Gallery:
National Route 1 (Pacific Highway)
The Pacific Highway in Queensland is quite short and
is not to be confused with the Pacific Motorway. The
Pacific Highway began its life back in the 1930s and
included what is now the Gold Coast Highway.
The Pacific Highway in Queensland starts at the border
with New South Wales at Coolangatta. At Tugun with the
intersection of the Gold Coast Highway it connects
with the Pacific Motorway, which travels to Brisbane.
Click here for the former
alignment of the highway through Coolangatta.
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ID Sign
Intersection directional sign on the corner of
Gold Coast and Pacific Highways at Tugun, this sign faces
southbound freeway traffc. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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State
Route 2 and National Route 1
The intersection of Pacfic (National Route 1) and Gold
Coast Highways (State Route 2) at Tugun. August 2004.
The Gold Coast Highway is the old Pacific Highway. It
became the Gold Coast Highway after the freeway / dual
carriageway was built where the current Pacific Motorway
is, more than 20 years ago.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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National
Route 1 and State
Route 2
The intersection of Pacfic (National Route 1) and Gold
Coast Highways (State Route 2), northbound at Tugun.
March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Southbound
at Tugun
Approaching the intersection with Toolona Street.
March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Distance
Sign
RD sign as you head south through Tugun. March
2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Typical
Weekday Afternoon Conditions
Average traffic as you head south late afternoon
at Bilinga, March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Signage
Announcing Bilinga
Southbound as you head through Bilinga, March
2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Advance
Direction Sign
Southbound AD sign for access to Coolangatta Airport.
Bilinga. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Pacific
Highway Bilinga
Old sign gantry from the 1980s in
old Freeway green colours Southbound at Bilinga. Top
photo is from March 2006 and the bottom one was taken
August 2004. The bottom photo has an extra sign on the
right that was removed after August 2004.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Distance Sign
Northbound RD sign at Bilinga, after the airport. March 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Airport Signage
Due to the interchange with Golden Four Drive and also Musgrave Street, these signs are erected northbound at Kirra directing motorists to change lanes very soon after the interchange. March 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
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Pacific
Highway Interchange
Looking west at the interchange with the Pacific
Highway and Musgrave Street, and also the junction for
Coolangatta Road. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Black
Advance Directional Sign
AD sign for the interchange with the Pacific
Highway and Musgrave Street, and also the junction for
Coolangatta Road. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Highway
Crossing into QLD
Pacific Highway as it enters Queensland from
New South Wales at Kirra near Coolangatta, March 2007.
Image © David Whiteman |
