Queensland
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Queensland Road Photo Gallery:
National Route 1: Former Alignment: Pacific Highway (Coolangatta)

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.

Various alignments of the Pacific Highway in Queensland have been used over the years, however this page concentrates on the former alignment in the Coolangatta area. Most of the evidence of the highway going though here on the QLD side has been removed, however little things here and there point to the fact that the highway did once go through Coolangatta. The Tweed Heads (NSW) side of the border has several remnants indicating the roadway's former importance.

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Route Numbers: Formerly
 

Southbound on Musgrave Street
 Heading into Coolangatta from Bilinga, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands
Southbound on Marine Parade
 Travelling south along the beachside on Marine Parade, Coolangatta. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands
Old Black Signage
 Old black ID signs, one with a coverplate over the NR1 sheild, facing Griffith Street at the McLean Street intersection in the Coolangatta CBD, which was by-passed in July 1985. Image taken March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands
Westbound along Griffith Street
 Looking straight up the main street of Coolangatta, which was once the Pacific Highway. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands
Eastbound along Griffith Street
 Looking straight up the main street of Coolangatta, which was once the Pacific Highway. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands
Border Marker
 One of several pillars marking the NSW border - in this case, looking east, Queensland (Coolangatta) is left of the gap down the centre and NSW (Tweed Heads) is on the other. This one is on the corner of Griffith and Wharf Streets (former NR1) and also Boundary Street. March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands