Highway 1 is Australia's coastal highway joining all mainland's state capitals and coastal towns circumnavigating the entire Australian continent. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve At a total length of more than 24,000 km (14,900 miles), it is the longest national highway in the world.
Highway 1 also goes through Tasmania. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass It starts in Hobart and then works its way past Launceston and up to Burnie. Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Launceston ( (short first vowel /ˈlɔːnsəstən/ is often incorrectly heard in other parts of Australia is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay
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History
When the National Route Numbering system was adopted in 1955, Highway 1 was the only true national highway, although it was not necessarily the shortest distance between many town centres. The National Highway (now part of the AusLink National Network) is a system of Roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia Freeways in Australia This is a list of Highways in Australia, listed alphabetically along with its route number and location Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Most of the other national routes are at some point a tributary of Highway 1.
The highway links the central business districts of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin, and includes major highways such as the Bruce Highway (north of Brisbane), Pacific Highway (Brisbane-Sydney), Princes Highway (Adelaide-Melbourne-Sydney) and the Eyre Highway. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. The Pacific Highway is a major transport route in eastern Australia and is part of Australia's Highway 1. The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide and Port Augusta South Australia Location Named after Edward John Eyre the Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia.
With the introduction of National Highway system, the significance of Highway 1 diminished. The National Highway (now part of the AusLink National Network) is a system of Roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia In the 1990s, Victoria and South Australia adopted alphanumeric route numbering but retained the number 1 along the length of the highway in both states, with the letters M, A,B,C or D denoting the quality of the road. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country
Under the original Highway 1 scheme, certain stretches parallel to the main track was marked as National Route Alternative 1. However, almost all has been replaced by State Route or Alpha-numeric Numbering. This is not the case in parts of Melbourne, where the old Princes Highway from Dandenong to South Melbourne retains the Alt 1 signage. The M1 route follows the Monash Freeway, CityLink and the West Gate Freeway and connects with the Old Princes Highway at Laverton. Sections of the old Princes Highway carry national routes A79 and A8, and metropolitan route B83.
Track
From Sydney, it heads southwards to Melbourne and then on to Adelaide via Princes Highway. Moruya The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide and Port Augusta South Australia From then on to Perth via Port Wakefield Road and the Eyre Highway, Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, South Coast Highway, South Western Highway . Port Wakefield Road is an important highway connecting the South Australian capital Adelaide to Yorke Peninsula, Port Augusta, northern Location Named after Edward John Eyre the Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia. The Coolgardie-Esperance Highway is a 368 km Western Australian highway between Coolgardie and Esperance. South Coast Highway is a Western Australia highway It is a part of the Highway 1 network South Western Highway is a highway in the South West region of Western Australia connecting Perth 's southeast with Walpole. It then heads to Darwin via Brand Highway, North West Coastal Highway, Great Northern Highway, Victoria Highway and Stuart Highway. Brand Highway is a 362 kilometre main highway linking the northern outskirts of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, to the port city of Geraldton North West Coastal Highway in Western Australia is a generally north-south Western Australian highway which links the fishing town of Geraldton with Great Northern Highway is a generally north-south Western Australian highway which links the state's capital Perth with its most northern port Wyndham Victoria Highway is a 524 kilometre highway linking Great Northern Highway in Western Australia with Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory The Stuart Highway is one of Australia 's major highways it is part of Australia's Highway 1, and Australia's National Highway
From Darwin, Highway 1 follows the Stuart Highway to Daly Waters, and thereafter the Carpentaria Highway to Borroloola. The Stuart Highway is one of Australia 's major highways it is part of Australia's Highway 1, and Australia's National Highway Daly Waters ( 212 metres above sea level is a small town in the Northern Territory in Australia, about 620 kilometres south of Darwin and three kilometres The Carpentaria Highway is a 381 kilometre highway which runs from near Daly Waters to Borroloola in the Northern Territory Australia. Borroloola is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River From then on it follows the unsealed Savannah Way through Burketown and Normanton in Queensland. Savannah Way (Highway 1 links the Borroloola and Normanton regions in central Northern Territory and northern Queensland, Australia Climate Burketown is characterised by hot humid and wet summers and warm dry winters Normanton ( is a small cattle town in the north of the state of Queensland, Australia, just south of the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the Norman River
From there, it follows the Gulf Developmental Road to Cairns and southwards via Bruce Highway to Brisbane and thereon back to Sydney by Pacific Highway. The Gulf Developmental Road links the Cairns and Normanton regions in northern Queensland, Australia. The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland The Pacific Highway is a major transport route in eastern Australia and is part of Australia's Highway 1.
In Tasmania it starts at the Brooker Highway in Hobart and heads towards Launceston via the Midland Highway. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass The Brooker Highway is a Highway in Tasmania, Australia. The highway is the major arterial route through Hobart's northern suburbs and Hobart's Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Launceston ( (short first vowel /ˈlɔːnsəstən/ is often incorrectly heard in other parts of Australia is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia The Midland Highway (also known as the Midlands Highway) is the main highway in Tasmania, Australia. At Launceston it becomes the Bass Highway to Burnie. The Bass Highway is a Highway in Tasmania, Australia. It is a part of the National Highway, designated as National Highway 1 Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay Highway 1 ends at Burnie; the Bass Highway continues to Marrawah on the west coast as Highway A2.
Large sections of Highway 1 are shared with the Australian National Highway, though the two are not synonymous. The National Highway (now part of the AusLink National Network) is a system of Roads connecting all the States and Territories of Australia For instance, the Princes Highway from Sydney to Melbourne is part of Highway 1, but is not part of the National Highway, which follows the Hume Highway and Freeway. The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide and Port Augusta South Australia The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australia's most important and notable interstate Highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and
Road conditions
With such incomparable length that takes it around Australia its road condition varies from high-speed expressways in the big cities and busy country freeways like stretches of Pacific Highway and Princes Freeway to isolated and remote areas like the Nullarbor Plain and north western coasts and 4WD-only dirt tracks in the top end of the Northern Territory. Four-wheel drive, 4WD, or 4x4 ("four by four" is a four-wheeled Vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four Wheels to The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions
Some stretches across the Nullarbor Plain and along the north-western coastline are quite isolated, with roadside settlements supporting the passing traffic the only noticeable human activity for hundreds of kilometres. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Still other stretches are high-speed high-capacity expressways with six lanes or even more such as Brisbane's Gateway and Pacific Motorways, Sydney's Eastern Distributor and Melbourne's Monash Freeway. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 West Gate Freeway|CityLink|Princes Freeway Monash Freeway is an urban freeway in Victoria, Australia linking Melbourne 's CBD to its southeastern
Average daily traffic counts on Australia's Highway 1 range from as few as 500 vehicles to over 100,000 vehicles every day.
Sights
Highway 1 covers practically every major inhabited part of Australia. It includes large capital cities, busy holiday resorts, dramatic coastlines, forests ranging from tropical through to temperate gum forests and giant karri stands, scrubland, deserts and huge tropical swamps are some of the variety of landscapes that can be found along en route. Karri ( Eucalyptus diversicolor) is a eucalypt which is native to the wetter regions of south west of Western Australia.
Stretches of Highway 1 are very popular with interstate and overseas tourists. A drive around Highway 1 with a major detour to Uluru and back again practically covers most of Australia. Uluru, also referred to as Ayers Rock, is a large Sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, Central Australia The number 1 shield became part of the bush landscape to many travellers, truckers and country people.
References
Male, Andrew, National Highway One, <http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/highwayone/>. Retrieved on 2 October 2007
See also
- List of highways in New South Wales
- List of highways in Victoria
- List of highways in Queensland
- List of highways in South Australia
- List of highways in Western Australia
- List of highways in Tasmania
- List of highways in Northern Territory
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