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5 unusual facts about Pacific Highway


880 West Broadway

Located on the northeastern corner of Broadway and Pacific Highway and adjacent to Union Station, 880 West Broadway will be a prominent structure in the skyline of San Diego once completed.

Chatswood South Uniting Church, Sydney

Methodist services in the Artarmon area were originally conducted in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bryson, who lived opposite the present site of the church, at the corner of the Pacific Highway and Mowbray Road.

Dennis Bridge

The Dennis Bridge is a steel truss bridge which carries the Pacific Highway across the Hastings River near Port Macquarie, Australia.

Randia moorei

Much of its habitat has been cleared for urban and agricultural development, such as banana plantations, as well as clearing for upgrading of the Pacific Highway.

Turramurra, New South Wales

The largest commercial area in Turramurra is located along the Pacific Highway and Rohini Street, beside Turramurra railway station.


Crows Nest, New South Wales

This site is now the building site of North Sydney Demonstration School and the gates of Crows Nest House (added in the 1880s) still stand at the Pacific Highway entrance to the school.

Jim Lloyd

His lobbying work prior to entering politics included collecting 60,000 signatures which resulted in the re-opening of the Cheero Point section of the Pacific Highway, which had been closed for several years following landslides.

Tarro, New South Wales

The southern and northern approaches to the bridges, on the Pacific Highway, are in Hexham and Tomago respectively.


see also

Cumberland Highway

The original western Sydney Bypass was Ring Road 5, which ran from the Pacific Highway and the Hume Highway with Parramatta in between.

North Arm Cove, New South Wales

To the north of the Pacific Highway, land use is mainly rural and throughout the suburb kangaroos, wallabies and koalas are commonly found.