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28 unusual facts about Princes Highway


Alexandria, New South Wales

The line turned right into the present day Sydney Park Rd (then known as an extension of Mitchell Rd) before terminating at the junction with the Cook's River line at the Princes Highway near St Peters railway station.

Arncliffe, New South Wales

Later, both Rocky Point Road and Gannons Forest Road ran through Hannam's grant, now known as the Princes Highway and Forest Road.

Commercial and light industrial developments are located in the northern parts of the suburb and along the length of the Princes Highway and surrounding streets.

Banksia, New South Wales

More shops and commercial developments are located on the Princes Highway.

Beverley Park, New South Wales

It has a few commercial developments scattered along its borders on the Princes Highway and Rocky Point Road.

Carss Park, New South Wales

A small shopping strip is located on the Carwar Avenue near the intersection with the Princes Highway, containing a bottleshop, chemist, hairdresser, newsagent, petrol station and supermarket.

City Road, Sydney

The road was originally the beginning of the main route leading from Sydney to Wollongong and points south, known as the Princes Highway.

Gainsborough, New South Wales

A new section of the Princes Highway was opened to the west of Gainsborough in late 2005.

Geography of Wollongong

The Southern Freeway and Old Princes Highway provide alternative inland routes, descending the escarpment further south at Bulli Pass or at Mount Ousley, entering the coastal plain at Gwynneville, just north of Wollongong's city centre.

Illawarra

The Illawarra region is linked to Sydney by several passes and a motorway (Southern Freeway) and electric railway (see South Coast railway line); to the west by the Illawarra Highway and Picton Road; and to the south by the Princes Highway.

Kirrawee, New South Wales

These amendments changed the zoning to make the Princes Highway frontage commercial and the remainder "special uses".

Kirrawee is split between Ward B and Ward C by the Princes Highway which runs east to west through the centre of the suburb.

Kogarah Bay, New South Wales

A small group of shops is located on the intersection of Park Road and the Princes Highway.

Kogarah, New South Wales

Commercial and light industrial developments are also located along the Princes Highway and Rocky Point Road.

Princes Highway

Apart from this "National Alternative Route 1" route and "C***" route (in the outer metropolitan areas - such as Werribee and Berwick), the M1 Freeway route intersects (Monash Freeway/CityLink/West Gate Freeway/Princes Freeway) and this carries the much higher volume of traffic, including congestion in the peak periods, serving as the major, most direct and quickest route for the "1" route in Australia.

From Port Wakefield it continues as the "Augusta Highway", and follows the coast, skirting Port Pirie to continue on to Port Augusta, where it terminates at the intersection of the Eyre Highway and Stuart Highway.

These two freeways have been linked by the southern link of the CityLink tollway.

The highway then turns north-west and becomes the South Eastern Freeway, crosses the Murray River, bypasses Murray Bridge and continues to Crafers where it becomes the Adelaide–Crafers Highway until Glen Osmond on Adelaide's southeastern outskirts.

St Peters, New South Wales

In the 1870s, St Peters was an important brickmaking centre with a large brickworks on the site now known as Sydney Park, on the corner of Mitchell Road (now Sydney Park Road) and the Princes Highway, close to St Peters railway station.

Sublime Point

Sublime Point Lookout may be reached by road from the Princes Highway above Austinmer, or by a walking track from Austinmer and Thirroul.

Sydney Park

This corner, where King Street, Newtown turns into the Princes Highway, features the remains of the chimneys and brick kilns from the old brickworks site.

Sylvania Heights, New South Wales

The main road through the locality is Princes Highway which is lined with shops, including Sylvania Heights Plaza.

Sylvania, New South Wales

A small group of shops and restaurants is located on Princes Highway near the foot of Tom Uglys Bridge.

Sylvania is mostly residential but also contains areas of native bushland and some commercial developments on the Princes Highway and Port Hacking Road.

Tempe, New South Wales

The Sydney Buses service route 422 runs along the Princes Highway from Tempe to Newtown to Circular Quay, in the Sydney CBD, while the 425 route connects Tempe to Dulwich Hill.

Waterfall, New South Wales

Waterfall is the last suburb heading south on the Princes Highway before it leads into the Southern Freeway (also known as the F6 freeway) to the city of Wollongong.

West Gippsland

Principal towns of West Gippsland include (from west to east along the Princes Highway) Pakenham, Drouin, Warragul and Trafalgar.

Yarrawarrah, New South Wales

The Princes Highway is the main road that borders Yarrawarrah, to the east.


Corio Oval

Both moved to a newly constructed complex at Beckley Park, adjacent to the Princes Highway in Corio.

Swanport Bridge

It serves as a link between the South Eastern Freeway to the west and the Princes Highway continuing to the east, and as such is an integral part of the Adelaide-Melbourne transport corridor.