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When the National Route Numbering system was adopted in 1955, Highway 1 was the only truly national highway, although it was not necessarily the shortest distance between many town centres. Most of the other national routes are at some point a tributary of Highway 1. It could be argued that Highway 1 starts /end its track in the historical Rocks precint in the heart of Sydney, Australia's first city. Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge north, it becomes Pacific Highway, going by George St (Australia's first street) south it becomes the Princes Highway. At other capital cities it brushes past their central business districts.
With the introduction of National Highway system, the significance of Highway 1 diminished and in the 1990s, route numbering changes in Victoria and South Australia split it into two major sections running along the west and eastern coasts of Australia. The stretch of road between DarwinThe word Darwin when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. It became popular largely due to the findings of Charles Darwin regarding natural selection. The term "Darwin", when used by itself can refer to: Apple Darwin, a BSD b and Normanton , QueenslandQueensland State flag ( In detail) Coat of Arms ( In detail) Capital Brisbane Governor HE Ms Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie Area — Land — Marine — Total 1 730 648 km˛ 121 994 km˛ 1 852 642 km˛ Population (2002) Density 3 729 000 2. 15/km˛ Time zone U is no longer signed as Highway 1 in recent maps.
Originally, from Sydney it heads southwards to Melbourne and then on to Adelaide via Princes Highway. From then on to Perth via Eyre HighwayThe Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia. It forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. Its route number is National Highway 1 in Western Australia and National Highwa, Coolgardie-Esperance Highway and South Coast Highway . It then heads to Darwin via Brand Highway , North West Highway , Great Northern Highway , Victoria Highway and Stuart HighwayThe Stuart Highway A87 is one of Australia's major roadways. The highway is named for John McDouall Stuart, the first European to cross Australia from North to South. The Stuart Highway covers aproximately 2,700 km (1,670 miles), connecting Adelaide in So.
From Darwin, to head to Queensland, Highway 1 follows Stuart Highway until Daly Waters and thereafter Carpentaria Highway until Borroloola. From then on it follows the unsealed The Savannah Way through Burketown and Normanton in Queensland.
From there the Gulf Developmental Road to CairnsCairns is a city located in the far north of Queensland, Australia. The city was originally settled to serve as a port for exporting gold and other precious metals from mines west of the city. It then later became a center for the crushing and exporting o and southwards via Bruce HighwayThe Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. Running from the state capital, Brisbane, to Cairns in Far North Queensland, the route is a part of the Australian National Highway. The Bruce Highway is also part of Highway 1. to BrisbaneThis article is about the Australian city. For other uses of Brisbane, see Brisbane (disambiguation). Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. The city's name is pronounced "BRIZ-buhn" ( SAMPA: ["brIzb@n], IPA: [bzbn]). The City and thereon back to Sydney by Pacific Highway.
Large sections of Highway 1 are shared with the Australian National Highway, though the two are not synonymous. For instance, the Pacific Highway running from Brisbane to Sydney is part of Highway 1, but is not part of the National Highway.