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State Strategic Touring Routes are road routes in Queensland, Australia, which have been identified as significant to motoring tourists.These are the primary routes used by tourists as they provide the connections between popular tourist locations, and consequently have high volumes of tourist traffic.
Until the 1990s most road freight between Sydney and Brisbane passed along the New England Highway instead, due to the easier topography of the Northern Tablelands it traverses. Between 1950 and 1967, traffic on Pacific Highway quadrupled due to the attraction of coastal towns between Sydney and Brisbane for retirement living and tourism.
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The major intersections of the Pacific Highway in Australia, spread over 790 kilometres (490 mi) on the eastern seaboard of New South Wales, comprise a mix of freeway grade-separated conditions, suburban and urban roads.
In 1974, the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway section was declared part of the National Highway, and the route marker was subsequently updated to National Highway 1 for this section [3] In 1993, the route numbering was further complicated with the introduction of the Metroad numbering system within the Sydney metro area.
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1988 – Worongary Interchange (now known as the Merrimac Interchange). The half-diamond interchange at Gooding Dr was opened by Deputy Premier and Minister for Main Roads Bill Gunn on 27 July 1988. 1989 - Mungaree Drive ramps removed to allow for the relocation of the Bryants Road southbound off-ramp; 1989 – Reedy Creek Interchange.
The remaining portion from Hexham to Brisbane was later renamed New England Highway, through Queensland on 14 February 1933, [17] and a month later through New South Wales on 14 March 1933. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In 1936 the road was described by contemporary observers as being in good condition (for the time), with spectacular scenery and excellent ...