New Expressway update now online

[Paul Rands]

Hi Everyone,

I hope you're all well. I've finished another update to my website, Expressway.

Comments, corrections and feedback always welcome. In this update there's 283 new road photos and 100 new towns and cities photos.

27 June 2026:

• Updated the Road Photos & Information section:

• Updated the New South Wales section:

• Updated the M1 / A1 (Pacific Motorway, Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Gore Hill Freeway, Warringah Freeway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Eastern Distributor, Southern Cross Drive, General Holmes Drive, The Grand Parade, President Avenue, Princes Highway and Princes Motorway) section with additional history information in the Yallah to Gerringong section.
• Updated the M7 (Westlink) section with 9 photos from July 2015 in the Baulkham Hills to Eastern Creek section.
• Updated the M31 (Hume Highway) section with 12 photos from May 2017 in the Wilton to Berrima section.
• Updated the A44 (Russell Street, Castlereagh Road, Jane Street, Belmore Street, North Street, Great Western Highway, Parramatta Road, Wattle Street, Dobroyd Parade, City West Link and The Crescent) section with 1 photo from May 2017 in the Emu Plains to Mount Druitt section.
• Updated the A48 (Illawarra Highway) section with 10 photos from May 2017 in the Sutton Forest to Robertson section and Robertson to Albion Park section.
• Updated the B56 (Oxley Highway and New England Highway) section with 2 photos from April 2026.
• Updated the B73 (Old Hume Highway, Bowral Road, Mittagong Road, Station Street, Funston Street, Kangaloon Road, Sheepwash Road, Nowra Road and Moss Vale Road) section with 32 photos from May 2017.
• Updated the Decommissioned National Route 1 (Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Southern Freeway, Mount Ousley Road and Princes Highway) section with additional history information in the Yallah to Gerringong section.
• Updated Decommissioned National Route 24 (Mid Western Highway) with 2 photos from 2003 in the West Wyalong to Hay and section.
• Updated Decommissioned National Route 32 (Great Western Highway, Mitchell Highway and Barrier Highway) with 5 photos from 2003 in the South Australia Border to Nyngan section.
• Updated Decommissioned National Route 71 (Mitchell Highway) with 10 photos from 2003.
• Updated Decommissioned National Route 79 (Silver City Highway and Calder Highway) with 2 photos from 2003, including the unnumbered section of Silver City Highway.
• Updated Decommissioned State Route 87 (Kidman Way) with 5 photos from 2003.

• Updated the Queensland section:

• Added Tourist Drive 1 (Southern Downs) (Settlers' Route)) with 7 photos from June 2025.
• Added Tourist Drive 3 (Fruit Run) with 5 photos from June 2025.
• Added Tourist Drive 7 (Southern Downs) (High Street and Amosfield Road) with 2 photos from June 2025.
• Added Brisbane Valley Tourist Drive (Brisbane Valley Highway, Forest Hill-Fernvale Road, Railway Street, Main Street, Clarendon Road, Patrick Estate Road, Mahons Road, Coominya Connection Road, Railway Street, Rocky Gully Road, Wills Road, Larsens Road, Willaura Drive, Gatton-Esk Road and D&Aguilar Highway) with 4 photos from June 2025.
• Updated M1 / A1 (Pacific Motorway, Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway) with 2 photos from June 2025 in the Bald Hills to Beerburrum section.
• Updated M2 / A2 (Gateway Motorway, Logan Motorway, Ipswich Motorway, Warrego Highway, Landsborough Highway and Barkly Highway) with 5 photos from June 2025 in the Marburg to Toowoomba section.
• Updated M3 / A3 (Pacific Motorway, Coronation Drive, Hale Street, Inner City Bypass, Gympie Road and Gympie Arterial Road) with 3 photos from June 2025 in the Aspley to Bald Hills section.
• Updated M7 / A7 (Ipswich Motorway, Ipswich Road, Clem Jones Tunnel, Airport Link Tunnel and East-West Arterial Road) with 5 photos from June 2025.
• Updated A3 (New England Highway, D'Aguilar Highway and Burnett Highway) with 19 photos from June 2025 in the newly added Glengallan to Toowoomba section, plus added additional historical information.
• Updated M15 / A15 (Cunningham Highway) with 15 photos from June 2025.
• Updated National Highway 15 (Cunningham Highway) with 49 photos from June 2025 in the Warwick to Aratula section and the Aratula to Blackstone section.
• Updated (Brisbane Valley Highway and D'Aguilar Highway) with with 3 photos from June 2025 and additional historical information.
• Updated National Route 42 (Cunningham Highway) with 1 photo from June 2025 in the Former Alignment section.
• Updated Metroad 5 (Mt Coot-tha Road, Frederick Street, Rouan Road, Boundary Road, MacGregor Terrace, Jubilee Terrace, Elimatta Drive, Stewart Road, Wardell Street, South Pine Road and Stafford Road) with 16 photos from June 2025 in the Mt Coot-tha to Everton Park section and Everton Park to Kedron section.
• Updated Decommissioned National Route 71 (Mitchell Highway) with 2 photos from 2003.
• Updated State Route 40 (Settlement Road, Samford Road, Dawson Parade, Pimelea Street, South Pine Road, Queens Road, Beckett Road, Bridgeman Road, Beams Road, Neville Road, Roghan Road, Carseldine Road, Linkfield Road and Telegraph Road) with 12 photos from June 2025.
• Updated State Route 80 (Gatton-Clifton Road and Gatton-Helidon Road) with 27 photos from June 2025.
• Updated State Route 85 (Esk-Hampton Road, Brisbane Valley Highway and D'Aguilar Highway) with 4 photos from July 2004 in the Former Alginment section
• Updated State Route 89 (Inglewood-Texas Road and Stanthorpe-Texas Road) with 3 photos from June 2025.
• Updated State Route 90 (Boonah-Fassifern Road, Ipswich-Boonah Road, Beaudesert-Boonah Road, Mount Lindesay Highway, Beaudesert-Nerang Road, Beaudesert-Beenleigh Road, Mundoolun Connection Road, Nerang Connection Road and Nerang-Broadbeach Road) with 5 photos from June 2025 in the Fassifern to Bromelton section.

• Updated the South Australia section:

• Updated A32 (Barrier Highway) with 2 photos from 2003 in the Olary to NSW Border section.
• Updated B23 (Main South Road, North Terrace, Howard Drive, Hog Bay Road, Playford Highway, Kohinoor Road and Telegraph Road) with 2 photos from April 2026.
• Updated the Victoria section:
• Updated Alternative National Route 1 (Princes Highway East) with 1 photo from April 2016.
• Updated Metropolitan Route 23 (Wells Road, Boundary Road, Clayton Road, Stephensons Road, Middleborough Road and Wetherby Road) with 1 photo from April 2026.

• Updated the Towns and Cities section:

• Updated the New South Wales section:

• Added Barringun with 2 photos from 2003.
• Added Bourke with 4 photos from 2003.
• Added Cobar with 3 photos from 2003.
• Added Hillston with 2 photos from 2003.
• Added Mount Hope with 1 photo from 2003.
• Added Silverton with 2 photos from 2003.
• Updated Broken Hill with 7 photos from 2003.
• Updated Nyngan with 3 photos from 2003.
• Updated Wilcannia with 2 photos from 2003.

• Updated the South Australia section:

• Added Ardrossan with 11 photos from January 2016.
• Added Kadina with 9 photos from January 2016.
• Added Maitland with 5 photos from January 2016.
• Added Moonta with 4 photos from January 2016.
• Added Point Hughes with 6 photos from January 2016.
• Added Salt Creek with 1 photo from December 2015.
• Added Strathalbyn with 6 photos from December 2015.
• Added Wallaroo with 8 photos from December 2015.
• Added Wellington with 1 photo from December 2015.
• Updated Goolwa with 1 photo from March 2009.
• Updated Kingston SE with 4 photos from December 2015.
• Updated Meningie with 5 photos from December 2015.
• Updated Port Wakefield with 2 photos from January 2016.
• Updated Robe with 11 photos from December 2015.

I will start the next update later today and expect it to be ready in about 4 to 8 weeks, depending on my work situation and time I have outside of work.

As always, thanks to the site's contributors for their content for this update, in addition to my own photos, this update features photos from Rob Tilley, Michael Greenslade and Jamie Scuglia.

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Paul Rands
li...@paulrands.com
Expressway - The Australian Highway Site: https://www.expressway.net.au