New website update now live

[Paul Rands]

Hi Everyone,

The latest #Expressway site update is now live! Corrections and feedback welcomed.

Full details and clickable links can be found here: https://expressway.net.au/updates.html

04 May 2026:

Updated the Road Photos & Information section:

Updated the Australian Capital Territory section:

Updated Decommissioned Tourist Drive 1 (Parliamentary Triangle Loop) with 28 photos from October 2013 and February 2016, plus updated history, amended map and road names.

Updated Decommissioned Tourist Drive 2 (Lake Burley Griffin Tour) with 29 photos from February 2016, rearranged photos from 2 separate sections into 1 and updated route information.

Updated Decommissioned Tourist Drive 3 (ANZAC Memorial Loop) with 55 photos from February 2016, relocated some images to the newly added Former Alignment section, plus amended map and road names.

Updated Decommissioned Tourist Drive 4 (Northern Sports and Recreation Tour) in all sections with 129 photos from February 2016 and updated route information.

Updated Decommissioned Tourist Drive 6 (Embassies Tour) with 40 photos from February 2016.

Updated Decommissioned Tourist Drive 7 (Museum and Education Loop) with 36 photos from February 2016.

Updated the New South Wales section:

Updated M23 / B23 (Federal Motorway and Monaro Highway) with 1 photo from February 2016.

Updated A39 (Newell Highway) with 160 photos from December 2020, including Former Alignment sections. The route was also split into 4 sections and updated with additional historic information.

Updated B84 (Golden Highway) with 1 photo from December 2020.

Updated Decommissioned National Route 1 (Pacific Highway, New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive, Southern Freeway, Mount Ousley Road and Princes Highway) with 7 photos from August 2013 in the Gwynneville to Yallah section and Yallah to Gerringong section.

Updated the Queensland section:

Updated M2 / A2 (Gateway Motorway, Logan Motorway, Ipswich Motorway, Warrego Highway, Landsborough Highway and Barkly Highway) with 119 photos from July 2004 and December 2020 in the Eight Mile Plains to Dinmore section including the Former Alignment section, the Dinmore to Marburg section, the Marburg to Toowoomba section and in the Toowoomba to Chinchilla section including the Former Alignment section.

Updated M5 / A5 (Legacy Way, Western Freeway and Centenary Highway) with 14 photos from December 2020 in the Kelvin Grove to Darra section.

Updated M7 / A7 (Ipswich Motorway, Ipswich Road, Clem Jones Tunnel, Airport Link Tunnel and East-West Arterial Road) with 2 photos from December 2020.

Updated A39 (Cunningham Highway, Leichhardt Highway and Gore Highway) with 63 photos from December 2020.

Updated National Route 42 (Cunningham Highway) with 2 photos from July 2004 in the Former Alignment section.

Updated State Route 80 (Gatton-Clifton Road and Gatton-Helidon Road) with 2 photos from July 2004.

Updated State Route 85 (Darling Downs) (Barwon Highway) with 2 photos from December 2020.

Updated State Route 93 (Metropolitan and South Coast) (Boonah-Rathdowney Road, Ipswich-Boonah Road, Cunningham Highway, Ipswich-Rosewood Road and Haigslea-Amberley Road) with 1 photo from July 2004.

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 14 photos from December 2020 in both sections.

Updated Cobb and Co Tourist Drive with 6 photos from July 2004 in both sections.

Updated Decommissioned National Highway 85 (Gore Highway) with 1 photos from July 2004.

Updated the Victoria section:

Added C391 (Grahamvale Road, Doyles Road and River Road) with 14 photos from December 2020.

Updated M31 (Hume Freeway) with 21 photos from December 2020 in the Seymour to Broadford section and Broadford to Wallan section.

Updated M39 / A39 (Goulburn Valley Highway and Goulburn Valley Freeway) with 50 photos from December 2020 in both sections.

Updated the Towns and Cities section:

Updated the Australian Capital Territory section:

Updated Parkes with 1 photo from February 2016.

Updated the Queensland section:

Added Binna Burra with 2 photos from July 2004.

Added Gatton with 5 photos from July 2004.

Added Toowoomba with 15 photos from July 2004.

Updated Laidley with 2 photos from July 2004.

Updated the Vintage Road Signs section:

Updated the Vintage Guide Signs section with 2 photos from July 2004 in the Queensland section.

Updated the Vintage Miscellaneous Signs section with 1 photo from February 2016.

Paul R

li...@paulrands.com

http://www.expressway.net.au/

[MisterMarcus]

Does anyone know the specific reason why the ACT tourist routes were decommissioned?