Giinagay Way | |
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Coordinates |
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General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 45.8 km (28 mi) [1] |
Gazetted | 24 February 2017 [2] (Warrell Creek to Valla) 14 July 2017 [3] (Valla to Raleigh) |
Former route number | (A1) (2013–2018) (National Route 1) (until 2013) Warrell Creek to Nambucca Heads (A1) (2013–2016) (National Route 1) (until 2013) Nambucca Heads to Urunga |
Major junctions | |
South end | Pacific Highway Eungai Creek, New South Wales |
North end | Pacific Highway Waterfall Way Raleigh, New South Wales |
Location(s) | |
Region | Mid North Coast |
LGA(s) | Bellingen Shire Nambucca Valley Council |
Major suburbs | Macksville, Nambucca Heads, Urunga |
Highway system | |
Giinagay Way is a road in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales linking the towns of Warrell Creek, Macksville, Nambucca Heads and Urunga to Pacific Highway. It runs along a former section of the highway between Eungai Creek and Raleigh that was bypassed by a new parallel alignment between 2016 and 2018.
Giinagay means "Hello" or "Welcome" in the local Gumbaynggirr language. [4] [5]
Giinagay Way is a 45.8-kilometre (28.5 mi) road stretching from Eungai Creek to Raleigh and passes through the towns of Warrell Creek, Macksville, Nambucca Heads and Urunga. [1] The road passes through two local government areas, Bellingen Shire and Nambucca Valley Council.
Many sections of the Pacific Highway had been bypassed since 1996 as part of the Pacific Highway Upgrade. The section between Nambucca Heads to Urunga was due to be bypassed by a new alignment in 2016. Bellingen Shire Council chose "Giinagay Way" as the proposed name of the old alignment, meaning "Hello" or "Welcome" greeting in the local Gumbaynggirr language. [4] Nambucca Valley Council initially chose the name "Nambucca Valley Way", named after the council itself, but this was opposed by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales (GNB) on the basis that the road also passed through Bellingen Shire. Nambucca Valley Council then chose "Rivers Way", but this was also opposed by the GNB as there was already a River Street in Nambucca Valley and a River Street and River Place in Bellingen Shire. Eventually, Nambucca Valley Council voted for the Giinagay Way name in February 2015. [4] The new alignment opened on 22 July 2016. [6]
In February 2017, the speed limits of Giinagay Way were reduced following a speed zone review. [7] Changes include:
The section of Giinagay Way within Nambucca Valley Council was gazetted on 24 February 2017 and the section within Bellingen Shire was gazetted on 14 July 2017. [2] [3] The name was gazetted even before the section of Pacific Highway between Warrell Creek and Nambucca Heads had been realigned, which would bypass Warrell Creek and Macksville.
In late 2017, some Warrell Creek residents on the highway expressed their "fear" that "their sense of community will be lost" and were "concerned about confusion for emergency services" if the Giinagay Way name was used on the old alignment. [5] They proposed alternative names such as "Warrell Creek Way" or "Warrell Way" with a possibility of dual naming system. However, there was already an Upper Warrell Creek Road in the area which may cause confusion. Additionally, the Giinagay Way name had already been gazetted earlier in February 2017. [2] The old alignment was bypassed between December 2017 and June 2018. [8]
LGA | Location | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Nambucca Valley | Eungai Creek | 0 | 0.0 | Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Coffs Harbour, Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Newcastle, Sydney | Entry and exit to Pacific Highway southbound only |
Browns Crossing Road | |||||
Congarinni | 0.5 | 0.31 | Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Newcastle, Sydney | Exit for Pacific Highway northbound only | |
Warrell Creek | 6.4 | 4.0 | Bridge over the creek. Bridge name unknown | ||
Nambucca Valley | Macksville | 7.5 | 4.7 | Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Coffs Harbour, Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Newcastle, Sydney Bald Hill Road | |
Nambucca River | 10.6 | 6.6 | Bridge over the river. Macksville Bridge | ||
Nambucca Valley | North Macksville | 12.6 | 7.8 | Old Coast Road | To Pacific Highway (north) |
Nambucca Heads | 21.2 | 13.2 | Riverside Drive – Nambucca Heads | ||
23.8 | 14.8 | Link Road – Nambucca Heads | |||
Valla | 24.6 | 15.3 | Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Coffs Harbour, Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Newcastle, Sydney | ||
Bellingen | 35.0 | 21.7 | Ballards Road | To Pacific Highway (north and south) | |
Urunga | 36.8 | 22.9 | Hungry Head Road – Urunga | ||
41.7 | 25.9 | Bellingen Street – Urunga | |||
Kalang River | 42.0 | 26.1 | Bridge over the river. Bridge name unknown. | ||
Bellingen | Raleigh | 45.1 | 28.0 | Pacific Highway (north) – Coffs Harbour, Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane Pacific Highway (south) – Newcastle, Sydney | Entry and exit to Pacific Highway southbound only |
45.8 | 28.5 | Waterfall Way (B78) (west) – Armidale | To entry and exit to Pacific Highway northbound only | ||
Waterfall Way (B78) (east) | To Old Princes Highway and Keevers Drive | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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