Solitary Islands Way

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Solitary Islands Way

Australia New South Wales location map blank.svg
Red pog.svg
South end
Red pog.svg
North end
Coordinates
General information
Type Road
Length36 km (22 mi) [1]
Gazetted 1 May 2014 [2]
Korora to Arrawarra
22 December 2017 [3]
Arrawarra to Dirty Creek
Maintained by Coffs Harbour City Council [4]
Former
route number
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg (A1) (mid 2013–December 2013)
Australian national route 1.svg (National Route 1) (until mid 2013)
Korora to Arrawarra
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg (A1) (2013–2017)
Australian national route 1.svg (National Route 1) (until 2013)
Arrawarra to Dirty Creek
Major junctions
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway
Korora, New South Wales
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway
Dirty Creek, New South Wales
Location(s)
Region Mid North Coast
LGA(s) Coffs Harbour
Major suburbs Moonee Beach, Woolgoolga, Corindi Beach
Highway system

Solitary Islands Way is a road in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, located north of the city of Coffs Harbour. It links the towns of Woolgoolga and Corindi Beach to the Pacific Highway. It consists of a mix of newly constructed roads, pre-existing Council-owned roads and former sections of the highway that were bypassed by new alignments in 2013 and 2017.

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Route description

Solitary Islands Way is a 36.4-kilometre (22.6 mi) road stretching from Korora just north of Coffs Harbour to Dirty Creek near Halfway Creek. It passes through the towns of Moonee Beach, Woolgoolga and Corindi Beach. [1] The section between Korora and Woolgoolga runs largely parallel and adjacent to the Pacific Highway.

The following sections of the road were previously part of the Pacific Highway and were bypassed by new alignments: [2] [3] [4]

Additionally, three sections of the road that were not previously Pacific Highway had other previous names: [2] [3]

History

As part of the Pacific Highway Upgrade, the section between Coffs Harbour and Halfway Creek was progressively upgraded in the 2010s. The environmental assessment for the Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade of the highway in 2008 proposed a local access strategy, which involved the construction of new roads adjacent to the highway, using and upgrading existing Council-owned roads, or using the existing highway alignment as local access roads. [6]

In February 2013, the Coffs Harbour City Council voted to name the new local access road as Solitary Islands Way. [7] The Woolgoolga bypass of the highway opened to traffic on 16 December 2013, [8] and the rest of the Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade was completed in July 2014. [9] Solitary Islands Way was gazetted on 1 May 2014 as a 26.7 km (16.6 mi) local access road based on the local access strategy proposed in 2008, and consisted of: [2] [4]

In October 2017, the Pacific Highway was bypassed between Arrawarra and Dirty Creek (Range Road) via Corindi Beach, as part of the Woolgoolga to Halfway Creek upgrade. [10] [11] The bypassed section of the highway and the existing Eggins Drive at Arrawarra were renamed Solitary Islands Way on 22 December 2017, extending the road northwards from Arrawarra to Dirty Creek. [3]

In October 2020, Coffs Harbour City Council approved Woolgoolga's first set of traffic lights at the intersection of Solitary Islands Way and Centenary Drive, near Woolgoolga High School and the planned West Woolgoolga Sports Complex. The cost of the signalised intersection is estimated to be A$5.26 million. [12] Construction is expected to begin in the second half of 2021. [13]

Major junction list

LGALocationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
Coffs Harbour Korora00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney Continues to Pacific Highway (south)
Sapphire Beach2.21.4AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney
Entry and exit for Pacific Highway southbound only
Solitary Islands Way continues to the west
Split Solitary Road – Sapphire Beach
2.31.4AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney
Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only
Solitary Islands Way continues to the north
Gaudrons Road
Moonee Beach 5.13.2AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney
Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only
Moonee Beach Road   Moonee Beach To entry and exit for AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway southbound
7.74.8Killara DriveSolitary Islands Way continues to the southeast
7.94.9Tiki RoadSolitary Islands Way continues to the northeast
Emerald Beach11.06.8AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney To Settlers Road
Exit for Pacific Highway southbound only
Brothers Drive
11.27.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney Entry for Pacific Highway southbound only
Fiddaman Road – Emerald Beach
12.47.7AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane Exit for Pacific Highway southbound only
Solitary Islands Way continues to the north
Sandy Beach12.77.9AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney
Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only
Emerald Heights Drive
14.08.7Diamond Head Drive – Sandy Beach
15.89.8AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney
Entry and exit for Pacific Highway northbound only
Woolgoolga 16.110.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney Southbound entry for Pacific Highway southbound only
16.210.1Hearnes Lakes RoadNorthbound to southbound u-turn to AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg (south)
16.710.4AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane Exit for Pacific Highway southbound only
Woopi Drive
Arrawarra24.415.2AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney
Dirty Creek36.422.6AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (north) – Tweed Heads, Gold Coast, Brisbane
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway (A1) (south) – Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Sydney
Entry and exit for Pacific Highway southbound only
Range RoadTo entry and exit for AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Pacific Highway northbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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