Gold Coast Highway
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Queensland
The Gold Coast Highway is a highway in the extreme southeast of the Australian state of Queensland. It connects the cities and towns along the Gold Coast and is in the north at Helensvale on the Pacific Motorway (M1) and on the south by the Pacific Highway (R1 ) connected.
In him are densely populated places with tall buildings, such as Surfers Paradise, Main Beach and Broadbeach and those with low buildings, such as Palm Beach and Bilinga. Shopping centers are in Southport, a historic hotel in Mermaid Beach, low residential development in Miami and light industry in Arundel. Currumbin Creek and Burleigh Head National Park offer beautiful views of the coast.
History
This street was formerly part of the Pacific Highway. At that time the trade between Queensland and New South Wales along the Gold Coast ran. Today, the Pacific Highway runs along the route of the Pacific Motorway approximately 8 km west of the coastline.
State of development and speed limits
The Gold Coast Highway is four lanes almost its entire length. Only in Labrador '' '' is a short two-track piece and in some places there are six tracks ( which mostly two lanes for public transport are reserved). Road accidents are mostly rear-end collisions at traffic intersections and pedestrian crossings or due to excessive speed. For events, the highway is often congested at Surfers Paradise, especially the Indy Racing Carnival when it is reduced to 2 lanes.
The speed is usually limited to 70 km / h. In Palm Beach, Surfers Paradise and Labrador is the speed limit 60 km / h, in Burleigh Heads 50 km / h and north of Captain Cook Drive in Arundel 80 km / h
Planned expansion
- Labrador: Between the Government Road and North Street along the route section, which mostly Frank Street says: The highway to be widened within several years from two to four lanes. 2007, a four-lane bridge over the Loders Creek was completed and in the Robert Street until work has begun. The goal is a continuous four-lane street as in Surfers Paradise with a narrow median strip bus lanes in the area of traffic lights.
- Broadbeach to Miami: bus lanes, pedestrian crossings to bus stops, turning possibilities, traffic lights, traffic signs, lights, and a center strip to be supplemented. The first phase (Alexandra Avenue to Hilda Street) was completed in mid-September 2008. The second phase ( Hilda Street to Chairlift Avenue ) was largely completed in July 2009. Some work still need to be performed.
- Tugun: The worst "bottleneck" in Tugun, where the Gold Coast Highway is connected 8km north of Coolangatta on the Pacific Highway, was eliminated in June 2008 with the opening of the Tugun Bypass. Further improvements to this point are planned.
Public transport
Since December 17, 2007 runs between Southport and Burleigh Heads on the day every five minutes and a bus between Southport and Tweed Heads (NSW) around the clock every half hour. The bus routes are operated by Surfside Buslines for Translink. Route, there are already own bus lanes on the highway, which will be expanded to form a continuous path. The rapid transit system Gold Coast Rapid Trans system has been built since the beginning of 2011. More than half of all routes that are traveled by public transport on the Gold Coast, running along the highway.