Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle)

M1 Pacific Motorway F3 Freeway / Sydney–Newcastle Freeway / Sydney–Newcastle Expressway New South Wales
View northbound at Berowra
SSW end NNE end
Coordinates	33°43′17.7″S 151°6′18.3″E / 33.721583°S 151.105083°E / -33.721583; 151.105083 (SSW end) 32°48′55.3″S 151°38′3.9″E / 32.815361°S 151.634417°E / -32.815361; 151.634417 (NNE end)
Type	Freeway
Length	127.1 km (79 mi)
Opened	15 December 1965
Gazetted	1 February 2013
History	Further stages opened up until 1998
Route number(s)	M1 (2013-present) (Entire Length)
Former route number	National Highway 1 (1974-2013) F3 (unsigned) (1973-unknown)
SSW end	Pennant Hills Road (A28) Wahroonga, New South Wales
	Pacific Highway (A1) Bobbin Head Road Central Coast Highway (A49) Doyalson Link Road (A43) Hunter Expressway (M15) Newcastle Link Road (A15)
NNE end	John Renshaw Drive (A1 / B68) Weakleys Drive Beresfield, New South Wales
Major suburbs / towns	Berowra, Mount White, Peats Ridge, Somersby, Ourimbah, Tuggerah, Warnervale, Mandalong, Awaba, Minmi
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales

Bobbin Head Road

The M1 Pacific Motorway, also known by the former names F3 Freeway, Sydney–Newcastle Freeway, and Sydney–Newcastle Expressway; is a 127 km (79 mi) stretch of freeway linking Sydney to the Central Coast, Newcastle and Hunter regions of New South Wales. It is part of the AusLink road corridor between Sydney and Brisbane. The name "F3 Freeway", reflects its former route allocation, but is commonly used by both the public and the government to refer to the roadway long after the route allocation itself was no longer in use.

At its southern end, the freeway starts at Pennant Hills Road, Wahroonga, near its junction with the Pacific Highway (Pearces Corner) in Sydney's north. It heads north, skirting the western edge of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, running parallel with the railway line until it descends to the Hawkesbury River, crossing at Kangaroo Point in Brooklyn. Immediately north of the river, the Hawkesbury River interchange provides access to Brooklyn and Mooney Mooney before the road climbs. At Mount White there are major heavy vehicle checking stations on both northbound and southbound carriageways, to assess compliance and roadworthiness of trucks.

The freeway passes through the Brisbane Water National Park, and the Calga interchange gives access to Peats Ridge.The freeway then turns east to cross Mooney Mooney Creek by way of the 480 m (1,575 ft) long, 75 m (246 ft) high Mooney Mooney Bridge before it reaches the first major interchange on the Central Coast at Kariong.

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