{{Short description|Highway in New South Wales, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox Australian road | road_name = Central Coast Highway | type = highway | state = nsw | route = {{AUshield|NSW|A49}} A49 {{small|(2013–present)<br />Entire route}} | former = {{plainlist| *{{AUshield|S|83}} State Route 83 {{small|(1979–2013)}} *{{AUshield|NR|1}} National Route 1 {{small|(1955–1979)<br />(Kariong–Gosford)}} }}{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} | length = 49.9 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-33.4258818,151.2878046/-33.1994908,151.5225853/@-33.3174973,151.3860876,12.15z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d151.4797663!2d-33.3630643!3s0x6b72cf3d40d379bb:0xf30f8507e431c8d4!1m0!3e0?hl=en |title=Central Coast Highway |access-date=8 March 2023 }}</ref> | gazetted = 9 August 2006 | gazetted_ref = <ref name="nswgovgaz06">{{cite journal |url=http://www.gazette.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/2006/11th_August.pdf |title=Roads Act 1993 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |publisher=NSW Government |issue=100 |page=46 |date=11 August 2006 |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419204601/http://www.gazette.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/2006/11th_August.pdf |archive-date=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | coordinates_a = {{coord|-33.425931|151.287740|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-33.199505|151.522660|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | pushpin_label_position_a = left | pushpin_label_position_b = right | direction_a = Southwest | direction_b = Northeast | end_a = {{AUshield|NSW|M1}} '''[[Pacific Motorway (Sydney-Newcastle)|Pacific Motorway]]'''<br />{{AUshield|NSW|B83}} '''Wisemans Ferry Road'''<br />{{small|[[Kariong, New South Wales]]}} | end_b = '''Wyee Road'''<br />{{small|[[Doyalson, New South Wales]]}} | exits = {{plainlist| *{{AUshield|NSW|B74}} Wyong Road *{{AUshield|NSW|B70}} Main Road *{{AUshield|NSW|A43}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] }} | through = {{NSWcity|Gosford|Erina|Bateau Bay|The Entrance}}, {{NSWcity|Noraville|Budgewoi}} | show_links = yes }}
'''Central Coast Highway''' is a {{convert|50|km|adj=on}}<ref name="gmaps" /> [[highway]] through the [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast]] region of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It connects [[Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle)|Pacific Motorway]] ([[Highway 1 (New South Wales)|M1]]) at [[Kariong, New South Wales|Kariong]] with [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A43) at [[Doyalson, New South Wales|Doyalson]]. The highway was named after the region it goes through, to provide an easily identifiable route for visitors to the region, and is designated route A49.
==Route== Central Coast Highway commences at the intersection with Wisemans Ferry Road and the southbound ramps of [[Pacific Motorway (Sydney-Newcastle)|Pacific Motorway]] at [[Kariong, New South Wales|Kariong]] and heads east in an easterly direction as a four-lane, single-carriageway road widening into a 6-lane, dual-carriageway road through [[West Gosford]], then narrows back to a four-lane, single-carriageway once past the [[Brian McGowan (politician)|Brian McGowan]] Bridge in central [[Gosford]], and then follows Dane Drive and Masons Parade through Gosford, York and Victoria and George Streets through [[East Gosford]], The Entrance Road from [[Erina, New South Wales|Erina]] to [[The Entrance, New South Wales|The Entrance]], Oakland Avenue and Coral Street through The Entrance, Wilfred Barrett Drive from The Entrance North to [[Noraville]], along Budgewoi Road from Noraville to [[Budgewoi]], and finally along Scenic Drive from Budgewoi, where the highway terminates at the intersection with [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] and Wyee Road in [[Doyalson]].<ref name="rta archive"/>
==History== The passing of the ''Main Roads Act of 1924''<ref>[http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ State of New South Wales, ''An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ |date=11 August 2022 }} 10 November 1924</ref> through the [[Parliament of New South Wales]] provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the [[Main Roads Board]] (MRB). '''Great Northern Highway''' was declared (as Main Road No. 9) on 8 August 1928, running from Kariong to Gosford (and continuing south via Peat's Ferry and [[Hornsby, New South Wales|Hornsby]] to [[North Sydney]], and northwards via [[Swansea, New South Wales|Swansea]] and [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] to [[Hexham, New South Wales|Hexham]]).<ref name="nswgovgaz28">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1927 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=110 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=17 August 1928 |pages=3814-20 |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=3 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803050207/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219952359 |url-status=live }}</ref> With the passing of the ''Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929''<ref>[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15 State of New South Wales, ''An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the MRB; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812065622/https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1929-15 |date=12 August 2022 }} 8 April 1929</ref> to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to State Highway 9 on 8 April 1929. On 26 May 1931, it was re-declared as part of State Highway 10 and renamed '''Pacific Highway'''.<ref name="nswgovgaz31">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1929 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219917633 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=65 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=29 May 1931 |pages=1875 |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=19 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919080819/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219917633 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Main Road 335 was declared from [[Long Jetty, New South Wales|Long Jetty]] to [[The Entrance, New South Wales|The Entrance]] (and continuing west via [[Tumbi Umbi]] to [[Tuggerah]]), and Main Road 336 was declared from the intersection with Main Road 335 at Long Jetty to the intersection with Pacific Highway at [[Gosford]], on the same day, 26 April 1933.<ref name="nswgovgaz33">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1931 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223043894 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=71 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=12 May 1933 |pages=1590 |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026063917/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223043894 |url-status=live }}</ref> Main Road 509 was declared from Wyee to the intersection with Pacific Highway in Doyalson on 27 September 1939,<ref name="nswgovgaz39">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1938 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225840144 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=156 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=13 October 1939 |pages=4913 |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026070732/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225840144 |url-status=live }}</ref> but was later extended past [[Doyalson]] via [[Budgewoi]] to [[Noraville]] (and continuing west to the intersection with Pacific Highway at [[Kanwal, New South Wales|Kanwal]]) on 4 April 1951;<ref name="nswgovgaz51">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1950 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220111225 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=68 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=27 April 1951 |pages=1200 |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026073037/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220111225 |url-status=live }}</ref> Main Road 335 was extended north, from The Entrance via [[The Entrance North]] to the intersection with Main Road 509 in Noraville, on 22 February 1967,<ref name="nswgovgaz67">{{cite news |title=Main Roads Act, 1924-1965 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220339722 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=25 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=17 March 1967 |pages=895-913 |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026074234/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220339722 |url-status=live }}</ref> shortly before construction on the replacement [[The Entrance Bridge]] commenced.
The passing of the ''Roads Act of 1993''<ref>[https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033 State of New South Wales, ''An Act to make provision with respect to the roads of New South Wales; to repeal the State Roads Act 1986, the Crown and Other Roads Act 1990 and certain other enactments; and for other purposes.''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811000905/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mra1924n24133/ |date=11 August 2022 }} 10 November 1924</ref> through the [[Parliament of New South Wales]] updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, '''Central Coast Highway''' was declared as Highway 30 on 9 August 2006, from the Gosford Interchange with [[Pacific Motorway (Sydney-Newcastle)|Pacific Motorway]] at Kariong via Gosford, [[Erina, New South Wales|Erina]], [[Bateau Bay]], The Entrance and Noraville to the intersection with Pacific Highway at Doyalson, subsuming Main Road 336;<ref name="nswgovgaz06" /> the eastern end of Main Roads 335 and 509 were truncated to meet Central Coast Highway at Long Jetty and Noraville respectively.<ref name="nswgovgaz06" /> This declaration also subsumed a portion of State Highway 10 (Pacific Highway) between Kariong and the Brian McGowan Bridge in Gosford,<ref name="rta archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectsregional/centralcoast/kariong-doyalson.html|title=Kariong to Doyalson|publisher=Roads & Traffic Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004224217/http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/majorconstructionprojectsregional/centralcoast/kariong-doyalson.html|archive-date=4 October 2006|url-status=dead|access-date=23 September 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/downloads/kariong-doyalson-map.pdf|title=Central Coast Highway - Kariong to Doyalson|publisher=Roads & Traffic Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905032713/http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/downloads/kariong-doyalson-map.pdf|archive-date=5 September 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref> lengthening the existing gap of Highway 10 through Gosford (removed in November 1996<ref name="nswgovgaz96">{{cite news |title=Roads Act |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231976235 |work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=134 |publisher=National Library of Australia |date=22 November 1996 |pages=7657-62 |access-date=13 October 2022 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013033611/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231976235 |url-status=live }}</ref>) from Kariong to northern Gosford. The highway today, as Highway 30, still retains this declaration.<ref name="nswroadsched">{{cite web |url=https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf |title=Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads |author=[[Transport for NSW]] |date=August 2022 |publisher=Government of New South Wales |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825104657/https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/business-industry/partners-suppliers/lgr/documents/classified-roads-schedule.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
As part of the original alignment of the former Pacific Highway, it was signed National Route 1 in 1955, and then replaced by State Route 83 in 1979, from Kariong to [[Gosford]]{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}. With the conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route A49 for the entire length of the declared highway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/key-build-programs/alpha-numeric/nsw-factsheet.pdf |title=Road number and name changes in NSW |work=[[Roads & Maritime Services]] |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=2012 |access-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325194425/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/documents/projects/key-build-programs/alpha-numeric/nsw-factsheet.pdf# |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Upgrades=== A {{convert|4.4|km|mi|adj=on}} section of the highway between Carlton Road at [[Erina, New South Wales|Erina]] and Ocean View Drive at [[Wamberal, New South Wales|Wamberal]] was upgraded to two lanes per direction with a dividing median in 2012 and 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/central-coast-hwy/index.html|title=Central Coast Highway (The Entrance Road)|website=Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref> The intersections with Brisbane Water Drive and Manns Road were combined into a single intersection and completed in November 2015.
{{As of|2020|12}}, a {{convert|3.8|km|mi|adj=on}} section of the highway between Tumbi Road at [[Wamberal]] and Bateau Bay Road at Bateau Bay is proposed to be upgraded to two lanes per direction with a dividing median.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/01documents/central-coast-highway-upgrade-wamberal-to-bateau-bay/central-coast-highway-upgrade-consultation-report.pdf|title=Central Coast Highway upgrade – Wamberal to Bateau Bay - Community Consultation Report|publisher=Transport for NSW|date=December 2020|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/about/news-events/news/ministerial/2020/201201-locals-have-say-on-central-coast-highway-upgrade.html|title=Locals have say on Central Coast Highway Upgrade|publisher=Transport for NSW - Roads and Maritime|date=1 December 2020|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
==Major junctions== Central Coast Highway is entirely contained within the [[Central Coast Council (New South Wales)|Central Coast Council]] [[local government area]]. {{AUSinttop|noLGA=yes|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps"/>}} {{NSWint |location=Kariong |type=trans |km=0.0 |road={{AUshield|NSW|M1}} [[Pacific Motorway (Sydney-Newcastle)|Pacific Motorway]] (M1 southwest){{NSWcity|p=on|Berowra|Wahroonga}}, [[Sydney]]<br />{{AUshield|NSW|B83}} Wisemans Ferry Road (B83 north){{NSWcity|p=on|Somersby}} |notes=Southwestern terminus of highway and route A49 }} {{NSWint |location_special=Narara Creek |lcalign=center |km=5.1 |bridge=[[Henry Kendall (poet)|Henry Kendall]] Bridge }} {{NSWint |location=Gosford |lspan=3 |type=incomplete |km=6.2 |road=Riou Street, to [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (north){{NSWcity|p=on|Ourimbah|Wyong}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entry only }} {{NSWint |km=6.3 |bridge=[[Brian McGowan (politician)|Brian McGowan]] Bridge over ''[[Main North railway line, New South Wales|Main North railway line]]'' }} {{NSWint |km=7.1 |road=Mann Road (north){{NSWcity|p=on|Gosford}} |notes=T intersection }} {{NSWint |location_special={{NSWcity|Bateau Bay}}–{{NSWcity|Long Jetty}}–{{NSWcity|Shelly Beach}} tripoint |km=25.2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|B74}} Wyong Road (B74 west){{NSWcity|p=on|Tuggerah}}<br />Shelly Beach Road (east){{NSWcity|p=on|Shelly Beach}} |notes=Roundabout }} {{NSWint |location_special=[[Tuggerah Lake]] |lcalign=center |km=29.4 |km2=25.9 |bridge=[[The Entrance Bridge]] }} {{NSWint |location_special={{NSWcity|Noraville}}–{{NSWcity|Norah Head}} boundary |km=40.1 |road={{AUshield|NSW|B70}} Main Road (B70){{NSWcity|p=on|Toukley|Warnervale}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |location=Budgewoi |km=43.4 |road=Ourringo Street, to Elizabeth Bay Drive{{NSWcity|p=on|Lake Munmorah}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |location=Doyalson |lspan=2 |km=49.9 |uspan=2 |road={{AUshield|NSW|A43}} [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]] (A43){{NSWcity|p=on|Bushells Ridge|Swansea|Newcastle}} |notes= }} {{NSWint |type=trans |km=none |road=Wyee Road{{NSWcity|p=on|Wyee|Morisset}} |notes=Northeastern terminus of highway and route A49 }} {{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,trans}}
==See also== {{Portal|Australian Roads}} * [[Highways in Australia]] * [[List of highways in New South Wales]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Road infrastructure in New South Wales}}
[[Category:Highways in New South Wales]] [[Category:Transport on the Central Coast (New South Wales)]]