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Originally Posted by Louwai
You obviously haven't driven from Brisbane to Cairns. !!! Most of it is still single lane each way.  |
A few years ago we did Sydney->Cairns->Undara->Hughenden->Mt Isa->St George->Sydney in 2 weeks. Once the Bruce Hwy dropped to one lane each way the traffic volume had dropped to the point that overtaking was not really an issue. Except for one escorted convoy with some huge piece of farm machinery we were stuck behind for over an hour. There was nowhere the police could stop the southbound traffic to let the hundred or so vehicles pass.
The biggest scare we had was meeting a road train on a narrow bridge near St George. He appeared around a blind curve after we were both committed to crossing the bridge. My mirrors went under his.
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Originally Posted by glenluceskies
I do not want to bag anyone from NSW, but I recently drove from Melbourne to Young, and the NSW half of the Hume Freeway is 20 years behind Victoria's half. What a shocking road for a National Highway!
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It is much simpler to build a good road from Melbourne to Albury than from Albury to Sydney. It is not all that far and is relatively level terrain. From Albury it runs continuously through the Great Dividing Range until you get to Picton.
The same holds true for much of the Princes, Pacific and Bruce Hwys.
On the other side of the mountains the Melbourne to Brisbane roads (eg Newell) run along the plains and are much better for the volume of traffic they carry.
A few comparison Vic/NSW stats I worked out. Not to be taken as gospel. It's easy to see why Victoria can have better roads.