Central Coast Highway

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Central Coast Highway

Length	50 km
General direction	North-South
From	Pacific Highway at Doyalson
via	Budgewoi, Noraville, Magenta, The Entrance, Long Jetty, Bateau Bay, Forresters Beach, Wamberal, Erina Heights, Erina, East Gosford, Gosford, West Gosford
To	Sydney-Newcastle Freeway at Kariong
Established	2006
Allocation	Gosford - Kariong:
Major Junctions	Main Road Wyong Road Eastern Road Tumbi Road Ocean View Drive Terrigal Drive Karalta Road Henry Parry Drive Dane Drive Pacific Highway Racecourse Road Manns Road Woy Woy Road

The Central Coast Highway is a major road corridor through the Central Coast region of New South Wales. The route was officially named by the New South Wales state government on 9 August 2006 and aims to provide an easily identifiable route through the Coast for visitors to the region.^[1] The highway carries the State Route 83 designation previously held by the Pacific Highway from Kariong to Gosford, where the Pacific Highway recommences.

1 Route
2 Postal address designation
3 Signage
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Route

Starting at the Kariong Interchange of the F3 Freeway, the highway takes the former Pacific Highway route through Kariong to West Gosford, then follows the Brian McGowan Bridge to Dane Drive, Gosford. From here it goes along Masons Parade, York Street and George Street into East Gosford, then follows The Entrance Road through Erina, Wamberal, Forresters Beach, Bateau Bay and Long Jetty toward The Entrance.

The highway bypasses The Entrance town centre by following Oakland Avenue and Coral Street to Wilfred Barrett Drive, which it follows to Noraville. It then continues along Budgewoi Road toward Budgewoi and Scenic Road through Buff Point and San Remo to its northern terminus at the junction with the Pacific Highway and Wyee Road at Doyalson.

[edit] Postal address designation

Upon the re-naming of the road, only the State Route 83 section of the road (formerly Pacific Highway), will be renamed in both route and postal address. Any residents or businesses on this stretch of the route have formal address changes. From the Brian McGowan Bridge and through the remaining roads that make up the route, Central Coast Highway adorns route signs only. Residents on the route encompassed by the following roads maintain their previous address but can use (Central Coast Highway) as shown in brackets after their address if they so wish:

Dane Drive, Gosford
Masons Parade, Gosford
York Street, East Gosford
Victoria Street, East Gosford
George Street, East Gosford
The Entrance Road at Erina, Erina Heights, Wamberal, Forresters Beach, Bateau Bay, Long Jetty and The Entrance
Oakland Avenue, The Entrance
Coral Street, The Entrance
Wilfred Barrett Drive at The Entrance North, Magenta and Noraville
Budgewoi Road at Noraville and Budgewoi
Scenic Road at Budgewoi, Buff Point, San Remo and Doyalson^[1]

[edit] Signage

Different indicators along different parts of the marked route would indicate that when New South Wales implements an alphanumeric route numbering system that this particular route will be ready for roll-out immediately.^{[citation needed]} The indication from the RTA is that until appropriate funding is available alphanumeric route numbering is only provisional and will not yet be active.^{[citation needed]}