Hexham Bypass construction update NSW Hunter Australia

[@johnlatham7092]

I've been waiting all my life it seems to have a bypass through this nightmare. My travels to the north will never be the same when this is done. Great video !

[@velcroman11]

In the 50’s and 60’s my father would come out at Minmi drive to Thorton and over to Raymond Terrace just to avoid the Hexham Bridge. Looking forward to the new M1 by-pass.

[@kerry2758]

Congratulations!! BJ 7,000 subs!! 🎉🎉

[@6point5by55]

Thanks. It's great to have a visual update on this important and long overdue project.

[@Agent44996]

Thanks for this update! This bypass is long overdue, and combined with the Coffs bypass you will be able to drive from Sydney to Brisbane on a full motorway (although sections of it don't technically meet motorway standards, but that's besides the point). Point is, these projects are the final piece in the long overdue puzzle.

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

👍

[@JamesKeetels]

Love these videos! Great to see the progress that is hard to see at road level. Now do the Jesmond to Lambton heights works 😁🙏

[@Lex-mo5mr]

Great video. It will eventually be a better drive when travelling north. Thanks BJD.

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

Most definitely cheers Lex

[@GarryBrooke-bd3sw]

Not before time. We lived in the Hunter 20 plus years ago. Hexham was a pain in the arse then to get around. Great video.

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

lol awesome

[@gordonrice167]

How is Hexham a pain in the arse to get around you just went straight up the highway

[@atholmullen]

You might want to include the official name of the project "M1 extension to Raymond Terrace" so that people searching for that are more likely to find your videos. There are also three other projects in the Hunter that it would be interesting to see drone updates of: * Hexham Straight widening project (widening the existing highway between Hexham bridge and the Newcastle Inner City Bypass at Sandgate to 3 lanes each way), * Newcastle Inner City Bypass Rankin Park to Jesmond (around the back of the John Hunter Hospital), & * Singleton Bypass.

[@swamppifi6186]

I live at Hexham, and I can't believe how quickly they are moving with this project....

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

You are surrounded by construction projects but it will be worth it

[@FeatherFloofs]

And another awesome video is posted! The view is awesome and the video is very informative! I love how the video contains relevant information while excluding the irrelevant! It gives me more time to appreciate the view instead of jam packing my brain with information I won’t even remember. Hopefully once the construction is finished, it will reduce the traffic in the area! I’m definitely not forgetting to congratulate you on your 7k subs!! Congratulations on your 7k subs, you’ve come a long way!! You’ve improved a lot in the last few years and hopefully you’ll post for many more!!

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

Thankyou Feather Floofs,

[@MF-hs6fx]

Amen!

[@kerry2758]

Great comment, totally agree.

[@robalexander7348]

Thank you, this will be great when finished, that bottle neck at Hexham bridge has been annoying for me for many years. 👍 nsw

[@hamishmacintyre4600]

Great video and thank you for sharing this big project progress too. The weather hasn’t made it easier lately.

[@dreamshifta370]

beautiful diagram tyvm

[@lakshmanprasad2798]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@MF-hs6fx]

😮Shout out to the Graders, alot of earth 🌎 has been moved, leveled and compacted

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

Yep

[@zorbakaput8537]

Hexham Bridge and Coffs Hbr have been (the last) two pinch points for a heck of a long time.

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

Yes the Sydney to Brisbane trip will be hugely improved

[@hamishmacintyre4600]

Pinch points - that is putting it mildly. Searing nightmares more like it. Especially Hexham bridge during holiday periods. We are so happy that progress is now evident.

[@atholmullen]

Don't worry. Every time they upgrade a pinch point, another one becomes obvious. When the M1 extension to Raymond Terrace opens, the southbound run will choke between the Newcastle interchange and where it widens to 3 lanes just before the Doyalson Link Rd, particularly south of the Morisset interchange. It already chokes there, but freeing up the traffic flow at Hexham will make it far worse.

[@dropbear6740]

@@BigJayDogAdventures Once these are finish, you can travel from Vic boarder to Fraser Coast Qld (NO Traffic lights)

[@aaronodriscoll8958]

Will be great once it's done

[@farnunkle]

Great vid love to see one of the inner city bypass

[@bobbavet]

Thanks for the video mate. I drive into Newcastle every day and cannot wait to see the back end of this and the Hexham Straight works. The amount of National productivity and fuel wasted here over the decades would be unfathomable. For the life of me I do not know why they prioritized this as one of the final sections to be modified. I also don't understand that when they do, it will only be dual carriage throughout. Especially when expanding capacity would near impossible give the viaduct design that had to be used over the swampy terrain. Any news on the Fishmarket? Thanks again for ya work.

[@Aangel452]

Came through Tomago 3wks ago and the grid lock was really bad. Look fwd to its completion

[@thelonewolf666]

awesome, just 25 years too late

[@giantmoose777]

Great video mate! Any chance you could do the Jesmond bypass? Cheers

[@anthonywalsh2164]

Why was not this first part constructed after the freeway was extended to Newcastle?

[@ralphmoore4548]

Is Oak Milk factory still there?

[@dropbear6740]

Great update, we have just had out Gympie by-pass open knocking about 20 min off a Hervey bay to Brisbane trip, when the Hexham and Coffs by-passes are done, I will be able to travel from home (Hervey Bay) to outskirts of Melbourne with NO traffic lights. When do they expect Hexham to be open

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

👍

[@FeatherFloofs]

Construction is expected to finish in 2026!!

[@Trev-mh2fr]

Plus Coolongoolook, which will end up being the only town not bypassed.

[@BigJayDogAdventures]

Of course that 80km zone , it has a good servo

[@Trev-mh2fr]

@@BigJayDogAdventures Very true. Just what you lose when towns are bypassed. In comes the multinational and franchise outlets at the mega service centres and go the local mum n dad stores

[@atholmullen]

I know quite a few people who will not stop at Coolongoolook, as a protest against the fact that it was not bypassed. As far as I'm aware, there is no plan to bypass it, ever.

[@bobbavet]

@@BigJayDogAdventures Yes need to stop for me crumbed snag and sauce. lol