Expressway - The Australian Highway Site: Links

Links

There's plenty of websites that are related to roads and so on, some about trips people have taken, others operated by equipment manufacturers etc.

There are only a small number of Australian enthusiasts sites, however there is a large number produced by Americans.

Below are a selection of quality links that you my find useful in your road and travel surfing...

Australia

Road Web Sites:: Australian Highways Google Discussion Group - The home to many Aussie Road Enthusiasts.; Building Beautifully - A YouTube channel that primarily focuses on planning decisions in Sydney and NSW, including suburbs, railways and freeways including upcoming infrastructure proposals.; Floodgap's Australian Highways - US visitor with a good collection of photos from NSW & ACT.; Main Roads Victoria - Archived version of the now no longer active Victorian road site with loads of information on the routes in and around Melbourne and country Victoria.; OzRoads - Sam Laybutt's tremendous road site, highly recommended.; Roads Australia - Useful site with information about roads from all over Australia, inspired by Expressway and OzRoads.; SignSpotters - Darren Hodges' great site.

Online Road Maps & Manufacturers:: Ausway - Map manufacturer of Melway mapping products.; Hema Maps - Map manufacturer that specialises in remote area and travel maps.; OpenStreetMap - Crowdsourced Online map; StreetDirectory.com.au - Online map.; Whereis - Online map

Retailers / Manufacturers:: Barrier Signs - Making signs since 1982.; PTG Consulting - Specialists in civil, structural, environmental and geotechnical including traffic / road infrastructure related fields.; Signsmart (includes De Neefe Signs) - Maker of signs, safety gear and more. Their catalogue is in PDF format and has a large variety of signs.; TraffixGroup - Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Group; TraffixGroup - Traffic Technologies

State Motoring Associations:: AANT - Automobile Association of the Northern Territory; NRMA - National Roads and Motorists' Association (NSW / ACT); RACV - Royal Automotive Club of Victoria; RACQ - Royal Automotive Club of Queensland; RAA - Royal Automotive Association of South Australia; RACWA - Royal Automotive Club of Western Australia; RACT - Royal Automotive Club of Tasmania

Toll Roads & Government Departments:: Department of Transport and Main Roads - State road authority of Queensland; Main Roads Western Australia - State road authority of Western Australia; Linked - Toll road operator in NSW, QLD and VIC; Transport for New South Wales (Roads and Waterways) - State road authority of New South Wales; Department For Infrastructure and Transport - State Road Authority of South Australia; Transport Services - State Road Authority of Tasmania; Transurban - Toll road operator in NSW, QLD, VIC and the USA; Traffic Sign Computer Aided Design (TraSiCAD) - Computer program published by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads for designing signs.; VicRoads (the Victorian Roads Corporation); Victorian Transport Accidents Commission - State road authority of Victoria.; WestLink M7 - Sydney's Westlink M7 Motorway Information Web Site.

Traffic Cameras:: Hobart Traffic Cameras - Cameras monitoring traffic in Hobart, Tasmania.; Live Traffic Cameras - Transport for NSW's traffic monitoring cameras.; Queensland Traffic Cameras - Traffic monitoring cameras located all over Queensland.

International

Road Web Sites:: AA Roads a website looking at roads all over the US; Arizona Roads - A look at roads in the US state of Arizona.; Auckland Motorways Traffic - Cameras around the motorway network in Auckland NZ; Bartolomeo Mecánico - International road-signs, water mills, opiliones, painted ads. Goes into great detail about workmen, falling rocks and school children signs.; California Road Signs - This site is run by a guy that preserves old road signs and shows his collection and more.; Floodgap Roadgap - An excellent site covering several routes in California.; Motoring in New Zealand - Hosted by Arizonaroads.com, great info and photos on NZ roads.; Motorway Signs - Mees Roelefs site of European Motorway signage.; Newsgroup: misc.transport.road Frequently Asked Questions List; Pennsylvania Highways - Information and photos on roads in the US state of Pennsylvania.; Roadfan.com - A US website covering many aspects of roads and highways.; Roads.org.uk - A fan site dedicated to the entire road network of mainland Britain.; Scottish Roads Archive - A site that chronicles the history of Scotland's roads, bridges & motorways.; Signalfan.com - A site dedicated to the Preservation of Historical Traffic Control Devices.; StarOwl's Highway Heaven - US site with exit lists, the Roadgeek fonts and more.; Traffic Cams - Mees Roelefs site of European (and some Aussie) Traffic Web Cams.; Which Side of the Road do they drive on? - A website covering the history of which side various countries drive on along their roads. A somewhat interesting read.

Retailers / Manufacturers:: RTL - New Zealand sign manufacturer; Stocksigns - Sign maker in England

Government Departments:: Department for Transport - The UK transport department's website.; NZTA - New Zealand Transport Agency.; US Federal Highway Administration Standard Highway Signs - Road sign standards and designs for the US.