In Queensland, Highway 1 is a 2,964-kilometre (1,842 mi) long[1] route that crosses the state, from the Northern Territory (NT) border near Wollogorang to Cairns, and then travels along the coastline to the New South Wales (NSW) border near Coolangatta.

Highway 1 continues around the rest of Australia, joining all mainland state capitals, and connecting major centres in Tasmania.

[2] The Savannah Way is the largely unsignposted route for Highway 1 between the Northern Territory border and Normanton.

[1] The following sections, which are freeways or dual carriageways, are designated as route M1: With the completion of Section C of the Bruce Highway - Cooroy to Curra upgrade project (Traveston to Woondum) in February 2018[4] the M1 has now been extended to Kybong, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Gympie.

Section D of the project (Woondum to Curra, including a bypass of Gympie)[5] will, when completed, become the next stage of the M1.