David Low Way is a Australian road connecting the many coastal townships of the Sunshine Coast with the two large city centres of

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in the south and

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in the north. The route is an alternative coastal route to the

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and passes through the sugar and fruit growing town of

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and then crosses the Sunshine Motorway. The road then travels north along the coast, through many coastal towns to the terminus at Noosa Heads. It is named after David Low, a local Member of the

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. The first stage of the road was opened between Sunshine Beach and Peregian Beach on April 2, 1960, by the

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of the time,

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Cycle facility

A project to provide a cycle facility at Marcoola and Mudjimba, at a cost of $5.7 million, was partially completed in December 2020, with another stage to follow.

Major intersections

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