Draft for Bruce Highway route description
Maryborough to Rockhampton
editMaryborough to Childers
editThe road runs through the eastern section of Wongi State Forest before bypassing Torbanlea and Howard, separated by the Burrum River. It then crosses the Isis River and passes through sugar cane farms on the way to Childers.
Childers to Gin Gin
editThis short section passes through the southern part of Cordalba State Forest and the western edge of Booyal State Forest before crossing the Burnett River. It includes intersections with both ends of State Route 3, which links the highway to Bundaberg.
Gin Gin to Miriam Vale
editThis section passes to the south and west of Lake Monduran before crossing the Kolan River. It then passes several national parks before reaching Miriam Vale.
Miriam Vale to Mount Larcom
editThis section crosses the Boyne and Calliope Rivers. It includes intersections with the Dawson Highway and with both ends of State Route 58, all of which link the highway to Gladstone.
Mount Larcom to Rockhampton
editThis section is joined by the Burnett Highway and the Capricorn Highway before entering Rockhampton.
Rockhampton to Mackay
editAfter crossing the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton this section passes connections to Emu Park and Yeppoon. From the outskirts of Rockhampton almost to Sarina the road passes through mainly timbered country. From Sarina to Mackay is mainly cultivated farm land, with the main crop being Sugar Cane. The road intersects with the Peak Downs Highway as it enters Mackay.
Mackay to Townsville
editThis section travels through a mixture of timbered and open farming country until it reaches the sugar cane fields around Proserpine, where it passes the intersection with State Route 59 to Airlie Beach. It then proceeds through mixed farming country to the port city of Bowen. From there it runs through similar country until it reaches the sugar cane areas of Home Hill and Ayr on the banks of the Burdekin River. A short stretch of road through hilly country leads to Townsville, passing to the east of Mount Elliot in the Bowling Green Bay National Park.
Townsville to Cairns
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Bruce Highway road network
editThe Bruce Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from north to south, of the major feeder roads is:
| Feeder roads of the Bruce Highway | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder road A | Start location | End location | Through | Road length | ||
| Feeder road B | ||||||
| Feeder road C | ||||||
  Captain Cook Highway (see still to come for details of feeder roads) |
Mossman | Cairns | Port Douglas, Palm Cove, Smithfield | 75.4 km (47 mi) | ||
 Cairns Western Arterial Road |
Smithfield | Mooroobool | Caravonica, Redlynch, Manoora | 14.1 km (9 mi) | ||
 Gillies Highway |
Atherton | Gordonvale | Yungaburra | 56 km (35 mi) | ||
 Palmerston Highway |
Millaa Millaa | Innisfail | 54.6 km (34 mi) | |||
| Atherton – Malanda Road / Malanda – Millaa Millaa Road |
Atherton | Millaa Millaa | Malanda | 39 km (24 mi) | ||
 East Evelyn Road |
Evelyn (Kennedy Highway) |
Millaa Millaa | 10.7 km (7 mi) | |||
 Hervey Range Road |
Basalt | Bohle Plains | 121 km (75 mi) | |||
| Former Bruce Highway through Townsville | Deeragun | Douglas | Garbutt | 17 km (11 mi) | ||
 Flinders Highway (see still to come for details of feeder roads) |
Cloncurry | Stuart | Julia Creek, Richmond, Hughenden, Charters Towers | 775.2 km (482 mi) | ||
 Bowen Developmental Road / Peter Delamothe Road |
Belyando Crossing (Gregory Highway) |
Bowen | Collinsville | 259 km (161 mi) | ||
 Proserpine – Shute Harbour Road |
Shute Harbour | Hamilton Plains | Airlie Beach | 34.3 km (21 mi) | ||
 Marian – Hampden Road |
Marian | Hampden | 8.7 km (5 mi) | |||
 Peak Downs Highway |
Clermont (Gregory Highway) |
Mackay | Nebo | 283 km (176 mi) | ||
 Dingo – Mount Flora Road / Fitzroy Developmental Road |
Dingo (Capricorn Highway) |
Strathfield | Middlemount | 235 km (146 mi) | ||
 Suttor Developmental Road |
Mount Coolon (Bowen Developmental Road) |
Nebo | Elphinstone | 167 km (104 mi) | ||
| Eton – Homebush Road |
Homebush | Eton | 10.4 km (6 mi) | |||
| Marian – Eton Road |
Marian | Eton | North Eton | 15.6 km (10 mi) | ||
 Mackay – Eungella Road |
Eungella | Alexandra | Mirani, Marian | 69.7 km (43 mi) | ||
| Sarina – Homebush Road |
Homebush | Sarina | 26.3 km (16 mi) | |||
 Yeppoon Road |
Yeppoon | Parkhurst | 32.4 km (20 mi) | |||
| Emu Park Road |
Emu Park | Berserker | 46.5 km (29 mi) | |||
 Capricorn Highway (see still to come for details of feeder roads) |
Barcaldine | Rockhampton | Emerald | 575 km (357 mi) | ||
 Burnett Highway (see still to come for details of feeder roads) |
Nanango (D'Aguilar Highway) |
Gracemere | Goomeri, Biloela | 543 km (337 mi) | ||
 Gladstone – Mount Larcom Road |
Gladstone | Mount Larcom | 32 km (20 mi) | |||
 Dawson Highway |
Gladstone | Calliope | 18.9 km (12 mi) | |||
| Gladstone – Benaraby Road |
Gladstone | Benaraby | 20.3 km (13 mi) | |||
 Bundaberg – Gin Gin Road |
Bundaberg | Gin Gin | 48.6 km (30 mi) | |||
| Childers Road |
Bundaberg | Childers | 44.9 km (28 mi) | |||
| Isis Highway |
Ban Ban Springs (Burnett Highway) |
Childers | Biggenden | 83.1 km (52 mi) | ||
 Maryborough – Biggenden Road |
Biggenden (Isis Highway) |
Maryborough | 79.9 km (50 mi) | |||
 Maryborough – Hervey Bay Road |
Urangan | Tinana | 44.7 km (28 mi) | |||
 Wide Bay Highway |
Goomeri (Burnett Highway) |
Bells Bridge | Kilkivan | 62.4 km (39 mi) | ||
 Mary Valley Road |
Kenilworth | Gympie | Kandanga | 51.4 km (32 mi) | ||
 Tin Can Bay Road |
Tin Can Bay | Monkland | 56.4 km (35 mi) | |||
 Cooroy – Noosa Road |
Noosa Heads | Cooroy | 22.8 km (14 mi) | |||
 Eumundi – Noosa Road |
Noosa Heads | Eumundi | 16.7 km (10 mi) | |||
| Yandina – Coolum Road |
Coolum Beach | Yandina | 16.9 km (11 mi) | |||
 Bli Bli Road |
Bli Bli | Nambour | 6.8 km (4 mi) | |||
 Maroochydore Road |
Maroochydore | Forest Glen | 9.9 km (6 mi) | |||
| Sunshine Motorway |
Mountain Creek | Sippy Downs | 8.6 km (5 mi) | |||
| Caloundra Road |
Caloundra | Palmview | 8.3 km (5 mi) | |||
| Steve Irwin Way |
Beerwah | Palmview | 15 km (9 mi) | |||
| Steve Irwin Way | Beerwah | Beerburrum | 14.8 km (9 mi) | |||
   D'Aguilar Highway (see still to come for details of feeder roads) |
Kingaroy (Bunya Highway) |
Caboolture | Nanango, Yarraman, Kilcoy | 164 km (102 mi) | ||
| Bribie Island Road |
Bribie Island | Caboolture | 19.8 km (12 mi) | |||
| Uhlmann Road |
Beerburrum | Burpengary | Elimbah, Caboolture, Morayfield | 22.8 km (14 mi) | ||
 Deception Bay Road |
Rothwell | Deception Bay | 11.6 km (7 mi) | |||
 Anzac Avenue |
Petrie | Mango Hill | 5.6 km (3 mi) | |||
| Anzac Avenue |
Redcliffe | Mango Hill | 11.9 km (7 mi) | |||
 Gateway Motorway |
Eight Mile Plains | Bald Hills | 38.7 km (24 mi) | |||
| Gympie Arterial Road |
Carseldine | Bald Hills | 4.2 km (3 mi) | |||
Flinders Highway road network
editThe Flinders Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, west to east, of the major feeder roads is:
| Feeder roads of the Flinders Highway | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder road A | Start location | End location | Through | Road length | |
| Feeder road B | |||||
 Barkly Highway |
NT border | Mount Isa | Camooweal | 202 km (126 mi) | |
 Boulia – Mount Isa Highway |
Boulia | Mount Isa | Dajarra | 305 km (190 mi) | |
| Barkly Highway |
Mount Isa | Cloncurry | 119 km (74 mi) | ||
| Burke Developmental Road |
Normanton | Cloncurry | Four Ways | 375 km (233 mi) | |
| Landsborough Highway |
Morven (Warrego Highway) |
Cloncurry | Barcaldine (Capricorn Highway), Longreach, Winton | 1,033 km (642 mi) | |
 Mitchell Highway |
NSW border | Augathella | 394 km (245 mi) | ||
| Capricorn Highway |
Gracemere (Bruce Highway) |
Barcaldine | 574 km (357 mi) | ||
 Thomson Developmental Road |
Windorah | Longreach | 309 km (192 mi) | ||
 Kennedy Developmental Road |
Boulia (Flinders Highway) |
Winton | 360 km (224 mi) | ||
| Kennedy Developmental Road |
Hughenden (Flinders Highway) |
Winton | 215 km (134 mi) | ||
 Julia Creek – Kynuna Road |
Julia Creek (Flinders Highway) |
Kynuna | 112 km (70 mi) | ||
| Wills Developmental Road |
Burketown (National Highway 1) |
Julia Creek | Gregory, Four Ways | 474 km (295 mi) | |
| Julia Creek – Kynuna Road |
Kynuna (Landsborough Highway) |
Julia Creek | 112 km (70 mi) | ||
| Kennedy Developmental Road |
Minnamoolka | Hughenden | Conjuboy (Gregory Highway) | 265 km (165 mi) | |
| Winton Road / Kennedy Developmental Road |
Boulia | Hughenden | Winton (Landsborough Highway) | 575 km (357 mi) | |
 Barcaldine – Aramac Road / Muttaburra – Aramac Road / Hughenden – Muttaburra Road |
Barcaldine (Capricorn Highway) |
Hughenden | Aramac, Muttaburra | 359 km (223 mi) | |
 Torrens Creek – Aramac Road |
Aramac | Torrens Creek | 247 km (153 mi) | ||
 Gregory Highway |
Springsure (Dawson Highway) |
Charters Towers | Emerald (Capricorn Highway), Capella, Clermont | 540 km (336 mi) | |
 Clermont – Alpha Road |
Alpha (Capricorn Highway) |
Clermont | 178 km (111 mi) | ||
 Gregory Developmental Road |
Conjuboy | Charters Towers | 259 km (161 mi) | ||
| Kennedy Developmental Road |
Minnamoolka | Hughenden (Flinders Highway) |
Conjuboy | 486 km (302 mi) | |
Capricorn Highway road network
editThe Capricorn Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, west to east, of the major feeder roads is:
| Feeder roads of the Capricorn Highway | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder road A | Start location | End location | Through | Road length | |||
| Feeder road B | |||||||
| Hughenden – Muttaburra Road Muttaburra – Aramac Road Barcaldine – Aramac Road |
Hughenden (Flinders Highway) |
Barcaldine | Muttaburra, Aramac | 359 km (223 mi) | |||
| Aramac – Torrens Creek Road |
Torrens Creek (Flinders Highway) |
Aramac | 245 km (152 mi) | ||||
| Clermont Road |
Clermont (Gregory Highway) |
Alpha | 180 km (112 mi) | ||||
| Gregory Highway | Charters Towers (Flinders Highway) |
Emerald | Clermont | 472 km (293 mi) | |||
| Gregory Highway | Springsure (Dawson Highway) |
Emerald | 65.9 km (41 mi) | ||||
| Fitzroy Developmental Road / Dingo – Mount Flora Road |
Strathfield (Peak Downs Highway) |
Dingo | Middlemount | 235 km (146 mi) | |||
 Fitzroy Developmental Road |
Bauhinia (Dawson Highway) |
Duaringa | 103 km (64 mi) | ||||
 Leichhardt Highway |
Goondiwindi (Cunningham Highway) |
Westwood | Miles (Warrego Highway), Banana (Dawson Highway), Dululu (Burnett Highway) |
610 km (379 mi) | |||
| Burnett Highway (see still to come for details of feeder roads) |
Nanango (D'Aguilar Highway) |
Dululu | 467 km (290 mi) | ||||
| Burnett Highway |
Gracemere (Bruce Highway) |
Dululu | 62.7 km (39 mi) | ||||
Captain Cook Highway road network
editThe Captain Cook Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from west to east, of the major feeder roads is:
| Feeder roads of the Captain Cook Highway | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder road A | Start location | End location | Through | Road length | ||
| Feeder road B | ||||||
| Feeder road C | ||||||
| Mossman – Mount Molloy Road |
Mount Molloy (Mulligan Highway) |
Mossman | Shannonvale, Julatten | 28.4 km (18 mi) | ||
| National Highway 1 (Various road names) / Gulf Developmental Road / Kennedy Highway |
NT border | Smithfield | Burketown, Normanton, Croydon, Minnamoolka, Ravenshoe, Mareeba |
1,139 km (708 mi) | ||
| Wills Developmental Road |
Julia Creek (Flinders Highway) |
Burketown | Four Ways, Gregory | 474 km (295 mi) | ||
| Burke Developmental Road |
Cloncurry (Flinders Highway) |
Four Ways | 181 km (112 mi) | |||
| Burke Developmental Road |
Normanton | Four Ways | 200 km (124 mi) | |||
 Gregory Downs – Camooweal Road |
Camooweal (Barkly Highway) |
Gregory | 185 km (115 mi) | |||
| Atherton – Herberton Road / Longlands Gap Road |
Atherton (Kennedy Highway) |
Wondecla | Wongabel, Herberton | 33.6 km (21 mi) | ||
  Mulligan Highway |
Cooktown | Mareeba | Lakeland, Mount Molloy | 266 km (165 mi) | ||
 Burke Developmental Road / Mareeba – Dimbulah Road |
Normanton | Mareeba | Chillagoe, Dimbulah | 697 km (433 mi) | ||
Burnett Highway road network
editThe Burnett Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from south to north (towards the Bruce Highway at Rockhampton) of the major feeder roads is:
| Feeder roads of the Burnett Highway | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder road A | Start location | End location | Through | Road length | ||
| Feeder road B | ||||||
| Feeder road C | ||||||
| D'Aguilar Highway (see still to come for details of feeder roads) |
Caboolture (Bruce Highway) |
Nanango | Kilcoy, Blackbutt, Yarraman | 140 km (87 mi) | ||
| D'Aguilar Highway |
Kingaroy (Bunya Highway) |
Nanango | 24.9 km (15 mi) | |||
| Bunya Highway |
Dalby (Warrego Highway) |
Goomeri | Kingaroy, Wondai, Murgon | 174 km (108 mi) | ||
| D'Aguilar Highway |
Caboolture (Bruce Highway) |
Kingaroy | 164 km (102 mi) | |||
 Chinchilla – Wondai Road Dalby – Jandowae Road |
Dalby (Warrego Highway) |
Tingoora | Jandowae | 166 km (103 mi) | ||
| Wide Bay Highway |
Bells Bridge (Bruce Highway) |
Goomeri | Kilkivan | 62.5 km (39 mi) | ||
| Isis Highway |
Childers (Bruce Highway) |
Ban Ban Springs | Biggenden | 83.5 km (52 mi) | ||
| Maryborough – Biggenden Road |
Maryborough (Bruce Highway) |
Biggenden | 79.9 km (50 mi) | |||
 Mundubbera – Durong Road |
Durong (Leichhardt Highway) |
Mundubbera | 105 km (65 mi) | |||
| Chinchilla – Wondai Road |
Tingoora (Bunya Highway) |
Durong | 62.4 km (39 mi) | |||
| Chinchilla – Wondai Road |
Dalby (Warrego Highway) |
Durong | Jandowae | 89.3 km (55 mi) | ||
 Eidsvold – Theodore Road |
Theodore (Leichhardt Highway) |
Eidsvold | 144 km (89 mi) | |||
 Gladstone – Monto Road |
Calliope (Dawson Highway) |
Monto | 138 km (86 mi) | |||
| Dawson Highway |
Gladstone (Gregory Highway) |
Biloela | Calliope (Bruce Highway) |
120 km (75 mi) | ||
| Dawson Highway |
Springsure (Gregory Highway) |
Biloela | Rolleston, Bauhinia, Banana | 284 km (176 mi) | ||
| Carnarvon Highway |
Roma (Warrego Highway) |
Rolleston | Injune | 264 km (164 mi) | ||
| Fitzroy Developmental Road |
Duaringa (Capricorn Highway) |
Bauhinia | 103 km (64 mi) | |||
| Fitzroy Developmental Road |
Taroom (Leichhardt Highway) |
Rhydding | 115 km (71 mi) | |||
| Leichhardt Highway |
Theodore | Banana | 57.2 km (36 mi) | |||
| Leichhardt Highway |
Dululu (Burnett Highway) |
Banana | 78.9 km (49 mi) | |||
| Leichhardt Highway |
Westwood (Capricorn Highway) |
Dululu | 25.7 km (16 mi) | |||
| Leichhardt Highway |
Goondiwindi (Cunningham Highway) |
Dululu | Miles, Taroom, Banana | 586 km (364 mi) | ||
| Dawson Highway |
Springsure (Gregory Highway) |
Banana | Rolleston, Bauhinia | 239 km (149 mi) | ||
D'Aguilar Highway road network
editThe D'Aguilar Highway has about 16 major feeder roads in total; 5 highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from south to north (towards the Burnett Highway at Nanango and the Bunya Highway at Kingaroy) of the major feeder roads is:
| Feeder roads of the D'Aguilar Highway | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder road A | Start location | End location | Through | Road length | ||
| Feeder road B | ||||||
| Feeder road C | ||||||
| Beerburrum Road |
Beerburrum | Caboolture | Elimbah | 13.5 km (8 mi) | ||
| Morayfield Road |
Burpengary | Caboolture | Morayfield | 9.3 km (6 mi) | ||
| Mount Mee Road |
Dayboro | D'Aguilar | 35.7 km (22 mi) | |||
| Dayboro Road |
Petrie | Dayboro | 18.5 km (11 mi) | |||
 Mount Samson Road |
Samford | Dayboro | 24 km (15 mi) | |||
| Kilcoy – Beerwah Road Peachester Road Steve Irwin Way |
Glenview (Bruce Highway) |
Woodford | Beerwah | 43.6 km (27 mi) | ||
| Brisbane Valley Highway |
Blacksoil (Warrego Highway) |
Harlin | 89.3 km (55 mi) | |||
| Esk-Hampton Road |
Hampton (New England Highway) |
Esk | 45.7 km (28 mi) | |||
| New England Highway |
Glengallan (Cunningham Highway) |
Yarraman | Allora, Toowoomba, Crows Nest | 188 km (117 mi) | ||
 Gatton – Clifton Road |
Gatton (Warrego Highway) |
Clifton | 63.5 km (39 mi) | |||
 Toowoomba – Karara Road |
Karara (Cunningham Highway) |
Cambooya | Leyburn | 74.2 km (46 mi) | ||
| Warrego Highway |
Charleville (Mitchell Highway) |
Toowoomba | Roma, Miles, Dalby | 617 km (383 mi) | ||
| Warrego Highway |
Riverview | Toowoomba | Gatton | 94.1 km (58 mi) | ||
| Esk-Hampton Road |
Esk (Brisbane Valley Highway) |
Hampton | 45.7 km (28 mi) | |||
 Oakey – Cooyar Road |
Oakey (Warrego Highway) |
Wutul | 58.8 km (37 mi) | |||
| Burnett Highway |
Goomeri (Bunya and Wide Bay Highways) |
Nanango | 59.9 km (37 mi) | |||
| Bunya Highway |
Dalby (Warrego Highway) |
Kingaroy | 110 km (68 mi) | |||
| Bunya Highway |
Wondai | Kingaroy | 30.1 km (19 mi) | |||
| Chinchilla – Wondai Road Dalby – Jandowae Road |
Dalby (Warrego Highway) |
Tingoora | Jandowae | 133 km (83 mi) | ||