Burnett Highway
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| Burnett Highway Queensland |
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| Burnett Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 542 km (337 mi) |
| Route number(s) | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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| Former route number |
 National Route 17 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Bruce Highway, Rockhampton, Queensland |
 Leichhardt Highway Dawson Highway Isis Highway Wide Bay Highway Bunya Highway |
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| South end |   D'Aguilar Highway, Nanango, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Mt. Morgan, Dululu, Biloela, Monto, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Ban Ban Springs, Goomeri |
| Highway system | |
| Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland |
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The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs generally north - south, from its junction with the Bruce Highway, just south of Rockhampton, to Nanango. Length is approximately 542 kilometres. The highway takes its name from the Burnett River, which it crosses a number of times. The Burnett Highway provides the most direct link between the northern end of the New England Highway and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road by the Queensland Government.[1]
Contents
Route description
List of towns on the Burnett Highway
From north to south
- Bouldercombe
- Mount Morgan
- Dululu
- Jambin
- Biloela
- Thangool
- Monto
- Eidsvold
- Mundubbera
- Gayndah
- Ban Ban Springs
- Goomeri
- Nanango
Gallery
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Burnett Highway, near Binjour QLD 1.jpg
Burnett Highway near Binjour
History
In January 2013, Cyclone Oswald caused flood damage to the road and a partial closure, which took longer than a year to repair.[2]
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Rockhampton | Gracemere | 0 | 0 | Bruce Highway (A1) north - Rockhampton / south - Mount Larcom |
Northern end of Burnett Highway. |
| Banana | Dululu | 63.1 | 39.2 | Leichhardt Highway (A5) north-west - Westwood / south-west - Wowan |
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| Biloela | 135.1 | 83.9 | Dawson Highway (60) west - Banana / east - Calliope |
North-western concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway | |
| 136.3 | 84.7 | Dawson Highway (60) west - Banana / east - Calliope |
South-eastern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway | ||
| North Burnett | Mundubbera | 338.3 | 210.2 |  Mundubbera-Durong Road - south-west - Durong |
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| Burnett River | 381.3 | 236.9 | Les Baker Bridge | ||
| North Burnett | Ban Ban Springs | 408.1 | 253.6 | Isis Highway (52) north-east - Childers |
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| Gympie | Goomeri | 482.3 | 299.7 | Wide Bay Highway (49) east - Gympie |
Northern concurrency terminus with State Route 49 |
| 484.1 | 300.8 | Bunya Highway (49) west - Murgon |
Southern concurrency terminus with State Route 49 | ||
| South Burnett | Nanango | 542.3 | 337.0 | D'Aguilar Highway (A3) south - Yarraman / (96) north-west - Kingaroy |
Southern end of Burnett Highway. |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ↑ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
