Burnett Highway
The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs between its junction with the Bruce Highway just south of Rockhampton, and Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The highway takes its name from the Burnett River, which it crosses in Gayndah. The Burnett Highway provides the most direct link between the northern end of the New England Highway (at Yarraman, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Nanango) and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road (part of Australia’s Country Way) by the Queensland Government.[1]
Burnett Highway | |
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Burnett Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 542 km (337 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |  National Route 17 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1), Rockhampton |
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| South end |   D'Aguilar Highway (State Highway A3 / State Route 96), Nanango |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Mt. Morgan, Dululu, Biloela, Monto, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Ban Ban Springs, Goomeri |
| Highway system | |
Route description
List of towns on the Burnett Highway
From north to south
Gallery
Burnett Highway near Binjour (NW of Gayndah)
History
In January 2013, Cyclone Oswald caused flood damage to the road and a partial closure between Bouldercombe and Mount Morgan, which took longer than a year to repair.[2]
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Rockhampton | Gracemere | 0 | 0.0 | Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1) north - Rockhampton / south - Mount Larcom | Northern end of Burnett Highway. |
| Banana | Dululu | 63.1 | 39.2 |  Leichhardt Highway (State Route A5) north-west - Westwood /south-west - Wowan | |
| Biloela | 135.1 | 83.9 |  Dawson Highway (State Route 60) west - Banana /east - Calliope | North-western concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway | |
| 136.3 | 84.7 | Dawson Highway (State Route 60) west - Banana / east - Calliope | South-eastern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway | ||
| North Burnett | Mundubbera | 338.3 | 210.2 |  Mundubbera-Durong Road (State Route 75) - south-west - Durong | |
| Burnett River | 381.3 | 236.9 | Les Baker Bridge | ||
| North Burnett | Ban Ban Springs | 408.1 | 253.6 |  Isis Highway (State Route 52) north-east - Childers | |
| Gympie | Goomeri | 482.3 | 299.7 |  Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) east - Gympie | Northern concurrency terminus with State Route 49 |
| 484.1 | 300.8 | Bunya Highway (State Route 49) west - Murgon | Southern concurrency terminus with State Route 49 | ||
| South Burnett | Nanango | 542.3 | 337.0 | D'Aguilar Highway (State Route A3) south - Yarraman / (State Route 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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References
- Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
- Austin King (12 April 2014). "Burnett Hwy still closed more than a year after landslide". The Morning Bulletin. Capricornia Newspapers. Retrieved 29 July 2014.