Burnett Highway

Burnett Highway Queensland

Burnett Highway (green on black)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	542 km (337 mi)
Route number(s)	A3 (Entire Route) Duplexes State Route 60 (Biloela West - Biloela) State Route 49 (Goomeri - Goomeri South)
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
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

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 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]

Route description

List of towns on the Burnett Highway

From north to south

Gallery

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
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
	Biloela	135.1	83.9	Dawson Highway (60) west - Banana / east - Calliope	North-western concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
	Biloela	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
Burnett River		381.3	236.9	Les Baker Bridge
North Burnett	Ban Ban Springs	408.1	253.6	Isis Highway (52) north-east - Childers
Gympie	Goomeri	482.3	299.7	Wide Bay Highway (49) east - Gympie	Northern concurrency terminus with State Route 49
Gympie	Goomeri	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 Concurrency terminus

References

↑ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
↑ Austin King (12 Apr 2014). "Burnett Hwy still closed more than a year after landslide". The Morning Bulletin (Capricornia Newspapers). Retrieved 29 July 2014.

Road infrastructure in Queensland

Motorways	Airport Link Bruce Highway Clem Jones Tunnel Centenary Motorway Gateway Motorway Inner City Bypass Ipswich Motorway Legacy Way Logan Motorway Pacific Motorway (Brisbane – Brunswick Heads) Port of Brisbane Motorway Smith Street Motorway Sunshine Motorway Western Freeway

National highways	Barkly Highway Bruce Highway Cunningham Highway Gore Highway Landsborough Highway Leichhardt Highway New England Highway Warrego Highway

Highways	Balonne Highway Barwon Highway Brisbane Valley Highway Burnett Highway Bunya Highway Capricorn Highway Captain Cook Highway Carnarvon Highway Castlereagh Highway D'Aguilar Highway Dawson Highway Donohue Highway Flinders Highway Gold Coast Highway Gregory Highway Isis Highway Kennedy Highway Leichhardt Highway Mitchell Highway Moonie Highway Mount Lindesay Highway Mulligan Highway Outback Highway Palmerston Highway Peak Downs Highway Wide Bay Highway

Developmental roads / Outback tracks	Bamaga Road (Telegraph Road) Birdsville Track Burke Developmental Road Bulloo Developmental Road Cooper Developmental Road Diamantina Developmental Road Gregory Developmental Road Gulf Developmental Road Kennedy Developmental Road Peninsula Developmental Road Savannah Way

Proposals	Bruce Highway Upgrade Mackay Ring Road Toowoomba Second Range Crossing Townsville Ring Road Kenmore Bypass

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