Bulloo Developmental Road | |
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Bulloo Developmental Road (green on black) | |
General information | |
Type | Rural road |
Length | 361 km (224 mi) |
Major junctions | |
East end | A71 Mitchell Highway, Cunnamulla |
West end | Cooper Developmental Road, Durham |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Eulo, Lake Bindegolly National Park, Thargomindah |
The Bulloo Developmental Road is an outback road in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Adventure Way, a route from Brisbane to Adelaide via the Australian outback. [1]
It commences at Cunnamulla and travels approximately west for 361 kilometres (224 mi) until it meets the Cooper Developmental Road at 27°21′31″S142°34′18″E / 27.3587°S 142.5718°E .
A project to widen and seal sections of the road, at a cost of $4.5 million, was due to commence in October 2021. [2]
From east to west: [3]
LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Paroo | Cunnamulla | 0 | 0.0 | Mitchell Highway (State Route A71) north - Charleville / east (via Balonne Highway (State Route 49)) St George / south - Bourke | Eastern end of Bulloo Developmental Road. The road proceeds west through Cunnamulla via Emma, Wicks, and Louise Streets. |
Warrego River | 2.3 | 1.4 | Darby Land Bridge | ||
Paroo River | 70.5 | 43.8 | Bridge | ||
Paroo | Eulo | 73.5 | 45.7 | Hungerford Road - south - Hungerford | |
Lake Bindegolly | 155 | 96 | Bridge | ||
Bulloo | Dynevor - Norley [4] boundary | 191 | 119 | Quilpie Thargomindah Road - north - Quilpie | Eastern concurrency terminus with the Dowling Track, [5] a series of roads that follows the historic stock route from Bourke to Quilpie via Hungerford and Thargomindah |
Dynevor - Thargomindah boundary | 196 | 122 | Thargomindah Hungerford Road - south - Hungerford | Western concurrency terminus with the Dowling Track | |
Wilson River | 316 | 196 | Bridge | ||
Bulloo | Nockatunga | 320 | 200 | Warry Gate Road - south - Noccundra, Tibooburra, and Broken Hill | |
327 | 203 | Adventure Way (Innamincka Road) - west - Innamincka | |||
Durham | 361 | 224 | Cooper Developmental Road - east - Quilpie / Woomanooka Road - west - Tanbar | Western end of Bulloo Developmental Road | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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