Bunya Highway

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Bunya Highway

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Bunya Highway (green and black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length173 km (107 mi)
Route number(s) Australian state route 49.svg State Route 49
Major junctions
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Burnett Highway (State Highway A3) /
Australian state route 49.svg Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49), Goomeri
 Australian state route 96.svg D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96)
South endAustralian national highway A2.svg Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) /
Australian state route 49.svg Moonie Highway, (State Route 49), Dalby
Location(s)
Major settlements Murgon, Wondai, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Bell
Highway system

The Bunya Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia. It is a relatively short road, running approximately 173 kilometres in a south-westerly direction from Goomeri to Dalby. The highway connects the Warrego and Burnett Highways. [1]

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It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy) and 45B (Kingaroy to Goomeri)). [2] [3] [4]

The Bunya Highway passes near the Bunya Mountains National Park, which is popular with tourists. The highway is named after the Bunya-bunya Araucaria bidwilli, which grows in the area and the seeds of which were (and still are) a favourite food of the Aborigines.

The road continues east of Goomeri as the Wide Bay Highway, connecting it to Gympie. [5]

In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic.

List of towns along the Bunya Highway

Old closed shops on Bunya Highway, main street in Memerambi, 2023.jpg Old closed shops on Bunya Highway, main street in Memerambi, 2023.jpg
Old closed shops on Bunya Highway, main street in Memerambi, 2023.jpg

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Gympie Goomeri 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Burnett Highway (State Route A3) north – Ban Ban Springs /
Australian state route 49.svg Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) east – Kilkivan
Northern end of Bunya Highway. Northern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
1.81.1AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Burnett Highway (State Route A3) south – Nanango Southern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
South Burnett Kingaroy 62.038.5Australian state route 96.svg D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96) east – Nanango
Kumbia 94.658.8 Bunya Mountains Road – south – Bunya Mountains
Western Downs Dalby 170.3105.8 Dalby–Cooyar Road – east – Cooyar
172.2107.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A2.svg Warrego Highway (National Route A2) east – Toowoomba /
west – Chinchilla
Southern end of Bunya Highway.
State Route 49 continues north–west for 450 metres, duplexed with the Warrego Highway, before turning south–west as the Moonie Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Intersecting state-controlled roads

The following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Bunya Highway:

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road

LocationBunya Highway, Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Chahpingah
Length64.4 km (40.0 mi)

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road is a state-controlled district road (number 428), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). [2] [4] It runs from the Bunya Highway in Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in Chahpingah, a distance of 64.4 kilometres (40.0 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads. [6]

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road

LocationBunya Highway, Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Wilkesdale
Length25.1 km (15.6 mi)

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4206), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). [2] [4] It runs from the Bunya Highway in Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in Wilkesdale, a distance of 25.1 kilometres (15.6 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads. [7]

See also

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