Don River Bridge, Bowen

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Don River Bridge
Coordinates 19°58′57″S148°12′14″E / 19.9826°S 148.204°E / -19.9826; 148.204 Coordinates: 19°58′57″S148°12′14″E / 19.9826°S 148.204°E / -19.9826; 148.204
Carries Motor vehicles
Crosses Don River
Locale Bowen, Queensland, Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Characteristics
Material Reinforced concrete

The Don River Bridge is a road bridge over the Don River on the Bruce Highway near Bowen, Queensland, Australia.

Bruce Highway highway in Queensland

The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian National Highway and also part of Highway 1. Its length is approximately 1,679 kilometres (1,043 mi); it is entirely sealed with bitumen. The highway is named after a popular former Queensland and federal politician, Harry Bruce. Bruce was the state Minister for Works when the highway was named after him, in the mid-1930s, and was widely considered to be a good bloke. The highway once passed through Brisbane, but was truncated at Bald Hills when the Gateway Motorway became National Highway 1 upon its opening in December 1986.

Bowen, Queensland Town in Queensland, Australia

Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. The town of Merinda and the Abbot Point coal shipping port are also within the locality of Bowen. At the 2016 census, Bowen had a population of 10,377.

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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Coordinates: 19°58′57.25″S148°12′14.38″E / 19.9825694°S 148.2039944°E / -19.9825694; 148.2039944

Geographic coordinate system Coordinate system

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