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Palmerston Highway

Queensland
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Palmerston Highway (green and black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length54.6 km (34 mi)
Route number(s) Australian state route 25.svg State Route 25
Major junctions
West endAustralian state route 25.svg Malanda–Millaa Millaa Road, Millaa Millaa, Queensland
East endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Bruce Highway, Innisfail, Queensland
Location(s)
Major settlements Palmerston
Highway system

The Palmerston Highway (State Route 25), serves as a link between the southern part of the Atherton Tablelands and the Far North Queensland coastal strip, in Australia. [1]

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Route

The highway splits from the Bruce Highway in Goondi just north-west of Innisfail ( 17°30′52″S145°59′37″E / 17.51432°S 145.99374°E / -17.51432; 145.99374 (Palmerston Highway (Goondi)) ). It then winds through the Wooroonooran National Park to the township of Millaa Millaa, with no major road junctions. It terminates at an intersection with Old Palmerston Highway (now called Beatrice Way) [2] and Main Street ( 17°30′48″S145°36′47″E / 17.51328°S 145.61310°E / -17.51328; 145.61310 (Palmerston Highway (Millaa Millaa)) ). [2] Its total length is 54.6 kilometres. [3]

From Millaa Millaa, State Route 25 continues west and then north as Malanda-Millaa Millaa Road, while Old Palmerston Highway (East Evelyn Road – State Route 24) continues south and then west as a Tourist Drive (not suitable for caravans) to where it meets the Kennedy Highway north of Ravenshoe.

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References

  1. ↑ "Queensland State-controlled roads and region maps". Department of Transport and Main Roads. Queensland Government . Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 14. ISBN   978-1-86500-456-3.
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