Wide Bay Highway

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Wide Bay Highway

Queensland
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Wide Bay Highway (green and black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length62.6 km (39 mi)
Route number(s) Australian state route 49.svg State Route 49
Major junctions
West endAUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Burnett Highway /
Australian state route 49.svg Bunya Highway, Goomeri, Queensland
East endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Bruce Highway, 12km north of Gympie
Location(s)
Major settlements Kilkivan
Highway system

The Wide Bay Highway is a short state highway of Queensland, Australia running between Goomeri on the Burnett Highway and a junction on the Bruce Highway. From the junction it is 12 kilometres south to Gympie or 69 kilometres north to Maryborough. [1] The length of the highway is 62.6 kilometres. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 44A). [2] [3]

Contents

At its western end the road continues from Goomeri as the Bunya Highway, connecting it to Dalby. [4]

Route description

Wide Bay Highway starts as State Route 49, at an intersection with the Bruce Highway in Bells Bridge, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Gympie. It runs west over the Mary River and then turns northwest until it enters Lower Wonga where it again turns west, passing the exit to Gympie–Woolooga Road to the south as it enters Woolooga. Crossing Woolooga it passes the exit to Bauple–Woolooga Road to the north and then turns southwest. Next it turns west across Oakview to Kilkivan. In the town of Kilkivan it turns southwest and passes the exit to Kilkivan–Tansey Road to the west. The road then runs southwest through Cinnabar to Kinbombi where it again turns west. It reaches Goomeri and turns northwest as it enters the town, ending at an intersection with the Burnett Highway. [5]

Intersecting state-controlled roads

This road intersects with the following state-controlled roads:

Gympie–Woolooga Road

Gympie–Woolooga Road

LocationBruce Highway, Gympie to Wide Bay Highway, Lower Wonga, via Widgee
Length38.1 km (23.7 mi)

Gympie–Woolooga Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4806) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). [2] [3] It runs from the Bruce Highway in Gympie, via Widgee, to the Wide Bay Highway in Lower Wonga, a distance of 38.1 kilometres (23.7 mi). This road has no major intersections. [6]

Bauple–Woolooga Road

Bauple–Woolooga Road

LocationBruce Highway, Bauple to Wide Bay Highway, Woolooga
Length39.9 km (24.8 mi)

Bauple–Woolooga Road is a state-controlled district road (number 488) rated as local road of regional significance (LRRS). [2] [3] It runs from the Bruce Highway in Bauple to the Wide Bay Highway in Woolooga, a distance of 39.9 kilometres (24.8 mi). It intersects with Miva Road in Miva. [7]

Kilkivan–Tansey Road

Kilkivan–Tansey Road

LocationWide Bay Highway, Kilkivan to Burnett Highway, Tansey
Length22.6 km (14.0 mi)

Kilkivan–Tansey Road is a state-controlled district road (number 486) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). [2] [3] It runs from the Wide Bay Highway in Kilkivan to the Burnett Highway in Tansey, a distance of 22.6 kilometres (14.0 mi). This road has no major intersections. [8]

Linked state-controlled road

The following state-controlled road intersects with Bauple–Woolgoolga Road:

Miva Road

Miva Road

LocationBruce Highway, Gunalda to Bauple–Woolgoolga Road, Miva
Length17.8 km (11.1 mi)

Miva Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4808) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). [2] [3] It runs from the Bruce Highway in Gunalda to Bauple–Woolgoolga Road in Miva, a distance of 17.8 kilometres (11.1 mi). This road has no major intersections. [9]

List of towns along the Wide Bay Highway

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Gympie Bells Bridge 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1) – south – Gympie / north – Curra Eastern end of Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49)
Goomeri 62.638.9AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Burnett Highway (State Route A3) – north – Ban Ban Springs /
south – Nanango /
Australian state route 49.svg Bunya Highway (State Route 49) – south, then west – Murgon 		Western end of Wide Bay Highway.
State Route 49 continues south for 1.8 km, duplexed with the Burnett Highway, before turning west as the Bunya Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Wide Bay / Burnett district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 5 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN   978-1-86500-456-3.
  5. ↑ Google (25 August 2023). "Wide Bay Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Google (19 August 2023). "Gympie to Woolooga" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Google (21 August 2023). "Bauple to Woolooga" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Google (28 August 2023). "Kilkivan to Tansey" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Google (28 August 2023). "Gunalda to Miva" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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