Wide Bay Highway

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Wide Bay Highway

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Wide Bay Highway (green and black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length63 km (39 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 49
Major junctions
West end Burnett Highway /
Bunya Highway, Goomeri, Queensland
East end Bruce Highway, 12km north of Gympie
Location(s)
Major settlementsKilkivan
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 63 kilometres.

At its western end the road continues from Goomeri as the Bunya Highway, connecting it to Dalby.[2]

List of towns along the Wide Bay Highway[]

Major intersections[]

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
GympieBells Bridge00.0 Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1) - south - Gympie / north - CurraEastern end of Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49)
Goomeri62.638.9 Burnett Highway (State Route A3) - north - Ban Ban Springs /
south - Nanango /
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[]

References[]

  1. ^ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
  2. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.


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