Brisbane Valley Highway
The Brisbane Valley Highway is a state highway in Queensland. It links the Warrego Highway near Ipswich and the D'Aguilar Highway about 4 km (2 mi) north of Harlin. Its direction follows the approximate course of the Brisbane River.[1] It is part of State Route A17, which is duplexed with the D'Aguilar Highway to Nanango and then becomes the Burnett Highway. State Route 85 is duplexed with the Brisbane Valley Highway from Esk to the D'Aguilar Highway.
Brisbane Valley Highway | |
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| Brisbane Valley Highway (green and black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 89.5 km (56 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |  National Route 17 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  Warrego Highway (National Highway A2), Ipswich |
 Esk-Hampton Road | |
| North end |  D'Aguilar Highway (State Route A17 / State Route 85), 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Moore |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Fernvale, Esk, Toogoolawah, Harlin |
| Highway system | |
The highway crosses the Wivenhoe Dam about 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Fernvale.
From 2015, the intersection with the Warrego Highway was converted into a grade-separated interchange.[2]
List of towns along the Brisbane Valley Highway
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Ipswich | Blacksoil | 0 | 0.0 | Warrego Highway (National Route A2) - east - Brisbane / west - Toowoomba | Southern end of Brisbane Valley Highway |
| Somerset | Fernvale | 16.2 | 10.1 | Forest Hill-Fernvale Road - south-west - Lowood | |
| Brisbane River | 18.3 | 11.4 | Geoff Fisher Bridge. This bridge spans the boundary between the localities of Fernvale and Wivenhoe Pocket | ||
| Somerset | Wivenhoe Pocket | 20.1 | 12.5 | Wivenhoe-Somerset Road - north-east - Mount Glorious, Somerset Dam (via Splityard Creek Dam) | To Brisbane Forest Park via Northbrook Parkway |
| Brisbane River | 22.5– 25.0 | 14.0– 15.5 | Wivenhoe Dam wall. The dam wall is in the locality of Lake Wivenhoe.[3][4] | ||
| Somerset | Coominya | 32.6 | 20.3 | Coominya Connection Road - south - Coominya, Atkinson Dam | |
| Esk | 53.8 | 33.4 | Gatton-Esk Road - south - Gatton, Toowoomba | ||
| 54.2 | 33.7 | Esk-Hampton Road (State Route 85) - south-west - Crows Nest, Toowoomba | State Route 85 southern concurrency terminus: continues south-west as Esk-Hampton Road | ||
| 58.1 | 36.1 | Esk-Kilcoy Road - east - Kilcoy (via Somerset Dam) | |||
| Harlin | 89.5 | 55.6 | D'Aguilar Highway (State Route A17) - north-west / (State Route 85) - east – Moore, Yarraman, Kilcoy, Sunshine Coast | State Route 85 northern concurrency terminus: continues east as D'Aguilar Highway. North-west to Moore and Yarraman; east to Kilcoy and Sunshine Coast. | |
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Gallery
Brisbane Valley Highway at Wanora, 2014
See also
References
- "Brisbane Valley Highway, Metropolitan Queensland". Queensland Online. Roam Media (for RACQ and Department of Transport and Main Roads). Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- "Warrego Highway and Brisbane Valley Highway". Department of Transport and Main Roads - Projects. Queensland Government. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- Google (4 November 2013). "Locality of Lake Wivenhoe, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- "Lake Wivenhoe (entry 44880)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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