Leichhardt Highway
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a 2.0-kilometre (1.2 mi) section of the Cunningham Highway.[1]
Leichhardt Highway | |
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| Leichhardt Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 611 km (380 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |  National Highway 39 National Route 39 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  Cunningham Highway (National Route 42) |
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| North end |  Capricorn Highway (A4), 7km south of Westwood, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Moonie, Miles, Guluguba, Wandoan, Taroom, Theodore, Banana, Dululu |
| Highway system | |
It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood.[2]
The highway is a state-controlled strategic road, except for the section concurrent with the Gore Highway, which is a state-controlled part of the National Network.[3]
History
It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th Century that roughly parallels today's highway.
List of towns along the Leichhardt Highway
Travelling from south to north:
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Goondiwindi | Goondiwindi | 0 | 0.0 |  Cunningham Highway (National Highway A15) - north, then east - Yelarbon: south - Queensland - NSW border | Southern end of Leichhardt Highway.[4] Runs west (as Boundary Road) then north as State Highway A5. Southern concurrency terminus with Gore Highway. |
| 4.0 | 2.5 |  Barwon Highway (State Route 85) - south, then north-west - Toobeah | Leichhardt Highway turns north | ||
| 19.0 | 11.8 |  Gore Highway (State Highway A39) - north-east - Milmerran | Northern concurrency terminus with Gore Highway. | ||
| Western Downs | Moonie | 97.3 | 60.5 |  Moonie Highway (State Route 49) - north-east - Dalby / south-west - St George | |
| The Gums | 144 | 89 |  Surat Developmental Road (State Route 87) - east - Dalby / west - Surat | ||
| Condamine | 189 | 117 |  Condamine Meandarra Road (State Route 74) - south-west - Meandarra | ||
| Miles | 225 | 140 |  Warrego Highway (State Highway A2) - east - Chinchilla / west - Roma | South-eastern concurrency terminus with Warrego Highway | |
| 226 | 140 | Warrego Highway (State Highway A2) - west - Roma | North-western concurrency terminus with Warrego Highway | ||
| Banana | Taroom | 372 | 231 |  Taroom Bauhinia Downs Road (State Route 7) - north-west - Bauhinia | |
| Theodore | 449 | 279 |  Eidsvold–Theodore Road (State Route 73) - south - Cracow | ||
| Banana | 506 | 314 |  Dawson Highway (State Route 60) - south-west - Moura /north - Banana CBD | Southern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway | |
| 507 | 315 | Dawson Highway (State Route 60) - north-east - Biloela | Northern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway | ||
| Dululu | 586 | 364 |  Burnett Highway (State Highway A3) - north-east - Mount Morgan /south-east - Jambin | ||
| Westwood | 611 | 380 | Capricorn Highway (State Highway A4) - north-east - Rockhampton / south-west - Duaringa | Northern end of Leichhardt Highway | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery
Leichhardt Highway, looking south from Guluguba Cafe, 2014
References
- Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
- Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 8/11. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government. 30 June 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- Border District 5 Map Page 1 Goondiwindi Environs (PDF) (Map). Department of Transport and Main Roads. August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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