David Low Way is a 36-kilometre (22 mi) Australian road connecting the many coastal townships of the Sunshine Coast with the two large city centres of Maroochydore in the south and Noosa Heads in the north.[1] The route is an alternative coastal route to the Sunshine Motorway and passes through the sugar and fruit growing town of Bli Bli and then crosses the Sunshine Motorway. The road then travels north along the coast, through many coastal towns to the terminus at Noosa Heads.
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| David Low Way, 1966 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 36 km (22 mi) |
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| Major junctions | |
| South end |  Bradman Avenue, (State Route 6), Maroochydore, Queensland |
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| North end | Sunshine Beach Road, (State Route 6), Noosa Heads, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Maroochydore, Bli Bli, Pacific Paradise, Marcoola, Mount Coolum, Coolum, Peregian Beach, Marcus Beach, Sunshine Beach, Noosa Heads |
It is named after David Low, a local Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2] The first stage of the road was opened between Sunshine Beach and Peregian Beach on April 2, 1960, by the Queensland Premier of the time, Frank Nicklin.[3]
Upgrade edit
Cycle facility edit
A project to provide a cycle facility at Marcoola and Mudjimba, at a cost of $5.7 million, was partially completed in December 2020, with another stage to follow.[4]
Major intersections edit
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Sunshine Coast | Maroochydore | 0 | 0.0 | Bradman Avenue (State Route 6) – south–east – Maroochydore CBD / Fishermans Road – south – Kuluin and Buderim | South–eastern end of David Low Way (State Route 6) State Route 6 continues south to Caloundra and then west to the Bruce Highway (M1) and on to Woodford |
| Diddillibah | 2.1 | 1.3 | Petrie Creek Road – north–west – Nambour | ||
| Bli Bli | 3.5 | 2.2 |  Nambour–Bli Bli Road (State Route 10) – north–west – Nambour | ||
| Pacific Paradise | 6.8 | 4.2 |  Sunshine Motorway (State Route 70) – north – Coolum Beach / south – Mooloolaba | ||
| 7.4 | 4.6 | Ocean Drive – south–east – Twin Waters | |||
| 8.5 | 5.3 | Mudjimba Beach Road – east – Mudjimba | |||
| Mudjimba | 8.9 | 5.5 | North Shore Connection Road – west – Sunshine Motorway | ||
| Coolum Beach | 19.5 | 12.1 |  Yandina–Coolum Road (State Route 11) – west – Sunshine Motorway, Bruce Highway (M1) and Yandina | ||
| 23.3 | 14.5 | Emu Mountain Road – west – Sunshine Motorway and Peregian Springs | |||
| Noosa | Sunshine Beach | 34.0 | 21.1 | Eenie Creek Road – west – Noosaville | |
| Noosa Heads | 36.0 | 22.4 | Sunshine Beach Road (State Route 6) – north–west – Noosa Heads CBD | North–western end of David Low Way. State Route 6 continues to Cooroy and Bruce Highway (M1) | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References edit
- ^ Karina Eastway (Winter 2014). "Name game on the Sunshine Coast". Salt Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Opening road to progress". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "David Low Way cycle facility". Queensland Government. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2022.