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Road improvement projects in Queensland

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Potential new articles to include road improvement projects.

Road name Number Type LRRS Notes Funding
Barcaldine-Aramac Road 573 D Yes 67 km SR19 Central West
Blackall-Jericho Road 441 R Yes 122 km Central West
Cramsie-Muttaburra Road 5705 D Yes 110 km 2 projects Central West
Isisford-Blackall Road 716 R Yes 122 km Central West
Murphys Creek Road 4104 D Yes 20 km 2 projects (1 done) Darling Downs
Gavial-Gracemere Road 450 D 10 km Fitzroy
Beams Road 7 km Metropolitan
Brisbane Road, East Ipswich 7 km Metropolitan
Redbank Plains Road 15 km SR61 Metropolitan
Bajool-Port Alma Road 188 R 23 km (done) NARP
Binna Burra Road 2021 D Yes 12 km Natural disaster
Tamborine Mountain Road 205 D Yes 12 km SR95 Natural disaster
Caboolture-Beachmere Road 128 D Yes 10 km North coast
Caloundra Road 132 D Part 2 projects SR6 North coast
Brisbane-Woodford Road (Dayboro Road) 401 R/D Yes 50 km SR58 North coast
Deception Bay Road 121 R Yes 8 km SR26 2 projects North coast
Clontarf-Anzac Avenue Road (Elizabeth Avenue) 123 R Yes 5 km SR26 North coast
Everton Park-Albany Creek Road (Old Northern Road) 900 R 7 km North coast. ? re recent upgrades
Glass House Mountains Road 490 R/D North coast
Kawana Way 152 D Yes 10 km North coast
Kilcoy-Beerwah Road 492 R 48 km North coast
Kin Kin Road 141 D Yes 35 km 2 projects North coast
Cooroy-Noosa Road (Tewantin Bypass) 142 D part of SR6 North coast
Hervey Range Developmental Road 83A R SR72 Northern district
Boundary Road, Coopers Plains 3 km QT investment
Caboolture Connection Road 9905 R Yes 5 km QT investment
Cooroy-Noosa Road 142 D 22 km SR6 QT investment
Eumundi-Noosa Road 140 R Part 20 km SR12 QT investment
Everton Park Link Road QT investment
Burpengary-Caboolture Road (Morayfield Road) 406 D Yes 7 km 5 projects SR60 QT investment
Samford Road 407 D Yes 14 km SR22 4+ projects QT investment
Stafford Road 4 km Metroad 5 QT investment. ? re recent upgrades
Sumners Road 4 km QT investment
Tamborine-Oxenford Road 206 D Yes 22 km SR95 QT investment
Waterford-Tamborine Road 207 D Yes 24 km SR95 QT investment
Aramac-Torrens Creek Road 5703 D Yes 269 km REEF
Bundaberg–Bargara Road 12 km ROSI
Floraville Road ROSI
Glenmoral-Roundstone Road 43 km ROSI
Mundubbera-Durong Road 435 R 104 km ROSI
Rosedale Road 52 km ROSI
Stanage Bay Road 100 km ROSI
Urraween / Boundary Road ROSI
Westwood-Wowan Road 41 km ROSI
Willies Creek-Royles Road 30 km ROSI
Currumbin Creek Road 2001 D Yes 18 km SR98 South coast
Labrador-Carrara Road 116 D Yes 11 km South coast
Roma-Condamine Road 344 R Yes 163 km 2 projects South west
Maleny-Kenilworth Road 495 D 40 km State network
Mooloolaba Road 134 D Yes 7 km State network
Garbutt-Upper Ross Road 835 D Part 16 km State network
Roma-Taroom Road 4397 R Yes 168 km State network
Townsville Connection Road 830 D Part State network
Beerburrum Road 127 D Yes 14 km Targeted road safety
Mount Glorious Road 4023 D Yes 18 km Part SR31 Targeted road safety
Strathpine-Samford Road 4032 D Yes 19 km Targeted road safety
Oakey-Pittsworth Road 323 D 39 km Transport system
Torbanlea-Pialba Road 164 D Yes 30 km Wide Bay/Burnett
Cloncurry-Dajarra Road 7708 D Yes 181 km Stimulus
Booral Road 1632 D Yes 18.3 km Wide Bay/Burnett

State Routes with no Wikipedia article

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Potential new articles for State Routes.

Road name SR Number Road Number Type LRRS Notes
Albany Creek Sub-Arterial Road 28 U94 D Yes
Camp Cable Road 88 2071 D Yes 7 km
Currumbin Creek Road 98 2001, 2011 D Yes see above
Julia Creek-Kynuna Road 84 5807 D Yes 117 km
Port of Brisbane Road 24 904 S Part Lytton Road
Samford-Mt Glorious Road 31 (part) 402 D Yes
Samford Road 22 407 D Yes

Old Bruce Highway

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The Old Bruce Highway, an urban and rural road, may be described as any part of an earlier route of the Bruce Highway, which traverses the east coast of Queensland, Australia between the capital city of Brisbane and the regional city of Cairns. In some places, the highway has been deviated several times since the first rough track was made between Brisbane and Gympie in 1868.

The first section of the Bruce Highway opened in December 1934. It was a largely gravel track extending from Rothwell to Eumundi. By 1942, the highway was fully sealed between Rothwell and Eumundi and was extending far beyond its original limits.'[1]

History

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James Nash discovered gold at Gympie in 1867.[2][3] A gold rush was under way in the district by November 1867.[4] In 1868 a rough coach road was cut from Brisbane to Gympie.[1] This road made use of a bridge over the South Pine River at Bald Hills that had been completed in 1866.[5] The North Pine River was crossed at Petrie by a ford until 1877, when a low-level bridge was opened.[6] The Caboolture River and other watercourses on the route were also crossed at fords.

The North Coast railway linked Gympie to Brisbane in 1891.[7] The coach road was then largely abandoned and soon fell into disrepair. The north coast beaches (now Sunshine Coast) had become popular with tourists, with a weekly steamer to Caloundra from 1888. Railway stations soon became transport hubs for tourists, with coach transfers to various beaches and hinterland towns.[1]

By the mid-1910s there was a growing demand for a better road to the North Coast from Brisbane. Local councils were unwilling to finance "tourist roads", and it was not until after 1920, when the Main Roads Board was formed, that "main roads" were being planned.[1] Opened in 1925, Anzac Memorial Avenue (as it was originally named) was the first bitumen motor road connecting Brisbane to the popular holiday resort of Redcliffe.[8] By 1928-29 provision was made in the Main Roads Act for the category of tourist roads, although little work was done on declared routes until after 1930. The formation of the Great North Coast Road Committee (GNCRC) in July 1928 signalled the beginning of a concerted and co-operative effort to construct a connecting road to and through the North Coast district. It was not until early 1934 that funding was assured and work commenced. The road opened in December 1934.[1][9]

Many of the superseded sections of the Bruce Highway are of historical interest as they provide insights into the small historical towns which have since been bypassed. In the past when the highway passed through these towns, many were thriving centres. Many of the superseded sections of the highway still form the main access roads into and through these towns.

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Bruce Highway

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State-controlled road

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The Bruce Highway is a state-controlled road, subdivided into fourteen sections for administrative and funding purposes. All sections are part of the National Highway.[10]

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List of access roads to dams and reservoirs in Queensland

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List of access roads to dams and reservoirs in Queensland provides details of roads that enable access to notable dams and reservoirs in Queensland, Australia.

Notability

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While roads to notable objects do not inherit notability from those objects, some of these roads may be independently notable for one or more reasons. A few such roads are state-controlled, indicating their importance in the state road network. Some will have been originally constructed, in whole or in part, to service pioneering industries such as timber-getting and/or farming. Others will have been built specifically to enable the construction of the associated infrastructure, which may have included the capability to handle unusually long and/or heavy loads. Other than state-controlled roads, no potential notability is indicated in this list.

Usability

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Far from being a travel guide, this list merely simplifies the task of determining how best to access a notable dam or reservoir by road. As such, it is a useful adjunct to other articles, including:

Table

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Road common name Road official name Dam name Impoundment name Road from Notes
Atkinsons Dam Road Atkinson Dam Lake Atkinson Gatton–Esk Road, Churchable Continues to Coominya Connection Road, Atkinsons Dam
Awoonga Dam Road Awoonga Dam Lake Awoonga Bruce Highway, Benaraby
Narrows Road Baroon Pocket Dam Lake Baroon Western Avenue, Montville Off Montville–Mapleton Road, Montville
McArthur Street Belmore Dam Lake Belmore Alldridge Street, Croydon Off Gulf Developmental Road, Croydon
Haager Drive Bjelke-Petersen Dam Lake Barambah Murgon–Barambah Road, Moffatdale
Boondooma Dam Road Okeden Road Boondooma Dam Lake Boondoomba Proston–Boondooma Road, Proston
Janice Court Boobir Dam D'Aguilar Highway, Blackbutt
Yabba Creek Road Borumba Dam Lake Borumba Gympie–Brooloo Road, Imbil
Brabazon Road Bromelton Dam Lake Brabazon Allan Creek Road, Gleneagle Off Mount Lindesay Highway, Gleneagle
Burdekin Falls Dam Road Burdekin Falls Dam Lake Dalrymple Flinders Highway, Mingela
Ellensfield Road Burton Gorge Dam Suttor Developmental Road, Burton
Lake Callide Drive Callide Dam Lake Callide Biloela–Callide Road, Mount Murchison Off Dawson Highway, Mount Murchison
Cania Road Cania Dam Road Cania Dam Burnett Highway, Moonford
Cedar Pocket Road Cedar Pocket Dam Tin Can Bay Road, Greens Creek
Lake Clarendon Way Lake Clarendon Dam Gatton–Esk Road, Lake Clarendon Continues to Forest Hill–Fernvale Road, Glenore Grove
Connolly Dam Road Connolly Dam New England Highway, Rosenthal Heights

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Road common name Road official name Dam name Impoundment name Road from Notes
Cooby Dam Road Cooby Dam Cooby Dam Reservoir Highfields Road, Meringandan Off New England Highway, Cabarlah
Coolmunda Access Coolmunda Dam Lake Coolmunda Cunningham Highway, Coolmunda
Cooloolabin Road Cooloolabin Dam Old Gympie Road, Yandina Off Bruce Highway, Yandina
Lake Morris Road Copperlode Falls Dam Lake Morris Cairns Western Arterial Road, Kanimbla
Cressbrook Creek Road Cressbrook Dam Lake Cressbrook Kipper Creek Road, Biarra Off Esk–Crows Nest Road, Biarra
Off Brisbane Valley Highway, Esk
East Leichhardt Road East Leichhardt Dam Barkly Highway, Cloncurry
Thungaby Road E.J. Beardmore Dam Lake Kajarabie Carnarvon Highway, St George
Eungella Dam Road Eungella Dam Mackay–Eungella Road, Eungella
Mooloolah Connection Road Ewen Maddock Dam Glass House Mountains Road, Glenview Continues to Palmwoods–Mooloolah Road, Mooloolah Valley
Fairbairn Dam Road Fairbairn Dam Lake Maraboon Gregory Highway, Gindie
Monduran Dam Road Fred Haigh Dam Lake Monduran Bruce Highway, Monduran
Glenlyon Dam Road Glenlyon Dam Lake Glenlyon Stanthorpe–Texas Road, Glenlyon
Gold Creek Road Gold Creek Dam Gold Creek Reservoir Brookfield Road Brookfield Off Moggill Road, Kenmore
Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road Gordonbrook Dam Burnett Highway, Memerambi
Gilston Road Hinze Dam Road Hinze Dam Advancetown Lake Advancetown–Mudgeeraba Road, Gilston
Kinchant Dam Road Kinchant Dam Marian–Eton Road, North Eton
Tully Falls Road Koombooloomba Dam Kennedy Highway, Ravenshoe
Lake Manchester Road Lake Manchester Dam Lake Manchester Mount Crosby Road, Mount Crosby

Table 3

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Road common name Road official name Dam name Impoundment name Road from Notes
Leslie Dam Road Leslie Dam Cunningham Highway, Allan
Willowie Crescent Leslie Harrison Dam Tingalpa Reservoir Mount Cotton Road, Capalaba
Little Nerang Dam Road Little Nerang Dam Springbrook Road, Neranwood
Maroon Dam Road Maroon Dam Lake Maroon Boonah–Rathdowney Road, Maroon
Middle Creek Road Middle Creek Dam Marlborough–Sarina Road, Sarina
Lake Moogerah Road Moogerah Dam Lake Moogerah Boonah–Fassifern Road, Fassifern Valley Continues to Cunningham Highway, Mount Edwards
Moondarra Drive Moondarra Dam Lake Moondarra Barkly Highway, Kalkadoon
Vores Road North Pine Dam Lake Samsonvale Dayboro Road (Brisbane–Woodford Road), Whiteside
Paluma Dam Road Paluma Dam Mount Spec Road (Mount Spec Road and Little Crystal Creek Bridge), Paluma Off Bruce Highway, Mutarnee
Perseverance Dam Road Perseverance Dam New England Highway, Crows Nest Continues to Esk–Hampton Road, Ravensbourne
Crystal Brook Road Peter Faust Dam Lake Proserpine Bruce Highway, Proserpine
Esk–Kilcoy Road Somerset Dam Lake Somerset Brisbane Valley Highway, Esk Continues to D'Aguilar Highway, Woolmar
Tinaroo Falls Dam Road Tinaroo Dam Lake Tinaroo Gillies Range Road, Atherton
Wappa Dam Road Wappa Dam Image Flat Road, Image Flat Off Nambour–Mapleton Road, Nambour
Continues as Wappa Falls Road to Yandina South Connection Road, Yandina
Moomin Road Wild River Dam Atherton–Herberton Road, Moomin
Brisbane Valley Highway Wivenhoe Dam Lake Wivenhoe
Wuruma Dam Road Wuruma Dam Wuruma Reservoir Burnett Highway, Cynthia
Wyaralong Dam Access Wyaralong Dam Beaudesert–Boonah Road, Bromelton

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "The Great North Coast Road" (PDF). University of Queensland. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ Ferguson, John (2009). The Gympie Goldfield 1867–2008. Gympie Regional Council. pp. 7–9. ISBN 9780646518770.
  3. ^ "How I Discovered Gympie – Mr. James Nash's Account" Archived 2 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine, The Queenslander (Brisbane), 13 October 1917, p. 11
  4. ^ "Gympie Creek Gold Fields" Archived 2 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine, The Brisbane Courier, 14 November 1867, p. 2
  5. ^ "The History of Bracken Ridge". blogspot.com. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Petrie history". Moreton Bay Region Libraries. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ Environmental Protection Agency (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. pp. 90, 148. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
  8. ^ "Anzac Memorial Avenue (former) (entry 602693)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Qoeensland Roads (Page 18)". Main Roads Queensland. December 1984. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  10. ^ The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Metropolitan district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  12. ^ "North Coast district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Fitzroy district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Mackay/Whitsunday district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Northern district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Far North District map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2023.