Burnett Highway

Burnett Highway

Queensland
Burnett Highway; Queensland
	Burnett Highway (green on black)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	542 km (337 mi)
Route number(s)	A3; (Entire Route); Duplexes; State Route 60; (Biloela West – Biloela); State Route 49; (Goomeri – Goomeri South);
Former; route number	National Route 17
Major junctions
North end	Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1), Gracemere
	Leichhardt Highway (State Highway A5); Dawson Highway (State Route 60); Isis Highway (State Route 52); Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49); Bunya Highway (State Route 49);
South end	D'Aguilar Highway (State Highway A3 / State Route 96), Nanango
Location(s)
Major settlements	Mt. Morgan, Dululu, Biloela, Monto, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Ban Ban Springs, Goomeri
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Queensland;

The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, to Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The highway takes its name from the Burnett River, which it crosses in Gayndah. The Burnett Highway provides the most direct link between the northern end of the New England Highway (at Yarraman, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Nanango) and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road (part of Australia’s Country Way) by the Queensland Government.[1]

History

In January 2013, Cyclone Oswald caused flood damage to the road and a partial closure between Bouldercombe and Mount Morgan, which took longer than a year to repair.[2]

Roads of Strategic Importance upgrade

The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following project for the Burnett Highway.

Intersection upgrade

A project to upgrade the intersection of the Burnett Highway with Gayndah-Mount Perry Road and Wetherton Road, at an estimated cost of $875,000, is expected to be completed in late 2022.[3]

Other upgrades

Replace bridges

A project to replace the bridge over Three Moon Creek, at a cost of $18 million, was completed in August 2021.[4]

A project to replace the bridge over North Kariboe Creek, at a cost of $7.2 million, was completed in September 2021.[5]

Strengthen and widen bridge

A project to strengthen and widen the bridge over Callide Creek, at a cost of $3.9 million, was due for completion in early 2022.[6]

List of towns on the Burnett Highway

From north to south

Gallery

Burnett Highway near Binjour (NW of Gayndah)

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Rockhampton	Gracemere	0	0.0	Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1) north – Rockhampton / south – Mount Larcom	Northern end of Burnett Highway.
Banana	Dululu	63.0	39.1	Leichhardt Highway (State Route A5) north–west – Westwood / south–west – Wowan
	Biloela	135.1	83.9	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) west – Banana / east – Calliope	North–western concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
	Biloela	136.3	84.7	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) west – Banana / east – Calliope	South–eastern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
North Burnett	Monto	230	140	Gladstone–Monto Road (State Route 69) – north-east – Many Peaks
	Eidsvold	303	188	Eidsvold–Theodore Road (State Route 73) – south, then west – Theodore
	Mundubbera	338.3	210.2	Mundubbera–Durong Road (State Route 75) – south–west – Durong
Burnett River		381.3	236.9	Les Baker Bridge
North Burnett	Ban Ban Springs	408.1	253.6	Isis Highway (State Route 52) north–east – Childers
Gympie	Goomeri	482.3	299.7	Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) east – Gympie	Northern concurrency terminus with State Route 49
Gympie	Goomeri	484.1	300.8	Bunya Highway (State Route 49) west – Murgon	Southern concurrency terminus with State Route 49
South Burnett	Nanango	542.3	337.0	D'Aguilar Highway (State Route A3) south – Yarraman / (State Route 96) north–west – Kingaroy	Southern end of Burnett Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

"Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
Austin King (12 April 2014). "Burnett Hwy still closed more than a year after landslide". The Morning Bulletin. Capricornia Newspapers. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
"Burnett Highway - Gayndah-Mount Perry Road - Wetherton Road - Intersection Upgrade". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
"Burnett Highway (Gayndah-Monto), Eidsvold, -Three Moon Creek bridge replacement". Queensland Government. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
"Burnett Highway (Monto-Biloela), North Kariboe Creek, replace bridge". Queensland Government. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
"Burnett Highway (Biloela-Mount Morgan), Callide Creek, strengthen and widen bridge". Queensland Government. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

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[Qgov-1] "Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[scmty-2] Austin King (12 April 2014). "Burnett Hwy still closed more than a year after landslide". The Morning Bulletin. Capricornia Newspapers. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[3] "Burnett Highway - Gayndah-Mount Perry Road - Wetherton Road - Intersection Upgrade". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[4] "Burnett Highway (Gayndah-Monto), Eidsvold, -Three Moon Creek bridge replacement". Queensland Government. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[5] "Burnett Highway (Monto-Biloela), North Kariboe Creek, replace bridge". Queensland Government. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[6] "Burnett Highway (Biloela-Mount Morgan), Callide Creek, strengthen and widen bridge". Queensland Government. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.