Gregory Highway
The Gregory Highway is a state highway in Queensland that serves the major coal-mining centres of Central Queensland.[2] The highway was named after Augustus Gregory, an early explorer.
Gregory Highway Gregory Developmental Road | |
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Gregory Highway (yellow on black), Gregory Developmental Road (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 930 km (578 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |  National Route 55(Charters Towers - Springsure) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Gulf Developmental Road (National Route 1), Mount Surprise, Queensland |
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| South end |  Dawson Highway (State Highway A7), Springsure, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Charters Towers, Belyando, Clermont, Emerald |
| Highway system | |
Route description
The highway runs southward from Quartz Blow Creek, a point 31 kilometres west of Mount Surprise on the Gulf Developmental Road, via Charters Towers, to Springsure, over 900 kilometres away.[3] The northern section of 756 kilometres is designated by the state government as the Gregory Developmental Road. The shorter southern section between Clermont and Springsure (174 kilometres) is designated the Gregory Highway. As of 2015, the first 120 kilometres between the Gulf Developmental Road via Einasleigh to the Lynd Junction are unsealed and may be corrugated. The next section to Charters Towers has been upgraded from single lane to mostly dual-laned bitumen.[3] The road is used by many road trains.
High quality road section
Example of poorer quality road section
List of towns along the Gregory Developmental Road/Highway
- Mount Surprise
- Einasleigh
- Charters Towers
- Belyando
- Clermont
- Capella
Gregory Highway passes through Capella, 2016 - Emerald
- Springsure
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Etheridge | Mount Surprise | 0 | 0.0 | Gulf Developmental Road (National Route 1) - west - Georgetown / east - Mount Surprise | Northern end of Gregory Developmental Road (No route number) |
| Conjuboy | 120 | 75 |  Kennedy Developmental Road (State Route 62) - west, then south - Hughenden / east - Greenvale | Western concurrency terminus with Kennedy Developmental Road | |
| 123 | 76 | Kennedy Developmental Road (State Route 62) - north - Mount Garnet | Eastern concurrency terminus with Kennedy Developmental Road | ||
| 123 | 76 | Kennedy Developmental Road (State Route 62) - north - Mount Garnet | Gregory Developmental Road continues south-east as State Route 63 | ||
| Charters Towers | Basalt | 284 | 176 |  Hervey Range Road (State Route 72) - east - Hervey Range | |
| Charters Towers | 382 | 237 |  Flinders Highway (State Route A6) - east- Townsville | Northern concurrency terminus with Flinders Highway / Gregory Developmental Road continues south-west through Charters Towers | |
| Black Jack | 390 | 240 | Flinders Highway (State Route A6) - west- Pentland | Southern concurrency terminus with Flinders Highway | |
| 390 | 240 | Flinders Highway (State Route A6) - west- Pentland | Gregory Developmental Road continues south as State Route A7.[1] | ||
| Isaac | Belyando | 588 | 365 |  Bowen Developmental Road (State Route 77) - east - Mount Coolon | |
| Clermont | 741 | 460 |  Peak Downs Highway (State Route 70) - east- Nebo | Northern concurrency terminus with Peak Downs Highway | |
| 755 | 469 | Peak Downs Highway (State Route 70) - south - Clermont | Southern concurrency terminus with Peak Downs Highway / Gregory Highway continues east as State Route A7 | ||
| Central Highlands | Emerald | 862 | 536 |  Capricorn Highway (State Route A4) - west - Alpha | Western concurrency terminus with Capricorn Highway |
| 864 | 537 | Capricorn Highway (State Route A4) - east - Blackwater | Eastern concurrency terminus with Capricorn Highway | ||
| Springsure | 930 | 580 | Dawson Highway (State Route A7) - south-east - Rolleston | Southern end of Gregory Highway / State Route A7 continues south-east as Dawson Highway | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- 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. 10&13. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
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