Leichhardt Highway

The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway.[1]

Leichhardt Highway Queensland
Leichhardt Highway (green on black)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	613 km (381 mi)
Route number(s)	State Highway A5 Westwood - Goondiwindi North State Highway A5 / State Route 85 Goondiwindi North - Goondiwindi
Former route number	National Highway 39 National Route 39
Major junctions
South end	Newell Highway (A39) / Barwon Highway (State Route 85), Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border
	Cunningham Highway (National Route 42) Gore Highway (State Highway A39 / State Route 85) Moonie Highway (State Route 49) Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) Dawson Highway (State Route 60) Burnett Highway (State Highway A3)
North end	Capricorn Highway (A4), 7km south of Westwood, Queensland
Location(s)
Major settlements	Moonie, Miles, Guluguba, Wandoan, Taroom, Theodore, Banana, Dululu
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland

It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood.[2]

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:

• Goondiwindi
• Moonie
• Condamine
• Miles
• Guluguba
• Wandoan
• Taroom
• Theodore
• Banana
• Dululu
• Westwood

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Goondiwindi	Goondiwindi	0	0.0	Newell Highway (National Highway A39) - south - Boggabilla / Marshall Street - west - Goondiwindi CBD	Southern end of Leichhardt Highway Runs north as State Highway A5
		2.0	1.2	Cunningham Highway (National Highway A15) - north, then east - Yelarbon	Leichhardt Highway turns west as Boundary Road
		6.0	3.7	Barwon Highway (State Route 85) - south, then north-west - Toobeah	Leichhardt Highway turns north
		21.0	13.0	Gore Highway (State Highway A39) - north-east - Milmerran
Western Downs	Moonie	99.3	61.7	Moonie Highway (State Route 49) - north-east - Dalby / south-west - St George
	The Gums	146	91	Surat Developmental Road (State Route 87) - east - Dalby / west - Surat
	Condamine	191	119	Condamine Meandarra Road (State Route 74) - south-west - Meandarra
	Miles	227	141	Warrego Highway (State Highway A2) - east - Chinchilla / west - Roma	South-eastern concurrency terminus with Warrego Highway
		228	142	Warrego Highway (State Highway A2) - west - Roma	North-western concurrency terminus with Warrego Highway
Banana	Taroom	374	232	Taroom Bauhinia Downs Road (State Route 7) - north-west - Bauhinia
	Theodore	451	280	Eidsvold Theodore Road (State Route 73) - south - Cracow
	Banana	508	316	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) - south-west - Moura / north - Banana CBD	Southern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
		509	316	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) - north-east - Biloela	Northern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
	Dululu	588	365	Burnett Highway (State Highway A3) - north-east - Mount Morgan / south-east - Jambin
	Westwood	613	381	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       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

Gallery

• 
  Leichhardt Highway, looking south from Guluguba Cafe, 2014

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in Queensland
• List of highways numbered 85

References

1. Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
2. Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 8/11. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.