Gregory Highway
Gregory Highway Gregory Developmental Road | |
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| File:Gregory Highway 1112.svg | |
| Gregory Highway (yellow on black), Gregory Developmental Road (green on black) | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 930 km (578 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number | File:Australian national route 55.svg National Route 55 (Charters Towers – Springsure) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | File:Australian national route 1.svg Gulf Developmental Road (National Route 1), Mount Surprise, Queensland |
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| South end | File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A7.svg Dawson Highway (State Highway A7), Springsure, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Charters Towers, Belyando, Clermont, Emerald |
| Highway system | |
The Gregory Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia that serves the major coal-mining centres of Central Queensland.[2] The highway was named after Augustus Gregory, an early explorer.
Route description
[edit | edit source]The highway runs southward from Quartz Blow Creek, a point 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of Mount Surprise on the Gulf Developmental Road, via Charters Towers, to Springsure, over 900 kilometres (560 mi) away.[3] The northern section of 756 kilometres (470 mi) is designated by the state government as the Gregory Developmental Road. The shorter southern section between Clermont and Springsure (174 kilometres (108 mi)) is designated the Gregory Highway. As of 2015, the first 120 kilometres (75 mi) 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.
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High quality road section
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Example of poorer quality road section
Northern Australia Beef Roads upgrades
[edit | edit source]The Northern Australia Beef Roads Program announced in 2016 included the following project for the Gregory Developmental Road.
Road widening
[edit | edit source]The project to widen the road south of Charters Towers is expected to be completed in early 2023 at a total cost of $5.79 million.[4]
Roads of Strategic Importance upgrades
[edit | edit source]The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following projects for the Gregory Highway.
Corridor upgrade
[edit | edit source]A lead project to upgrade the Townsville to Roma corridor, including sections of the Carnarvon, Dawson and Gregory Highways and surrounding state and council roads, at an estimated cost of $125 million, commenced construction of some work projects in 2020. Planning continues for other projects.[5]
Intersection upgrade Capricorn Highway
[edit | edit source]A project to upgrade the intersection with the Capricorn Highway in Emerald at a cost of $7.9 million is scheduled for completion in mid-2023.[6] This project was targeted for "early works" by the Queensland Government.[7]
Pavement strengthening and widening
[edit | edit source]A project to strengthen and widen sections of pavement on the Gregory Developmental Road between Charters Towers and The Lynd at a cost of $15.3 million is planned to be completed in mid-2023.[8] This project is targeted for "early works" by the Queensland Government.[7]
Other upgrades
[edit | edit source]A project to widen and strengthen 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of pavement between Marble Creek and Christmas Creek, at a cost of $45.41 million, was due to be completed in late 2023.[9]
A project to upgrade a culvert near Porphyry Road, at a cost of $5,1 million, was due to be completed in late 2023.[9]
Proposals
[edit | edit source]The Queensland Inland Freight Route is a proposal to upgrade the existing highways from Charters Towers to Mungindi. This would involve significant upgrades to the Gregory Highway between Charters Towers and Springsure.
List of towns along the Gregory Developmental Road/Highway
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Major intersections
[edit | edit source]| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Etheridge | Mount Surprise | 0 | 0.0 | File:Australian national route 1.svg Gulf Developmental Road (National Route 1) – west – Georgetown / east – Mount Surprise | Northern end of Gregory Developmental Road (No route number) |
| Conjuboy | 120 | 75 | File:Australian state route 62.svg Kennedy Developmental Road (State Route 62) – west, then south – Hughenden / east – Greenvale | Western concurrency terminus with Kennedy Developmental Road | |
| 123 | 76 | File:Australian state route 62.svg Kennedy Developmental Road (State Route 62) – north – Mount Garnet | Eastern concurrency terminus with Kennedy Developmental Road | ||
| 123 | 76 | File:Australian state route 62.svg Kennedy Developmental Road (State Route 62) – north – Mount Garnet | Gregory Developmental Road continues south east as State Route 63 | ||
| Charters Towers | Basalt | 284 | 176 | File:Australian state route 72.svg Hervey Range Road (State Route 72) – east – Hervey Range | |
| Charters Towers | 382 | 237 | File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A6.svg 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 | File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A6.svg Flinders Highway (State Route A6) – west – Pentland | Southern concurrency terminus with Flinders Highway | |
| 390 | 240 | File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A6.svg Flinders Highway (State Route A6) – west – Pentland | Gregory Developmental Road continues south as State Route A7.[1] | ||
| Isaac | Belyando | 588 | 365 | File:Australian state route 77.svg Bowen Developmental Road (State Route 77) – east – Mount Coolon | |
| Clermont | 741 | 460 | File:Australian state route 70.svg Peak Downs Highway (State Route 70) – east – Nebo | Northern concurrency terminus with Peak Downs Highway | |
| 755 | 469 | File:Australian state route 70.svg 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 | File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A4.svg Capricorn Highway (State Route A4) – west – Alpha | Western concurrency terminus with Capricorn Highway |
| 864 | 537 | File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A4.svg Capricorn Highway (State Route A4) – east – Blackwater | Eastern concurrency terminus with Capricorn Highway | ||
| Springsure | 930 | 580 | File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A7.svg 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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See also
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