Carnarvon Highway
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States:
Queensland / New South Wales
The Carnarvon Highway is a highway in the southeast of the Australian state of Queensland. It is 573 km long and runs in a south-north direction. It starts in Mungindi on the border with New South Wales and ends in Rolleston in central Queensland. The section between Roma and Rolleston is known as the Carnarvon Developmental Road. Was named the Carnarvon Highway from the eponymous mountain range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range. The Carnarvon Range is located at the northern end of the highway and is partially protected as a national park.
Course
The Carnarvon Highway begins in Mungindi, a small town on the border between New South Wales and Queensland. The boundary follows the course at this point the course of the Barwon River. Since the Carnarvon Highway does not begin in the middle of the bridge over the Barwon River, he also runs a small piece in New South Wales.
The highway leads from Mungindi from the north. After about 120 km of the Barwon Highway ( S85) from the east of Goondiwindi opens a ago and the Carnarvon Highway reached after another 45 km, the city of St. George. St. George is a major transportation hub in southern Queensland, in which beside the Carnarvon Highway the Castlereagh Highway ( A55 ), the Balonne Highway ( S49 ) and the Moonie Highway ( S49 ) meet.
Nearest major city during the Carnarvon Highway is the city of Rome, about 200 km north of St George. The area around Roma is a major supplier of natural gas in Australia. In Roma the Warrego Highway ( NA2 ) crosses in west-east direction. This leads from Charleville in western Queensland to Ipswich, a suburb of the state capital Brisbane.
North of Roma is the Carnarvon Highway its continuation under the name Carnarvon Developmental Road. You through sparsely populated areas in the western foothills of the Great Dividing Range. After about 200 km, the only access to the Carnarvon National Park and Carnarvon Gorge branches. After another 60 km the end of the Carnarvon Highway is achieved, ' Rolleston ''. From here, the Dawson Highway (A7 / S60) lead to Gladstone on the Queensland coast or Springsure where the Gregory Highway ( A7) leads further to the north.
The highest point in the course of the highway is 347 m and the lowest at 158 m.
Source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. S. 8 10