Leichhardt Highway
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States:
Queensland
The Leichhardt Highway is a highway in the eastern part of the Australian state of Queensland It runs in north-south direction and is about 600 km long. The Leichhardt Highway was named in honor of the Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. Leichhardt took on his first expedition Australia from Brisbane to Port Essington in the years 1844 and 1845 a route in the hinterland of the then-known Queensland, which largely corresponds to the present course of the Leichhardt Highway.
Course
The Leichhardt Highway begins in Goondiwindi on the border between New South Wales and Queensland. He is seen as a continuation of the Newell Highway ( N39 ), which, coming from the south reached the city.
From Goondiwindi from the Leichhardt Highway runs north and crosses in the small town of Moonie 95 km from the Moonie Highway ( S49). After a further 125 km of Leichhardt Highway reaches the small town of Miles, where the Warrego Highway ( NA2 ) crosses. Gradient Further north, the Leichhardt Highway winds its sometimes very tortuous path through the Great Dividing Range.
After 225 km the town of Theodore is reached. It is named after the former Prime Minister of Queensland Ted Theodore. The special thing about this city is that it served Walter Burley Griffin, the architect of the Australian capital Canberra, as a kind of testing ground. In the design of Theodore, he explored some urban planning elements before he committed the future appearance of Canberra.
50 km north of Theodore crosses the Leichhardt Highway in the village of Banana the Dawson Highway ( S60), which is part of the connection between Gladstone and Emerald. From Banana from there are still about 110 km, to the Leichhardt Highway at the village of Westwood on the Capricorn Highway ( A4) is true and complete.
The highest point in the course of the highway is 413 m and the lowest at 96 m.
Source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. Pp. 8, 9, 11