Bunya Highway

Bunya Highway

Queensland
Bunya Highway (green and black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length173 km (107 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 49
Major junctions
North end Burnett Highway (State Highway A3) /
Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49), Goomeri
  D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96)
South end Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) /
Moonie Highway, (State Route 49), Dalby
Location(s)
Major settlementsMurgon, Wondai, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Bell
Highway system

The Bunya Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia. It is a relatively short road, running approximately 173 kilometres in a south-westerly direction from Goomeri to Dalby. The highway connects the Warrego and Burnett Highways.[1]

It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy) and 45B (Kingaroy to Goomeri)).[2][3][4]

The Bunya Highway passes near the Bunya Mountains National Park, which is popular with tourists. The highway is named after the Bunya-bunya Araucaria bidwilli, which grows in the area and the seeds of which were (and still are) a favourite food of the Aborigines.

The road continues east of Goomeri as the Wide Bay Highway, connecting it to Gympie.[5]

In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic.

List of towns along the Bunya Highway

Old closed shops on Bunya Highway, main street in Memerambi, 2023

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
GympieGoomeri00.0 Burnett Highway (State Route A3) north – Ban Ban Springs /
Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) east – Kilkivan		Northern end of Bunya Highway. Northern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
1.81.1 Burnett Highway (State Route A3) south – NanangoSouthern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
South BurnettKingaroy62.038.5 D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96) east – Nanango
Kumbia94.658.8Bunya Mountains Road – south – Bunya Mountains
Western DownsDalby170.3105.8Dalby–Cooyar Road – east – Cooyar
172.2107.0 Warrego Highway (National Route A2) east – Toowoomba /
west – Chinchilla		Southern end of Bunya Highway.
State Route 49 continues north–west for 450 metres, duplexed with the Warrego Highway, before turning south–west as the Moonie Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Intersecting state-controlled roads

The following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Bunya Highway:

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
LocationBunya Highway, Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Chahpingah
Length64.4 km (40.0 mi)

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road is a state-controlled district road (number 428), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).[2][4] It runs from the Bunya Highway in Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in Chahpingah, a distance of 64.4 kilometres (40.0 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.[6]

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
LocationBunya Highway, Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Wilkesdale
Length25.1 km (15.6 mi)

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4206), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).[2][4] It runs from the Bunya Highway in Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in Wilkesdale, a distance of 25.1 kilometres (15.6 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.[7]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
  2. ^ a b c The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Darling Downs district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  6. ^ "Taabinga to Chahpingah" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Memerambi to Wilkesdale" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 November 2022.