| Bunya Highway Queensland | |
|---|---|
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| Bunya Highway (green and black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 173 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 settlements | Murgon, 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.
It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy) and 45B (Kingaroy to Goomeri)).
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.
In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic.
List of towns along the Bunya Highway
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gympie | Goomeri | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
| 1.8 | 1.1 | Burnett Highway (State Route A3) south – Nanango | Southern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway | ||
| South Burnett | Kingaroy | 62.0 | 38.5 | D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96) east – Nanango | |
| Kumbia | 94.6 | 58.8 | Bunya Mountains Road – south – Bunya Mountains | ||
| Western Downs | Dalby | 170.3 | 105.8 | Dalby–Cooyar Road – east – Cooyar | |
| 172.2 | 107.0 |  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
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Intersecting state-controlled roads
The following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Bunya Highway:
- Dalby–Cooyar Road
- Macalister–Bell Road
- Kingaroy–Jandowae Road
- Bunya Mountains Road
- Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
- D'Aguilar Highway
- Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
- Chinchilla–Wondai Road
- Wondai–Proston Road
- Murgon–Gayndah Road
- Kilcoy–Murgon Road
- Burnett Highway
Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
| Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bunya Highway, Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Chahpingah |
| Length | 64.4 km (40.0 mi) |
Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road is a state-controlled district road (number 428), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). 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.
Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
| Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bunya Highway, Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Wilkesdale |
| Length | 25.1 km (15.6 mi) |
Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4206), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). 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.
See also
References
- Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
- ^ The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland . 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- "Darling Downs district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland . 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland . 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- "Taabinga to Chahpingah" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- "Memerambi to Wilkesdale" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 November 2022.