Burnett Highway

The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, to the D'Aguilar Highway in Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The highway takes its name from the Burnett River, which it crosses in Gayndah. The Burnett Highway provides the most direct link between the northern end of the New England Highway (at Yarraman, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Nanango) and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road (part of Australia’s Country Way) by the Queensland Government.^[1]

Burnett Highway Queensland
Burnett Highway (green on black)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	542 km (337 mi)
Route number(s)	A3 (Entire Route) Duplexes State Route 60 (Biloela West – Biloela) State Route 49 (Goomeri – Goomeri South)
Former route number	National Route 17
Major junctions
North end	Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1), Gracemere
	Leichhardt Highway (State Highway A5) Dawson Highway (State Route 60) Isis Highway (State Route 52) Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) Bunya Highway (State Route 49)
South end	D'Aguilar Highway (State Highway A3 / State Route 96), Nanango
Location(s)
Major settlements	Mt. Morgan, Dululu, Biloela, Monto, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Ban Ban Springs, Goomeri
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland

State-controlled road

Burnett Highway is a state-controlled regional road, most of which is rated as "state-strategic". It is defined in six sections, as follows:

• Number 41A, Nanango to Goomeri, state-strategic.
• Number 41B, Goomeri to Gayndah, state-strategic.
• Number 41C, Gayndah to Monto, state-strategic.
• Number 41D, Monto to Biloela, state-strategic.
• Number 41E, Biloela to Mount Morgan, regional and state-strategic.
• Number 41F, Mount Morgan to Rockhampton, regional.^[2][3][4]

History

In January 2013, Cyclone Oswald caused flood damage to the road and a partial closure between Bouldercombe and Mount Morgan, which took longer than a year to repair.^[5]

Roads of Strategic Importance upgrade

The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following project for the Burnett Highway.

Intersection upgrade

A project to upgrade the intersection of the Burnett Highway with Gayndah-Mount Perry Road and Wetherton Road, at an estimated cost of $875,000, is expected to be completed in late 2022.^[6]

Other upgrades

Replace bridges

A project to replace the bridge over Three Moon Creek, at a cost of $18 million, was completed in August 2021.^[7]

A project to replace the bridge over North Kariboe Creek, at a cost of $7.2 million, was completed in September 2021.^[8]

Strengthen and widen bridge

A project to strengthen and widen the bridge over Callide Creek, at a cost of $3.9 million, was due for completion in early 2022.^[9]

List of towns on the Burnett Highway

From north to south

• Bouldercombe
• Mount Morgan
• Dululu
• Jambin
• Biloela
• Thangool
• Monto
• Eidsvold
• Mundubbera
• Gayndah
• Ban Ban Springs
• Goomeri
• Nanango

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Rockhampton	Gracemere	0	0.0	Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1) north – Rockhampton / south – Mount Larcom	Northern end of Burnett Highway.
Banana	Dululu	63.0	39.1	Leichhardt Highway (State Route A5) north–west – Westwood / south–west – Wowan
	Biloela	135.1	83.9	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) west – Banana / east – Calliope	North–western concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
		136.3	84.7	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) west – Banana / east – Calliope	South–eastern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
North Burnett	Monto	230	140	Gladstone–Monto Road (State Route 69) – north–east – Many Peaks
	Eidsvold	303	188	Eidsvold–Theodore Road (State Route 73) – south, then west – Theodore
	Mundubbera	338.3	210.2	Mundubbera–Durong Road (State Route 75) – south–west – Durong
Burnett River		381.3	236.9	Les Baker Bridge
North Burnett	Ban Ban Springs	408.1	253.6	Isis Highway (State Route 52) north–east – Childers
Gympie	Goomeri	482.3	299.7	Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) east – Gympie	Northern concurrency terminus with State Route 49
		484.1	300.8	Bunya Highway (State Route 49) west – Murgon	Southern concurrency terminus with State Route 49
South Burnett	Nanango	542.3	337.0	D'Aguilar Highway (State Route A3) south – Yarraman / (State Route 96) north–west – Kingaroy	Southern end of Burnett Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Intersecting state-controlled roads

In addition to the Bunya, Wide Bay, Isis, Dawson and Leichhardt Highways, the following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Burnett Highway:

• Kingaroy–Barkers Creek Road
• Murgon–Barambah Road
• Kilcoy–Murgon Road
• Kilkivan–Tansey Road
• Murgon–Gayndah Road
• Gayndah–Mount Perry Road
• Mundubbera–Durong Road
• Eidsvold–Theodore Road
• Wuruma Dam Road
• Monto–Mount Perry Road
• Gladstone–Monto Road
• Cania Dam Road
• Gavial–Gracemere Road

Murgon–Barambah Road

Murgon–Barambah Road
Location	Kilcoy–Murgon Road, Murgon to Burnett Highway, Barambah
Length	14.1 km (8.8 mi)

Murgon–Barambah Road is a state-controlled regional road (number 437), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).^[2][3] It runs from Kilcoy–Murgon Road in Murgon to the Burnett Highway in Barambah, a distance of 14.1 kilometres (8.8 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.^[10]

Wuruma Dam Road

Wuruma Dam Road
Location	Burnett Highway, Cynthia to Wuruma Dam Campground, Wuruma Dam
Length	28.8 km (17.9 mi)

Wuruma Dam Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4511), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).^[2][3] It runs from the Burnett Highway in Cynthia to the Wuruma Dam Campground in the locality of Wuruma Dam, a distance of 28.8 kilometres (17.9 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.^[11]

Cania Dam Road

Cania Dam Road
Location	Burnett Highway, Moonford to Cania Dam, Cania
Length	24 km (15 mi)

Cania Dam Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4715), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).^[2][3] It runs from the Burnett Highway in Moonford to Cania Dam in the locality of Cania, a distance of 24 kilometres (15 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.^[12]

Gavial–Gracemere Road

Gavial–Gracemere Road
Location	Bruce Highway, Midgee to Capricorn Highway, Gracemere
Length	10.8 km (6.7 mi)

Gavial–Gracemere Road is a state-controlled district road (number 450).^[2][4] It runs from the Bruce Highway in Midgee to the Capricorn Highway in Gracemere, a distance of 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi). It crosses the Burnett Highway in Bouldercombe.^[13]

A project to widen part of this road to four lanes was completed in April 2023.^[14]

Gallery

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  Burnett Highway near Binjour (NW of Gayndah)

See also

• Australian Roads portal
• Queensland portal

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in Queensland
• List of road routes in Queensland