Dawson Highway
| Dawson Highway Queensland | |
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| Dawson Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 405 km (252 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |
 National Route 55 (Springsure - Rolleston) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |
 Gregory Highway (A7), Springsure |
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| East end | Glenlyon Street, Gladstone |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Rolleston, Moura, Banana, Biloela, Calliope |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland | |
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The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia.[1] It runs for 405 km between Gladstone and Springsure where it terminates.[2] From Gladstone to Rolleston it is signed as State Route 60, and then A7 onwards to Springsure. It continues west for another 247 km as Dawson Developmental Road to Tambo on the Landsborough Highway. North of Springsure, A7 becomes the Gregory Highway.
Many of the towns along the Dawson Highway are coal-mining establishments.
List of towns along the Dawson Highway
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Gladstone | Gladstone | 0 | 0.0 |  Glenlyon Street (State Route 58) - north-west - Mount Larcom (to Bruce Highway northbound) / south-east - Benaraby (to Bruce Highway southbound) / Bramston Street north-east - Gladstone CBD | Eastern end of Dawson Highway (State Route 60) |
| Calliope | 19.0 | 11.8 |  Bruce Highway (National Route A1) - south - Benaraby | Southbound exit to Bruce Highway | |
| 19.2 | 11.9 | Bruce Highway (National Route A1) - north - Mount Larcom | Northbound exit to Bruce Highway | ||
| 25.7 | 16.0 |  Gladstone Monto Road (State Route 69) - south-east - Monto | |||
| Banana | Biloela | 120 | 75 |  Burnett Highway (State Route A3) - south-east - Thangool | Eastern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway |
| 121 | 75 | Burnett Highway (State Route A3) - north-west - Dululu | Western concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway | ||
| Banana | 165 | 103 |  Leichhardt Highway (State Route A5) - north - Dululu | Northern concurrency terminus with Leichhardt Highway | |
| 166 | 103 | Leichhardt Highway (State Route A5) - south - Theodore | Southern concurrency terminus with Leichhardt Highway | ||
| Central Highlands | Rhydding | 240 | 150 |  Fitzroy Developmental Road (State Route 7) - south - Taroom | Eastern concurrency terminus with Fitzroy Developmental Road |
| Bauhinia | 258 | 160 | Fitzroy Developmental Road (State Route 7) - north - Woorabinda | Western concurrency terminus with Fitzroy Developmental Road | |
| Rolleston | 335 | 208 | Carnarvon Highway (State Route A7) - south-west - Roma | Dawson Highway continues north-west as State Route A7 | |
| Springsure | 405 | 252 | Gregory Highway (State Route A7) - north - Emerald | Western end of Dawson Highway | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Australian Roads portal
References
- ↑ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
- ↑ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
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