Barwon Highway
Barwon Highway Goondiwindi NSW/Qld Border | |
|---|---|
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Talwood, Bungunya |
| Highway system | |
The Barwon Highway is one of the shorter state
The highway travels north of and roughly parallel to the Barwon River, after which it is named. The river forms part of the border between Queensland and New South Wales.
State route 85
This highway is part of State Route 85, which extends for over 570 km (354 mi) from Bribie Island to Nindigully, duplexing with the Brisbane Valley Highway (National Route 17) from the D'Aguilar Highway to Esk, the New England Highway (State Route A3) from Hampton to Toowoomba, the Gore Highway (National Route A39 - formerly 85) from Toowoomba to the Leichhardt Highway, and the southern 19 km (12 mi) section of the Leichhardt Highway (also National Route A39) to Goondiwindi.[1]
Stock route
Like many Australian roads, the Barwon Highway follows a declared
Upgrades
Pavement widening
A project to widen sections of pavement on the highway, at a cost of $6.75 million, was expected to complete in June 2022.[4]
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nindigully | 0 | 0.0 |  Carnarvon Highway (National Route 46) north – St George /south – Mungindi and Moree | Western end of Barwon Highway | |
Goondiwindi | 154.0 | 95.7 |  Lagoon Street (State Route 85) east – Goondiwindi Town Centre | Barwon Highway turns north as West Street[5] The route to the Cunningham and Newell highways (also signed as State Route 85) continues through Goondiwindi as Lagoon Street, Russell Street, Albert Street and Marshall Street to the intersection described at the bottom of this table | |
| 154.9 | 96.3 |  Leichhardt Highway (National Route A39) north – Toowoomba /east (as Boundary Road) –  Cunningham Highway (National Route 42) | Eastern end of Barwon Highway State Route 85 continues north, duplexed with Leichhardt Highway | ||
| 158.6 | 98.5 | Cunningham Highway (National Route 42) north – St George, Brisbane and Rockhampton / Newell Highway (National Route A39) south – Moree and Dubbo | National Route A39 continues north, duplexed with Cunningham Highway, for 2.1 km, where it turns west as Leichhardt Highway | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Queensland State Routes". ozroads.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- ^ "Map of the Queensland Stock Route Network" (PDF). Queensland Government. September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "The Queensland Stock Route Network". Queensland Government. September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "Barwon Highway (Talwod - Nindigully) Weengallon, pavement widening". Queensland Government. 22 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ Google (7 November 2013). "Goondiwindi, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 November 2013.