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The Surat Developmental Road (State Route 87) is a sealed road in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled district road (numbers 86A and 86B), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).
Atherton–Herberton–Longlands Gap Road is a continuous 33.5-kilometre (20.8 mi) road route in the Tablelands local government area of Queensland, Australia. It has two official names, Atherton–Herberton Road and Longlands Gap–Herberton Road. The entire route is signed as part of State Route 52. [1]
It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 34A, 34B and 34C). [2] [3] Named after bushman James Venture Mulligan the sealed highway follows the old Cooktown Developmental Road and was completed in 2006. Since it was sealed, travelling time from Cairns to Cooktown has reduced from 6 to 3½ hours.
Much of the road remains unsealed, [1] but approximately 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) was sealed in 2018 under a $3.2 million project funded by the Northern Australia Beef Roads Program. [ 4 ] In November 2021 funding of $31.5 million under various programs was announced for this road, with an expected completion date of early 2022.
The Barkly Highway is a national highway in Queensland and the Northern Territory in Australia. [1] It is the only sealed road between Queensland and the Northern Territory. [2] [3] The highway is named after the Barkly Tableland, which in turn was named by explorer William Landsborough in December 1861 after Henry Barkly, the then Governor of Victoria.
Tourist drives in Queensland include numbered and un-numbered routes. Most routes have an official name, but some have been named based on the region in which they occur. Some duplication of numbers exists where the Queensland Government and a local authority have each chosen the same number for use in different regions.
The Burke Developmental Road is a Queensland developmental road. It links Cloncurry and Normanton in a south–north direction, then turns to the north-east 30 km (19 mi) north of Normanton for 230 km (140 mi) before turning south-east till Dimbulah, where it becomes the Mareeba Dimbulah Road. [2] The road crosses the Gilbert River.
Hence the highways and roads cover most parts of the state unlike the sparsely populated Western Australia. Even Queensland's outback is well served as it is relatively populated. Road quality varies from 8-laned Pacific Motorway linking Brisbane – Gold Coast to earth-packed outback tracks, reflecting the great diversity of its terrain and ...