Fitzroy Developmental Road Explained

Type:rural road
Road Name:Fitzroy Developmental Road
State:qld
Length:454
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
End A: Leichhardt Highway Taroom
End B: State Route 70 (Peak Downs Highway) Strathfield
Through:Rhydding, Bauhinia, Duaringa, Dingo
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The Fitzroy Developmental Road (The Beef Road) is a designated road in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland consisting of three separate sections. The general direction is from south to north.

Route description

Southern section

The southern section leaves the Leichhardt Highway at a point 17km (11miles) north of Taroom as State Route 7. This section meets the Dawson Highway in the locality of Rhydding, 19km (12miles) east of Bauhinia.

Middle section

The middle section, as State Route 7, runs from Bauhinia north until it meets the Capricorn Highway about 2km (01miles) west of Duaringa, and 29km (18miles) east of Dingo. It passes through the Dawson Range State Forest between Woorabinda and Duaringa.

Northern section

The northern section, as State Route 67, runs from Dingo to a point on the Peak Downs Highway in the locality of Strathfield, 21km (13miles) east of Coppabella.[1] It crosses the Mackenzie River and passes the mining towns of Middlemount and Dysart.

Length details

The southern section is 115km (71miles) in length, and is mostly unsealed.
The middle section is 103km (64miles) in length and is partly sealed.
The northern section is 236km (147miles) in length and is fully sealed.[2] The length of the three sections totals 454km (282miles) but with the addition of travel on the Dawson and Capricorn Highways, it is around 502km (312miles).

Road details

All sections are state-controlled roads. The southern and middle sections (numbers 85A and 85B) are district roads rated as local roads of regional significance (LRRS). The northern section (number 85C) is a regional road.[3]

Upgrades

Progressive sealing

A project to progressively seal sections of the road north of Bauhinia, at a cost of $6 million, was expected to complete by early 2022.[4]

A project to progressively seal sections of the road north of Taroom, at a cost of $8 million, was expected to complete in mid-2022.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Travel-and-transport/Maps-and-guides/Queensland-state-controlled-roads-and-region-maps.aspx Queensland Government - Department of Trjansport and Main Roads - Maps
  2. Australia Road and 4WD Atlas. 2007 . Hema Maps. Eight Mile Plains, Queensland. 978-1-86500-456-3. 12.
  3. Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] . The State Road Network of Queensland . 30 June 2019 . 29 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330012818/http://www.83.4tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/Travelandtransport/Maps%20and%20guides/Queensland%20maps/State%20road%20network/srnmapfront.pdf . 30 March 2014 . live.
  4. Web site: Fitzroy Developmental Road (Bauhinia - Duaringa), progressive sealing . Queensland Government . 4 April 2022 . 14 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Fitzroy Developmental Road (Taroom - Bauhinia), progressive sealing . Queensland Government . 22 November 2021 . 14 June 2022.