Gregory Highway
| Gregory Highway Gregory Developmental Road Queensland |
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| Gregory Highway (yellow on black), Gregory Developmental Road (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 914 km (568 mi) |
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| Former route number |
 National Route 55(Charters Towers - Springsure) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Gulf Developmental Road |
 Flinders Highway Peak Downs Highway Capricorn Highway |
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| South end |  Dawson Highway, Springsure, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Charters Towers, Belyando Crossing, Clermont, Emerald |
| Highway system | |
| Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland |
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State Route 63The Gregory Highway is a state highway in Queensland that serves the major coal-mining centres of Central Queensland.[1] The highway was named after Augustus Gregory, an early explorer.
It runs southward from Quartz Blow Creek, a point 31 kilometres west of Mount Surprise on the Gulf Developmental Road, via Charters Towers, to Springsure, over 900 kilometres away.[2] The northern section of 742 kilometres is designated by the state government as the Gregory Developmental Road. The shorter southern section between Clermont and Springsure (172 kilometres) is designated the Gregory Highway. As of 2015, the first 117 kilometres between the Gulf Developmental Road via Einasleigh to the Lynd Junction are unsealed and may be corrugated. The next section to Charters Towers has been upgraded from single lane to mostly dual-laned bitumen.[2] The road is used by many road trains.
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High quality road section
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Example of poorer quality road section
List of towns along the Gregory Developmental Road/Highway
See also
References
- ↑ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
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