Road Photos & Information: Queensland: Wide Bay Highway, Bunya Highway, Moonie Highway & Balonne Highway (State Route 49)

Road Photos & Information: Queensland

Wide Bay Highway, Bunya Highway, Moonie Highway, Balonne Highway & Bulloo Developmental Road (State Route 49)

Statistics:

Length: 1021 km
Western Terminus: Gilmore St (Bulloo Developmental Rd) and Dowling St, Thargomindah
Eastern Terminus: Bruce Hwy (A1) at Bells Bridge
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Bells Bridge, Lower Wonga, Woolooga, Oakview, Kilkivan, Cinnabar, Kinbombi, Goomeri, Manyung, Moondooner, Murgon, Ficks Crossing, Wondai, Tingoora, Wooroolin, Memerambi, Crawford, Kingaroy, Taabinga, Inverlaw, Kumbia, Cooranga, Bell, Dalby, Nandi, Ducklo, Kumbarilla, Marmadua, Moonie, Southwood, Westmar, Flinton, Alton, St George, Boolba, Bollon, Cunnamulla, Eulo and Thargomindah

Route Numbering:

Current:
Multiplexes: A2 A3 A55
Road Authority Internal Classification: 35A (Dalby to St George) 1 2, 36A (St George to Bollon), 36B (Bollon to Cunnamulla) 1, 44A (Bells Bridge to Goomeri), 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy), 45B (Goomeri to Kingaroy) and 94A (Cunnamulla to Thargominda)2 3

General Information:

State Route 49 is a rural highway that links the Burnett and Darling Downs regions of Queensland with south western Queensland.

The route passes through rural, residential and commercial zones.

Multiplexes along the route include:

A2, for 500 m at Dalby
A3, for 2 km at Goomeri
A55, for 9 km at St George
Great Bunya Tourist Drive, for 125 km between Bells Bridge and Kingaroy, and also for 43 km between Kumbia and Bell

History:

18 December 1968: Moonie Hwy seal completed and opened to traffic.
November 2007: Widening works begins on 4 km section of Bunya Highway west of Dalby. 4
December 2008: Safety upgrades at Moonjarre Crossing, about 32 kilometres west of Cunnamulla, completed. The work involved the installation of new culverts, the re-alignment of an existing curve and road widening. 5
August 2009: Widening of Wide Bay Highway for 3.6 km, east of Goomeri. 6
Septemeber 2011: Installation of traffic signals at the junction of Bunya Highway (Youngman Street) and Avoca Street in Kingaroy. 7

Bells Bridge to Cunnamulla		Cunnamulla to Bells Bridge
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	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at Bells Bridge near Gympie, at the junction with Bruce Hwy (A1), October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Moonie Hwy (SR49) approaching Grey St (A55) at St George, August 2014. The A55 duplex starts here. Click here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2003. Image © Ed Huang
	Ressurance Directional Sign: RD sign without SR49 shield at Bells Bridge, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Cairn: Cairn at St George commemorating the sealing and opening of Moonie Hwy, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) approaching Petersen Rd at Bells Bridge, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign at St George, October 2005. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Paul Rands
	Trailblazer: Great Bunya Tourist Drive trailblazer at Bells Bridge, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Moonie Hwy (SR49) approaching Carnarvon Hwy (A55) at St George, September 2014. The A55 duplex ends here, as SR49 turns right. Click here for a photo of the previous sign by Paul Rands from October 2005. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Lower Wonga approaching Gympie-Woolooga Rd, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign approaching Moonie Hwy (SR49) and Carnarvon Hwy (A55) at St George, October 2005. The A55 duplex ends here, as SR49 turns right. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the corner of Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) and Gympie-Woolooga Rd at Lower Wonga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign at St George, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Lower Wonga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on D'Aguilar Hwy (SR49) approaching Warrego Hwy (A2 / SR49 / SR82) at Dalby, December 2003. Note the remnant NH54 shields. SR49 turns right at this location. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) approaching Bauple-Woolooga Rd at Woolooga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign at Dalby. SR49 multiplexes with A2 and SR82 in this location, September 2014. Image © Dean Sherry
	Bauple-Woolooga Road: ID sign at the junction with Bauple-Woolooga Rd at Woolooga, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Gayndah Rd in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Bauple-Woolooga Road: ID sign at the junction with Bauple-Woolooga Rd at Woolooga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Gayndah Road: Corner of Bunya Hwy (SR49) and Gayndah Rd in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Woolooga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign acting as some kind of reassurance sign in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Trailblazer: Great Bunya Tourist Drive trailblazer at Woolooga, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Lamb St in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: Non-standard ID sign at Rossmore Rd in Kilkivan, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Lamb Street: ID sign at the corner of Bunya Hwy (SR49) and Lamb St in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Entering Kilkivan: Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) as it enters the town of Kilkivan, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Kilcoy-Murgon Rd at Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Council St and Bligh St in Kilkivan, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the Kilcoy-Murgon Rd junction in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Council St and Bligh St in Kilkivan, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign as Bunya Hwy (SR49) leaves Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kilkivan approaching Kilkvan-Tansey Rd, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign as Bunya Hwy (SR49) leaves Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Kilkivan-Tansey Rd at Kilkivan, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Manyung Rd in Manyung, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign on Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) at Kilkivan, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Burnett Hwy (A3) and Bunya Hwy (SR49) on the outskirts of Goomeri, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: Non-standard ID sign at the Kinkombi Rd junction at Kinkombi, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the junction with Bunya Hwy (SR49) and Burnett Hwy (A3) at Goomeri, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Tourism Sign: Sign at Goomeri welcoming visitors to the South Burnett Wine Region, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching split of Burnett Hwy (A3) and Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) at Goomeri, October 2010. SR49 turns right at this junction. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Entering Goomeri: Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) as it enters the town of Goomeri, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Burnett Hwy (A3) in Goomeri, October 2010. SR49 turns right at this junction. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Burnett Hwy (A3) at Goomeri, October 2010. SR49 turns left at this junction. Note the missing SR49 shield. Click here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from January 2003. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Burnett Hwy (A3) in Goomeri, October 2010. SR49 turns right at this junction. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Burnett Hwy (A3) at Goomeri, October 2010. SR49 turns left at this junction. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign at Goomeri, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Click here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from January 2003. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: Typical ID fingerboard at the junction with Burnett Hwy (A3) in Goomeri, October 2010. SR49 turns left at this junction. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: Non-standard ID sign at the Kinkombi Rd junction at Kinkombi, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Goomeri, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kilkivan approaching Kilkvan-Tansey Rd, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Burnett Hwy (A3) and Bunya Hwy (SR49) on the outskirts of Goomeri, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Kilkivan-Tansey Rd at Kilkivan, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the junction with Bunya Hwy (SR49) and Burnett Hwy (A3) at Goomeri, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign on Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) at Kilkivan, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign on Bunya Hwy (SR49) at Goomeri, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Council St and Bligh St in Kilkivan, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Manyung Rd in Manyung, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Council St and Bligh St in Kilkivan, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Kilcoy-Murgon Rd at Murgon, October 2010. Click here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2003. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) approaching Bauple-Woolooga Rd at Woolooga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the Kilcoy-Murgon Rd junction in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Bauple-Woolooga Road: ID sign at the junction with Bauple-Woolooga Rd at Woolooga, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Kilcoy-Murgon Rd at Murgon approaching Bunya Hwy (SR49), December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade		Bauple-Woolooga Road: ID sign at the junction with Bauple-Woolooga Rd at Woolooga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign at Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign at Woolooga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Agriculture Sign: Sign for stock movement restrictions, Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Lower Wonga approaching Gympie-Woolooga Rd, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Cherbourg Rd in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the corner of Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) and Gympie-Woolooga Rd at Lower Wonga, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Lamb Street: ID sign at the corner of Bunya Hwy (SR49) and Cherbourg Rd in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Distance Sign: RD sign at Lower Wonga, October 2010. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Rob Tilley
	Entering Murgon: Bunya Hwy (SR49) as it enters the Murgon town centre, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Trailblazer: Great Bunya Tourist Drive trailblazer at Bells Bridge, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Murgon: Bunya Hwy (SR49) as it passes through the town of Murgon, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) approaching Petersen Rd at Bells Bridge, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching McAlister St in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Wide Bay Hwy (SR49) approaching Bruce Hwy (A1) at Bels Bridge, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Gayndah Rd in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at Bells Bridge near Gympie, at the junction with Bruce Hwy (A1), October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Gayndah Road: Corner of Bunya Hwy (SR49) and Gayndah Rd in Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Distance Sign: RD sign as Bunya Hwy (SR49) leaves Murgon, October 2010. Image © Rob Tilley
	Black Reassurance Directional Sign: Black distance sign at Kumbia, January 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Black Kilometre Plate: Black kilometre plate at Bell, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Black Advance Directional Sign: Black AD sign at Bell approaching Dennis St, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Black Advance Directional Sign: Black AD sign at Dalby approaching Warrego Hwy (A2) / SR49 / SR82) and Condamine St, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Black Kilometre Plate: Black kilometre plate at Kumbarilla, January 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Halliford after Surat Developmental Rd (SR87), January 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Moonie approaching Leichhardt Hwy (A5) (formerly NR39), December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: Moonie Hwy (SR49) approaching Meandarra-Talwood Rd (SR74) at Westmar, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Moonie Hwy (SR49) approaching Carnarvon Hwy (A55) at St George, October 2005. The A55 duplex begins here, as SR49 turns left. Click here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2003. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Moonie Hwy (SR49) at the junction with Carnarvon Hwy (A55) at St George, October 2005. The A55 duplex begins here, as SR49 turns left. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign at St George, October 2005. Note the missing SR49 shield. Image © Paul Rands
	Distance Sign: RD sign in the St George town centre, August 2014. Click here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2003. Image © Ed Huang
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Whyenbah Rd at St George, September 2014. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Mitchell-St George Rd at St George, 2014. Image © Dean Sherry

1 Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, South West Region
2 Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps,Darling Downs Region: front
3 Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, Wide Bay/Burnett Region: front
4 Queensland Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Wider and safer section for the Bunya Highway, 12 November 2007
5 Queensland Government, Media Statements, Safety upgrade to Moonjarre Crossing, 15 Jan 2009
6 Queenslad Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Safety works commencing on Wide Bay Highway, 28 August 2009.
7 Queensland Government, Ministerial Media Statements, New traffic signals to provide safer roads in Kingaroy, 8 September 2011

Last updated: 21-Oct-2021 16:41

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