Length:

201 km

Termini:

Eastern: Warrego Hwy (A2) and Anzac Av (unnumbered), Newtown

Western: Leichhardt Hwy (A5) (former NR39) and Gore Hwy (NH39 / A5), Goondiwindi

Miscellaneous:

Continued as National Highway 39 / A5 between Leichhardt Hwy junction and Goondiwindi town centre

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Goondiwindi, Wyaga, Bull Creek, Wattle Ridge, The Pines, Forest Ridge, Cypress Gardens, Millmerran Downs, Captains Mountain, Millmerran, Pampas, Yarranlea, Pittsworth, Southbrook, Athol, Westbrook, Drayton, Harristown and Newtown (Toowoomba)

Current: A39 A139

Former: 85 85

Multiplexed with: 82 1

Road Authority Internal Classification:

28A (Millmerran to Toowoomba) ¹

28B (Goondiwindi to Millmerran) ²

General Information:

National Highway 85 was a major highway route linking the Darling Downs farming area, and the city of Toowoomba with Goondiwindi and New South Wales.

Consisting of mostly rural highway standard, the route passed through mostly farming, residential and commercial zones.

The Gore Highway was named after two brothers, George and Ralph Gore. They established Yandilla station between Pittsworth and Millmerran, which the highway passes through. ³

State Route 82, for 15 km, between Millmerran and Pampas.

Tourist Drive 1, for 1.3 km, between Drayton and Harristown.

Feburary 1993: Main route for Goondiwindi to Brisbane traffic moved from Cunningham Hwy to Gore Hwy, providing a more superior alignment. The Gore Hwy was renumbered from State Route 85 to National Highway 85.

2005: National Highway 85 replaced by A39.

Goondiwindi to Tooowoomba

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Leichhardt Hwy (A5) at Goondiwindi, October 2005. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Rob Tilley from April 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the Leichhardt Hwy junction showing former NR39 route number, Goondiwindi, April 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Reassurance Directional Sign:

RD sign as Gore Hwy leaves Goodiwindi, January 2004. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from January 2003.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Campbell St (SR82) in Millmerran, October 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching the unnumbered section of Campbell St in Millmerran, October 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign as Gore Hwy leaves Millmerran town centre, January 2004.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Yandilla approaching Millmerran-Leyburn Rd, October 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Pampas-Horrane Rd (SR82) in Pampas, October 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Trailblazer:

NH85 trailblazer at Pampas, October 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Pittsworth approaching Gap Rd, October 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Distance Sign:

RD sign near Dallman Rd in Pittsworth, April 2005. Note the black fingerboard in the distance.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign with incorect font on the name patch approaching Oakey-Pittsworth Rd and Pittworth-Felton Rd in Pittsworth, April 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Lochaber Rd in Pittsworth, April 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Black Advance Directional Sign:

Black AD sign Lochaber Rd approaching Gore Hwy (NH85) in Pittsworth, January 2004.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Tooowoomba to Goondiwindi

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Helen St in Pittsworth, April 2005.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Gore Hwy (NH85) at Milmerran approaching Campbell St (SR82), January 2004.

Images © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Leichhardt Hwy (NR39 / NH39 / SR85), January 2003. NH85 ended at this intersection.

Image © Michael Greenslade