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Statistics:

• Length: 2029 km (Chinchilla to Mitchell: 275 km)
• Western Terminus: Northern Territory / Queensland Border near Camooweal
• Eastern Terminus: Pacific Motorway (M1/M3) and Gateway Motorway (M1) at Rochedale
• Miscellaneous: Continues as Barkly Highway (NH66) in Northern Territory
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Camooweal, Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Longreach, Roma, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Dinmore, Wacol, Meadowbrook, Loganlea, Eight Mile Plains and Rochedale

Route Numbering:

• Current: M2 A2

• Former:

• Multiplexes: A3 A5 A55
• Road Authority Classification: 18A, 18B, 18C, 18D, 18E & 18F (Warrego Highway) 1

General Information:

M/A2 is the main link from Brisbane to the northern territory. It varies from motorway standard in the Brisbane metropolitain area, to dual carriageway rural highway standard between Brisbane and Toowoomba, and rural highway standard beyond Toowoomba. The route is the only sealed link between Flinders Highway and Capricorn Highway apart from Gregory Development Road between Emerald and Charters Towers.

The Landsborough Highway runs through vast tracts of land that was once occupied by William Landsborough, an Australian explorer of the 19th century. The Barkly Highway is the only major route connecting Queensland and the Northern Territory.

The route features ALT-A2, an alternate route via the town centre of Charleville. ALT-A2 is formed by Warrego Hwy and Mitchell Hwy. Charleville is important town in the southern centre of Queensland. Through traffic follows A2 via Landsborough Highway from Morven to Augathellla.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• A5 (Leichhardt Highway) for 1 km at Miles
• A55 (Carnarvon Highway) for 5 km at Roma

History:

• 2004: Warrego (NH54), Landsborough (NH54 / NH71) and Barkly (NH66) Highways renumbered to M2 under the QMR Strategic Tourism Routes plan. 10
• February 2009: Upgrade of Mitchell's main street on the Warrego Highway completed. The Mitchell main street, between Louisa and Ann Streets, has been re-constructed to provide a strengthened and widened road surface. Following the opening of the road to traffic during 2008, final asphalt sealing, landscaping, line marking and other associated works were also completed. 19

Click here for the former alignment between Chinchilla and Mitchell

Chinchilla to Mitchell			Mitchell to Chinchilla
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Miles approaching Leichhardt Hwy (then NR39, now A5), April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Riggers Rd (former Warrego Hwy) at Roma, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
	Leichhardt Highway: Corner of Warrego Hwy (A2) and Leichhardt Hwy (then NR39, now A5) at Miles, April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Roma, April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Miles, April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Roma approaching Carnarvon Hwy (then NR55, now A55), April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Miles, April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade			Trailblazer: Auslink specification kilometre plate at Blythedale, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Miles approaching Leichhardt Hwy (then NR39, now A5), April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Miles approaching Leichhardt Hwy (then NR39, now A5), April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
				Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Miles, April 2004. Image © Michael Greenslade
Click here for the continuation of A2 between Mitchell and Longreach Click here for the continuation of A2 between Toowoomba and Chinchilla

1 The State Road Network Map, 30 June 2008
10 QMR, Strategic Tourism Routes Revision 12
19 Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Media Release, Mitchell Main Street Completed, 20 February 2009

Last updated: 03-Aug-2019 0:39

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