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Carnarvon Highway (National Route 46)

Statistics:

• Length: 111 km
• Northern Terminus: Castlereagh Hwy (A55) & Carnarvon Hwy (A55) at St George
• Southern Terminus: NSW Border / Carnarvon Hwy at Mungindi
• Miscellaneous: Continues, unnumbered, as Carnarvon Highway in New South Wales and as A55 from St George in Queensland
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: St George, Nindigully, Thallon and Mungindi

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: 24A 1
• Forthcoming Alphanumeric: A46

General Information:

National Route 46 is a key route in Queensland's southwestern border region, connecting the town of St George to the NSW border and eventually Moree in NSW.

The route, which forms part of the shortest route between Sydney and Darwin, is rural highway standard, and services a handful of small towns and localities. The route also passes through one of only a handful of towns in Australia, dissected in two by a state border, Mungindi.

History:

• 2010: Replacement of single-lane timber bridge over Barwon River at Mungindi.

NSW Border to St George			St George to NSW Border
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Nindigully approaching Barwon Hwy (SR85), June 2012. Image © Peter Renshaw			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Carnarvon Hwy (A55) approaching Castlereagh Hwy (A55) and the NR46 section of Carnarvon Hwy, near St George, June 2012. Image © Peter Renshaw
	Intersection Directional Sign: Poorly coverplated ID sign facing Barwon Hwy (SR85) at Nindigully, June 2012. Image © Peter Renshaw			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the corner of Carnarvon Hwy (A55), Castlereagh Hwy (A55) and the NR46 section of Carnarvon Hwy, near St George, June 2012. Image © Peter Renshaw
				Services Sign: Services sign between St George and Nindigully, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Nindigully approaching Barwon Hwy (SR85), June 2012. Click here for a photo from October 2005 of the previous sign. Image © Peter Renshaw
				Barwon Highway: Corner of Carnarvon Hwy (NR46) and Barwon Hwy (NR46) at Nindigully, October 2005. Image © Paul Rands
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Thallon-Daymar Rd in Thallon, June 2012. Image © Peter Renshaw
Click here for the continuation of Carnarvon Highway as A55

1 Transport & Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, South West Region

Last updated: 21:39:40 2/7/2016.

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