Road Photos & Information: Queensland
Burke Developmental Road and Mareeba-Dimbulah Road (State Route 27) (Far North Region)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 670 km
- Termini:
- Eastern: Mulligan Hwy (Byrnes St) (SR81 / TD14), Mareeba
- Western: Burke Developmental Rd (NR83) and Karumba Rd (NR83), Howitt
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Howitt, Yagoonya, Maramie, Highbury, Gamboola, Wrotham, Rookwood, Chillagoe, Almaden, Petford, Dimbulah, Mutchilba, Arriga, Paddys Green and Mareeba
Route Numbering:
- Current: 27
- Multiplexed with:
- Road Authority Internal Classification:
- 89B (Normanton to Dimbulah) 1
- 664 (Dimbulah to Mareeba) 2
General Information:
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State Route 27 in Far North Queensland is an inland rural route, west of Cairns. It connects remote towns and settlements west of the Atherton Tablelands with the eastern coastal regions around Cairns.
The route is a undivided single carriageway, with continuous seal to the town of Almaden. Beyond Almaden, the route is a mix of mostly gravel and small sealed sections. 3
The themed Wheelbarrow Way route is named after the pioneers who wheeled their belongings through the area in the 1800s. 4
- Wheelbarrow Way, for 140 km, between Chillagoe and Mareeba.
Howitt to Mareeba
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Chillagoe, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Almaden-Gingerella Rd at Almaden, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
Distance Sign:
RD sign at Almaden, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
Mareeba to Howitt
Distance Sign:
Reassurance directional sign at Dimbulah, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
Trailblazer:
Faded SR27 trailblazer at Tabacum, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
Intersection Directional Sign:
AD sign acting as an ID sign at Dimbulah, corner of Dimbulah-Chillagoe Rd, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Petford approaching Herberton-Petford Rd, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
AD sign:
Advance directional sign approaching Almaden-Gingerlla Rd at Almaden, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
RD sign:
Distance sign at Almaden, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
Distance sign:
RD sign at Chillagoe, January 2014.
Image © Terry Siva
2 QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Map of Far North Road Region, November 2022.
3 Terry Siva.
4 Mission Beach Tourism, Tropical North Queensland Hidden Secrets Handbook, Page 19.