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Road Photos & Information: Queensland

Isis Highway and Bundaberg-Gin Gin Road (State Route 3) (Wide Bay / Burnett Region)

Statistics:

Length:: 94 km
Termini:: Northern: Bruce Hwy (A1), Gin Gin; Southern: Bruce Hwy (A1), Apple Tree Creek
Miscellaneous:: Route taken: Childers Rd, Takalvan St, Bourbong St, Hinkler Av, Mt Perry Rd, Gin Gin Rd, Bundaberg Rd and Mulgrave St
Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:: Apple Tree Creek, North Isis, Isis Central, Cordalba, Gregory River, Farnsfield, North Gregory, Elliott, Pine Creek, South Bingera, Branyan, Kensington, Avoca, Millbank, Svensson Heights, Bundaberg West, Bundaberg North, Oakwood, Sharon, South Kolan, Bullyard, Maroondan, McIlwraith and Gin Gin

Route Numbering:

Current: 3
Former: 1
Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹: 19A (Apple Tree Creek to Bundaberg North); 176 (Bundaberg North to Gin Gin)

General Information:

According to several 1960s Shell and Caltex maps, State Route 3 is a former alignment of National Route 1. The route acts as a link between Bundaberg and Bruce Highway and consists mostly of rural highway standard, except in Bundaberg, where it's a multi-laned suburban arterial road.

The road services rural, residential, commercial and industrial areas. It directly passes Bundaberg Airport as well as a number of sugar cane farms.

History:

: 1870s: Ferry linking Bundaberg and North Bundaberg was replaced with a timber bridge. ²; 24 August 1900: The metal truss Burnett Bridge opened to traffic, linking Bundaberg and North Bundaberg, replacing a vehicular ferry. The bridge is 412 metres in length and has eight 51.9 long spans with cylindrical piers and concrete abutments. When it was opened the Burnett Bridge was the fifth longest metal truss bridge in Australia. ²; 1950s: The footway on the Burnett Bridge was narrowed. ²; 8 May 1955: Construction of Tallon Bridge over the Burnett River at Bundaberg. The bridge bypassed the Burnett Bridge and was named in honour of the whole Tallon family who all contributed to sport in the Bundaberg area. ³; 1993: The footway on the Burnett Bridge was widened as a cycleway / footpath. ²; 8 April 1995: Opening of replacement Tallon Bridge over the Burnett River. ⁴; 2006: Opening of the interchange with Bruce Hwy (A1) at Apple Tree Creek.; June 2009: Wagners Gully Bridge Replacement on Bundaberg-Gin Gin Road. ⁵

Apple Tree Creek to Gin Gin

Distance Sign:

RD sign at Apple Tree Creek within the interchange with Bruce Hwy (M1), December 2009.

Image ©:) Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Apple Tree Creek approaching Kevin Livingstone Dr, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Apple Tree Creek:

Isis Hwy (SR3) as it passes through sugar cane farms at Apple Tree Ck, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Cane Level Crossing Sign:

Sign indicating a number of cane railway crossings ahead for next 9 km, Apple Tree Creek, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Pine Creek approaching Pine Creek, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign assembly at the corner of Isis Hwy (SR3) and Pine Ck Rd at Pine Ck, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at South Bingera approaching Cedars Rd, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at South Bingera approaching Kingswood Way, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Branyan approaching Parkes Tate Dr, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Branyan approaching Kingston Town Way and Nicholl Rd, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Branyan approaching Palamino Av, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Bonna Rd at Branyan, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Branyan approaching Cummins Rd, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Branyan approaching Ring Road, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

RD sign at Branyan after the Ring Rd junction, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Entering Greater Bundaberg:

Bundaberg welcome sign at Avoca, near Bundaberg airport, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Millbank approaching Enterprise St, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Millbank approaching Walker St, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Bundaberg approaching Hinkler Av (SR3), Bourbong St and Mulgrave St, December 2009. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from March 2006.

Image © Rob Tilley

Hinkler Avenue, Bourbong Street & Mulgrave Street:

ID sign at Bundaberg at the junction with Hinkler Av (SR3), Bourbong St and Mulgrave St,December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

RD sign on Hinkler Av (SR3) next to the Tallon Bridge over Burnett River, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Tallon Brige:

Hinkler Av (SR3) as it crosses Burnett River via Tallon Bridge, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Hinkler Av (SR3) approaching Mt Perry Rd (SR3) and the unnumbered sections of Mt Perry Rd and Hinkler Av at North Bundaberg, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the roundabout with Hinkler Av (SR3), Mt Perry Rd (SR3) and the unnumbered sections of Mt Perry Rd and Hinkler Av at North Bundaberg, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

RD sign at North Bundaberg on Mt Perry Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Mt Perry Rd approaching Moore Pk Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign on Bundaberg-Gin Gin Rd (SR3) at North Bundaberg, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Oakwood approaching Rosedale Rd, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Rosedale Road:

Corner of Bundaberg-Gin Gin Rd (SR3) and Rosewood Rd at Oakwood, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Gin Gin to Apple Tree Creek

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the roundabout with Hinkler Av (SR3), Mt Perry Rd (SR3) and the unnumbered sections of Mt Perry Rd and Hinkler Av at North Bundaberg, June 2010.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Bundaberg on Hinkler Av (SR3) approaching Isis Hwy (SR3), Bourbong St and Mulgrave St, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Hinkler Avenue, Isis Highway, Bourbong Street & Mulgrave Street:

ID sign at Bundaberg at the junction with Hinkler Av (SR3), Isis Hwy (SR3), Bourbong St and Mulgrave St, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Bundaberg West approaching Walker St, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Svensson Heights approaching Johanna Dr, Heidke St, Kendalls Rd and Bundaberg Airport, December 2009.

Distance Sign:

RD sign on Isis Hwy (SR3) at Kensington, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Kensington approaching Ring Rd, December 2009.

Intersection Directional Signs:

ID signs at on Ring Rd at Kensington approaching Isis Hwy (SR3) (Childers Rd), June 2019.

Distance Sign:

RD sign as Isis Hwy (SR3) leaves Kensington, June 2019. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Rob Tilley from December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Bonna Rd at Kensington, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Palomino Av in Kensington, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Kingston Town Way and Nicholl Rd at Kensington, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Parkes Tate Dr at Kensington, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Kingswood Way at South Bingera, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign approaching Cedars Rd at Pine Ck (TD3), December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Pine Creek approaching Pine Creek Rd, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Apple Tree Creek approaching Kevin Livingstone Dr, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Apple Tree Creek approaching the Bruce Hwy (A1) interchange, December 2009.

End State Route 3:

End SR3 sign at the junction with Bruce Hwy (A1) at Apple Tree Ck, December 2009.

Click or tap here for Isis Highway as State Route 52

¹ QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, Wide Bay / Burnett Region, November 2022.
² QLD Government, Environment and Resource Management, Cultural Heritage, Burnett Bridge.
³ Bundaberg State School, Don Tallon.
⁴ Australian Travelling, Bundaberg Culture.
⁵ QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, New Wagners Gully bridge opens to traffic, 03 July 2009.