Road Photos & Information: Queensland
Gympie Road, Ferry Street, Walker Street, John Street, Saltwater Creek Road, Maryborough-Hervey Bay Road and Boat Harbour Drive (State Route 57)
Former Alignment
Statistics:
- Length:
- 45 km
- Termini:
- Northern: Elizabeth St (TD12) and Boat Harbour Dr (unnumbered), Urangan
- Southern: Bruce Hwy (A1), Tinana
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Tinana, Maryborough, St Helens, Dundathu, Walligan, Dundowran, Urraween, Pialba, Scarness, Torquay and Urangan
Route Numbering:
- Current: 57
- Multiplexed with: 12
- Former: 1 1
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 163
General Information:
State route 57 is located about 3 hours north of Brisbane, and varies from suburban street, rural road and semi-arterial road conditions and passes by shopping areas, farms and homes. The route through Tinana and Maryborough was once the Bruce Highway.
Multiplexes along the route include:
- Tourist Drive 12, for 4km, between Tinana and Maryborough, and for 8 km, between Eli Waters and Urangan.
History:
- 30 October 1896: The Lamington Bridge over Mary River opened to traffic, the completed structure cost about £25 000 and was opened by Hon. David Hay Dalrymple, MLA, Minister for Public Works. It was designed by Alfred Barton Brady and is one of Australia's oldest concrete bridges. The bridge replaced a timber high set bridge constructed in 1874, upstream from the current bridge. During the floods of 1893, this bridge was partially demolished. 2
- 1970: Lamington Bridge was widened but the original handrails were retained and reused. 2
- 1990: Maryborough Bypass (Bruce Highway) opens to traffic. 3
- April 2008: Work starts on widening along a 1 km section of Boat Harbour Drive between Hunter Street and McNally Street at Pialba. 4
- September 2008: Work commences on the upgrade of Maryborough-Hervey Bay Road between Dundowran Road at Walligan and Pialba-Burrum Heads Road at Dundowran. The project included widening and strengthening 6.9 kilometres of road, and also involved improving bus stop areas, private property accesses and signage, and the installation of new overhead street lighting. 5
- January 2009: A project completed in to duplicate Boat Harbour Drive to four lanes from Hunter Street to McNally Street at Pialba. 6
- 2010: Work begins on 3.6 km upgrade of Maryborough-Hervey Bay Road between Torbanlea-Pialba Road and Dundowran Road at Walligan. Work included widening of the road and realignment and installation of a roundabout connecting the Booral Road and Torbanlea-Pialba Road intersections. 7
- August 2011: Completion of upgrade along Maryborough-Hervey Bay Rd between Torbanlea-Pialba Road and Dundowran Road at Walligan. 6
This page concentrates on the former alignment between Tinana and Urangan
Tinana to Urangan
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Torbanlea-Pialba Rd at Walligan, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Booral Rd (TD12) at Walligan, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands
Pialba:
Boat Harbour Dr at Pialba, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands
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 & Resource Management, Queensland Heritage Register, Lamington Bridge.
3 QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Annual Report 1989 / 1990.
4 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, $10m upgrade for Boat Harbour Drive gets started, 10 April 2008.
5 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, First of two major upgrades to Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road complete, 2 July 2009.
6 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Traffic flow improved with completion of Fraser Coast project, 19 August 2011.
7 QLD Government, Department of Transport & Main Roads, Media Releases, Maryborough-Hervey Bay Road (Between Dundowran Road and Torbanlea–Pialba Road), December 2010.
2 QLD Government, Environment & Resource Management, Queensland Heritage Register, Lamington Bridge.
3 QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Annual Report 1989 / 1990.
4 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, $10m upgrade for Boat Harbour Drive gets started, 10 April 2008.
5 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, First of two major upgrades to Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road complete, 2 July 2009.
6 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Traffic flow improved with completion of Fraser Coast project, 19 August 2011.
7 QLD Government, Department of Transport & Main Roads, Media Releases, Maryborough-Hervey Bay Road (Between Dundowran Road and Torbanlea–Pialba Road), December 2010.