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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)

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

Click or tap here for the former alignment between Tinana and Urangan

Tinana to Urangan

Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign on Gympie Rd (SR57) at Tinana, December 2003.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Start Tourist Drive 12:

Sign on Gympie Rd at Tinana showing the start of TD12, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Mary Bridge:

Gympie Rd (SR57 / TD12) as it becomes Ferry St at Lamington Bridge over Mary River, October 2004.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Trailblazer:

TD12 trailblazer along Ferry St in Maryborough, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Ferry St (SR57 / TD12) in Maryborough approaching Ann St (TD12), December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner Ferry St (SR57) and Ann St (TD12) in Maryborough, December 2009. The TD12 duplex ends at this junction.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Ferry St (SR57) approaching Alice St (SR86) in Maryborough, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner Ferry St (SR57) and Alice St (SR86) at Maryborough, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner Ferry St (SR57) and Alice St (SR86) at Maryborough, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign placed in the wrong spot, at the junction of Ferry St (SR57) and Alice St (SR86) in Maryborough, December 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Ferry St (SR57) approaching the unnumbered sections of Walker St and Ferry St, plus the SR57 segment of Walker St, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Walker Street & Ferry Street:

Corner of Walker St (SR57) and Ferry St (SR57) at Maryborough, March 2006. SR57 turns right at this junction. When the Bruce Hwy was routed through town, it turned left here.

Image © Paul Rands

Walker Street & John Street:

Corner of Walker St and John St in Maryborough, March 2006. SR57 turns left at this junction.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Walker St approaching Ferry St in Maryborough. SR57 should have 'To' prefixed on it, and also be included in the bottom panel. January 2014.

Image © Terry Siva

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Saltwater Creek Rd (SR57) approaching Pallas St at Maryborough, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Saltwater Creek:

State Route 57 as it crosses Saltwater Creek via Campbells Bridge, March 2006. This is where Saltwater Creek Rd becomes Maryborough-Hervey Bay Rd.

Image © Paul Rands

Distance Sign:

RD sign on Maryborough-Hervey Bay Rd (SR57) at Walligan, March 2006.

Image © Paul Rands

Distance Sign:

RD sign on Maryborough-Hervey Bay Rd (SR57) at Urraween, December 2002.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Maryborough-Hervey Bay Rd (SR57) approaching Pialba-Burrum Heads Rd at Eli Waters, December 2002.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Maryborough-Hervey Bay Rd (SR57) approaching Old Maryborough Rd (TD12) at Eli Waters, March 2006. SR57 becomes Boat Harbour Rd from this junction.

Image © Paul Rands

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign on Boat Harbour Dr (SR57) at Pialba, near Picnic St roundabout, March 2006. Note the missing SR57 shield.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Boat Harbour Dr (SR57) approaching Main St at Pialba, March 2006. The Esplanade patch on the sign should be prefixed with 'To' and the CBD and marine terminal destinations should be blue patches.

Image © Paul Rands

Intersection Directionl Sign:

ID sign on the roundabout of Boat Harbour Dr (SR57) and Main St in Piabla, March 2006.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Boat Harbour Dr (SR57) approaching Bideford St at Torquay, March 2006.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Boat Harbour Dr approaching Elizabeth St (TD12) at Urangan, March 2006. The Esplanade patch should be prefixed with 'To'.

End State Route 57:

End SR57 trailblazer at the roundabout with the unnumbered section of Boat Harbour Dr and Elizabeth St (TD12) at Urangan, March 2006.

Urangan to Tinana

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner Ferry St (SR57) and Alice St (SR86) at Maryborough, December 2009.

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign placed in the wrong spot, at the junction of Ferry St (SR57) and Alice St (SR86) in Maryborough, December 2009.

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner Ferry St (SR57) and Alice St (SR86) at Maryborough, December 2009.

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign at the corner Ferry St (SR57) and Alice St (SR86) at Maryborough, December 2009.

Distance Sign:

Reassurance directional sign on Ferry St (SR57) at Maryborough, October 2004.

End State Route 57:

End SR57 trailblazer on Gympie Rd (SR57) at Tinana approaching the junction with Bruce Hwy (A1), December 2009.

Bruce Highway:

Gympie Rd (SR57) at the Bruce Hwy (A1) interchange, Tinana, December 2003.

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.