Road Photos & Information: Queensland
Kynuna Road and Wills Developmental Road (State Route 84)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 617 km
- Termini:
- Northern: Nardoo-Burketown Road (Beames St) (NR1) and Beames St (unnumbered), Burketown
- Southern: Landsborough Hwy (A2), Kynuna
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Kynuna, Julia Creek, Taldora, Four Ways, Gregory and Burketown
Route Numbering:
- Current: 84
- Multiplexed with: A6 83
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 78A (Julia Creek to Burketown)
- 5807 (Kynuna to Julia Creek)
General Information:
State Route 84 is an isolated rural route in Queensland's north. Signage is basic and quite a bit of it lacks route numbering. Kynuna Road is a one lane (115 km) fully sealed road. 2
The Wills Developmental Road section is a sealed route that is named after explorer William John Wills, who along with Robert O'Hara Burke, John King and Charles Gray became the first Europeans to cross Australia south to north when they reached the Gulf of Carpentaria in February 1861. 3
- A6, for 3 km, Julia Creek.
- National Route 83, for 1 km, Four Ways.
- State Route 84, for 26 km, between Gregory and Burketown.
History:
- October 2013: Completion of the sealing of Wills Developmental Road from Gregory to Burketown. 4
- 21 December 2015: Completion of construction of temporary replacement bridge over Beames Brook at Gregory. This replaced a low-level timber crossing. 5
- 2016: Work commenced on widening the road between Julia Creek to Burke and Wills Junction. 6
Kynuna to Burketown
Locality & Station Distance Sign:
Sign indicating distances to localities and farming stations, Julia Creek, August 2015.
Image © Richard Wardle
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign on Wills Developmental Rd (SR84) at Julia Creek, August 2015.
Image © Richard Wardle
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Four Ways approaching Burke Developmental Rd (NR83), August 2015. SR84 turns right here.
Image © Richard Wardle
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign assembly at the corner of Wills Developmental Rd (SR84) and Burke Developmental Rd (NR83 / SR84) at Four Ways, August 2015. SR84 turns right here.
Image © Richard Wardle
Burketown to Kynuna
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Julia Creek approaching Flinders Hwy (A6 / SR84), August 2015. SR84 turns left here.
Image © Richard Wardle
2 McKinlay Shire Council, Road Conditions.
3 Australian Government, National Museum of Australia, Defining Moments, Burke and Wills.
4 The North West Star, Milestones To Be Celebrated, 15 October 2013.
5 QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, William Read (North West District), Beames Brook Bridge temporary replacement.
6 QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Projects, Western Roads Upgrade Program (WRUP).