Length:

153 km

Termini:

Eastern: High Street (TD7), Stanthorpe

Western: Cunningham Hwy (NR42) and Princess St (unnumbered), Inglewood

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Inglewood, Limevale, Texas, Silver Spur, Glenlyon, Pikes Creek, Pikedale, Greenlands and Stanthorpe

Current: 89

Multiplexed with: 8

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

231 (Inglewood to Texas)

232 (Texas to Stanthorpe)

General Information:

State Route 89 is a rural route located in Queensland's granite belt, and acts as a connector for the small towns located between Cunningham and New England Highways.

The route passes through bushland, national parks and farming areas as well as a handful of small population towns. One of the towns on the route is Texas, which was named after a land claim in the 1850s which bore many similarities to one happening in Republic of Texas and Mexico in the United States at the same time. The original town was established on the river flats in 1875 but was relocated after the disastrous floods of 1890 and 1921.

Tourist Drive 8, for 65 km, between Texas and Glenlyon.

2006: The final stretch of state-controlled road in the Main Roads Border district, a 4 km section of Stanthorpe-Texas Rd at Black Springs 73 km west of Stanthorpe, bitumen sealed. Work also included widening to 7 metres, new signage and line markings. ²

2009: Concrete bridge replaces a timber one over Oaky Creek on Inglewood-Texas Rd at Limevale. ³

Inglewood to Stanthorpe

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign assembly southbound on Inglewood-Texas Road (SR89) at the junction with Broadway and Stanthorpe-Texas Road (High Street) (SR89) at Texas, January 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Main Roads Maintenance Location Sign:

Used by maintenance road crews, this sign identifies a section of road in Queensland. Corner of Inglewood-Texas Road (SR89), Broadway and Stanthorpe-Texas Road (High Street) (SR89) at Texas, January 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Stanthorpe to Inglewood

Texas Town Centre:

Looking west along Stanthorpe-Texas Rd (High St) (SR89) in Texas, January 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Safety Ramp Sign:

Unusual use of a safety ramp sign. Rather referring to a stopping bed for runaway vehicles, this sign is referring to a ramp for wheelchairs to cross the divided and elevated section of High Street in Texas, January 2005.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign assembly on Broadway approaching the junction with Inglewood-Texas Road (SR89) and Stanthorpe-Texas Road (High Street) (SR89) at Texas, January 2005. The ALT-SR89 route doesn't pass through Texas and is an error.

Image © Paul Rands