Statistics:
- Length:
- 121 km
- Termini:
- Eastern: Gold Coast Hwy (SR2) and Margaret St (unnumbered), Broadbeach
- Western: Cunningham Hwy (NH15), Fassifern
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Fassifern, Fassifern Valley, Templin, Kents Pocket, Boonah, Coulson, Wyaralong, Bromelton, Beaudesert, Tabragalba, Birnam, Mundoolun, Tamborine, Boyland, Wonglepong, Benobble, Canungra, Witheren, Clagiraba, Mount Nathan, Nerang, Carrara, Broadbeach Waters and Broadbeach
Route Numbering:
- Current: 90
- Multiplexed with: 13 93 8 16
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 25B (Beaudesert)
- 105 (Nerang to Broadbeach)
- 117 (Nerang)
- 202 (Beaudesert to Tabragalba and Wonglepong to Nerang)
- 203 (Tabragalba to Tamborine)
- 209 (Tamborine to Wonglepong)
- 211 (Boonah to Coulson)
- 212 (Coulson to Beaudesert)
- 214 (Fassifern to Boonah)
General Information:
State Route 90 is a collection of roads connecting the Cunningham Highway (and eventually the Darling Downs) with the Gold Coast.
West of Nerang the route is a rural style route, and east of Nerang the route takes on an suburban arterial road design.
Several major routes are connected by SR90, including Cunningham Hwy (NH15), Mt Lindesay Hwy (NR13), Pacific Mwy (M1) and Gold Coast Hwy (SR2).
Multiplexes along the route include:
- National Route 13, for 500 m, Beaudesert.
- State Route 93, for 7 km, between Boonah and Coulson.
- Tourist Drive 8, for 37 km, between Tamborine and Nerang.
- Tourist Drive 16, for 18 km, between Beaudesert and Tamborine.
History:
- June 2010: Realignment of Beaudesert-Boonah Rd near Wyaralong Dam opens to traffic. The realignment is due to the construction of the dam. 2
- 24 June 2010: The installation of red and amber signals turned on, at the southbound approach to the roundabout linking Nerang-Broadbeach Road, Gold Coast-Springbrook Road and Robina Parkway at Carrara. 3
- September 2010: Replacement of a timber bridge with a new 4.2 m higher and 3.2 m wider (13 m) concrete structure over Reynolds Creek on the Boonah-Fassifern Road. 4
1 QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, South Coast Region, November 2022.
2 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Opportunity to see Wyaralong Dam Project. 13 August 2010.
3 QLD Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Minister for Main Roads, Signals turned on at Carrara roundabout, 25 June 2010.
4 QLD Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Projects, Reynolds Creek Bridge Replacement, June 2010.