Length:

54 km

Termini:

Northern: Bruce Hwy (A1), Hughes Tce (unnumbered), Gympie

Southern: Bruce Hwy (M1) and Old Bruce Hwy (unnumbered), Federal

Miscellaneous:

Route taken: Old Bruce Highway, Kenilworth-Skyring Creek Rd, Tuchekoi Rd, Gympie-Brooloo Rd, Yabba Creek Rd, Kandanga-Imbil Rd and Gympie-Brooloo Rd (Mary Valley Rd)

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Federal, Tuchekoi, Bollier, Imbil, Kandanga, Aramoor, Dagun, Gilldora, Lagoon Pocket, Long Flat, The Dawn, Jones Hill and Gympie

Current: 42

Multiplexed with: 51

Former: A1 1 1

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

482 (Tuchekoi)

483 (Imbil and Kandanga to Gympie)

485 (Tuchekoi)

914 (Federal to Tuchekoi)

4832 (Imbil)

General Information:

Tourist Drive 42 is a rural route connecting the upper Sunshine Coast hinterland with Gympie.

State Route 51, for 5 km, Imbil and for 24 km, between Kandanga and Gympie.

August 2008: Widening of 1.3 km section of Tuchekoi Road, between Coonoon Gibber Creek and Gympie-Brooloo Road. ²

Federal to Gympie

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Yabba Creek Rd approaching Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Imbil, January 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Kandanga-Imbil Road & Yabba Creek Road:

At the junction with Yabba Creek Rd and Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Imbil, January 2009.

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Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Kandanga approaching Mary Valley Way (SR51), November 2019.

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Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Kandanga at Mary Valley Rd (SR51), November 2019. TD42 turns left and the SR51 duplex recommences here.

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Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Kandanga approaching Kandanga Creek Rd, November 2019.

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Kandanga Creek Road:

Corner of Mary Valley Rd (SR51 / TD42) and Kandanga Ck Rd at Kandanga, November 2019.

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Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Dagun approaching Dagun Rd, November 2019.

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Dagun Road:

Corner of Mary Valley Rd (TD42 / SR51) and Dagun Rd at Dagun, November 2019.

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End Tourist Drive 42:

End TD42 sign and AD sign approaching Bruce Hwy (M1) & Hughes Tce interchange at Gympie, November 2019.

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Bruce Highway & Hughes Terrace:

Mary Valley Way (SR51 / TD42) at the Bruce Hwy (M1) and Hughes Tce interchange at Gympie, November 2019.

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Gympie to Federal

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Kandanga, November 2018.

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Kandanga-Imbil Road & Yabba Creek Road:

At the junction with Yabba Creek Rd and Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Imbil, January 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Yabba Creek Road approaching Mary Valley Rd (SR51 / TD42) at Imbil, January 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:

ID sign facing Yabba Creek Road at the junction with Mary Valley Rd (SR51 / TD42) at Imbil, January 2009.

Image © Rob Tilley