Dawson Highway

Dawson Highway

Dawson Highway (green on black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length405 km (252 mi)
Route number(s)
  • State Route 60 (Gladstone – Rolleston)
  • A7 (Rolleston – Springsure)
Former
route number
National Route 55 (Rolleston – Springsure)
Major junctions
East end Glenlyon Street (State Route 58), Gladstone
 
West end Gregory Highway (State Highway A7), Springsure
Location(s)
Major settlementsCalliope, Biloela, Banana, Bauhinia, Moura, Rolleston
Highway system
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The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia.[1] It runs for 405 kilometres (252 mi) between Gladstone and Springsure where it terminates.[2] From Gladstone to Rolleston it is signed as State Route 60, and then A7 onwards to Springsure. It continues west for another 247 kilometres (153 mi) as Dawson Developmental Road to Tambo on the Landsborough Highway. North of Springsure, A7 becomes the Gregory Highway.

Many of the towns along the Dawson Highway are coal-mining establishments.

  1. ^ "Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.