Leichhardt Highway

Leichhardt Highway

Leichhardt Highway (green on black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length611 km (380 mi)
Route number(s)
  • State Highway A5
    Westwood – Goondiwindi North
  • State Highway A5 / State Route 85 / State Highway A39
    Goondiwindi North – Goondiwindi
Former
route number
National Highway 39
National Route 39
Major junctions
South end Cunningham Highway (National Route 42)
 
North end Capricorn Highway (A4), 7km south of Westwood, Queensland
Location(s)
Major settlementsMoonie, Miles, Guluguba, Wandoan, Taroom, Theodore, Banana, Dululu
Highway system
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The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a 2.0-kilometre (1.2 mi) section of the Cunningham Highway.[1]

It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood.[2]

The highway is a state-controlled strategic road, except for the section concurrent with the Gore Highway, which is a state-controlled part of the National Network.[3]

  1. ^ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
  2. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 8/11. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  3. ^ The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government. 30 June 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2021.