Flinders Highway, Queensland

Flinders Highway

Flinders Highway (green on black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length775 km (482 mi)
Route number(s) State Highway A6
Former
route number
National Route 78
Major junctions
West end Barkly Highway (National Highway A2), Cloncurry
 
East end Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1), Townsville
Location(s)
Major settlementsJulia Creek, Richmond, Hughenden, Charters Towers
Highway system
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Southbound on the Flinders Highway between Reid River and Mingela
Southbound on the Flinders Highway between Calcium and Reid River

The Flinders Highway is a highway that crosses Queensland east to west, from Townsville on the Pacific coast to Cloncurry. The road continues as the Barkly Highway from Cloncurry to the Northern Territory border at Camooweal and beyond. The Flinders Highway passes a number of small outback towns and typical outback landscape predominates towards the inland. It was known as National Route 78 before Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system being adopted in Australia and is now designated as A6. The highway is also known as Overlanders Way.[1] Its entire length is part of the National Land Transport Network (formerly Auslink).[2]

  1. ^ "Outback Australia - Australian Outback". Outbacknow.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)