Balonne Highway
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| Operator: | Dept. of Transport and Main Roads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start of the street: |
 / A55 Carnarvon Highway A55 Castlereagh Highway Moonie Highway St. George ( QLD ) ( 28 ° 2 ′ S , 148 ° 35 ′ E )  |
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| End of street: |
A71 Mitchell Highway Bulloo Developmental Road Cunnamulla ( QLD ) ( 28 ° 4 ′ S , 145 ° 44 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 289 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Balonne Highway is a trunk road in the south of the Australian state of Queensland . It connects the Carnarvon Highway (R46, A55) and the Castlereagh Highway (A55) in St. George with the Mitchell Highway (A71) and the Bulloo Developmental Road in Cunnamulla .
The highway designated as State Road 49 is the continuation of the Moonie Highway (S49) to the west. It is named after the Balonne River , on which the city of St. George lies, and is part of the Adventure Way . There are no major cities between St. George and Cunnamulla.
The highest point on the highway is at 234 m, the lowest at 180 m. The maximum gradient is 5%.
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 8 + 19
Individual evidence
- ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Balonne Highway . Retrieved April 19, 2012.