Herveys Range Developmental Road
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| Operator: | Dep. of Transport and Main Roads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start of the street: |
 Bruce Highway Flinders Highway Townsville ( QLD ) ( 19 ° 17 ′ S , 146 ° 48 ′ E ) |
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| End of street: |
 Gregory Developmental Roadsoutheast of Bluewater Springs Roadhouse ( QLD ) ( 19 ° 31 ′ S , 145 ° 44 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 137 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Herveys Range Developmental Road is a trunk road in the east of the Australian state of Queensland . It runs in a west-east direction and has a length of 137 km. It connects the Bruce Highway and the Flinders Highway in Townsville with the Gregory Developmental Road .
course
The continuously paved road leaves Townsville to the west and crosses the Herveys Range .
On the western flank of the mountains it leads down into the valley of the Burdekin River , which it also crosses. Approx. 20 km southeast of the Bluewater Springs Roadhouse it meets the Gregory Developmental Road (S63).
source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 10