Palmerston Highway
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| Operator: | Dept. of Transport and Main Roads | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start of the street: |
 Bruce HighwayInnisfail ( QLD ) ( 17 ° 31 ′ S , 146 ° 0 ′ E ) |
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| End of street: |
 Kennedy Highwayeast of Ravenshoe ( QLD ) ( 17 ° 36 ′ S , 145 ° 31 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 77 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Palmerston Highway is a trunk road in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland . The highway known as State Road 25 connects the Bruce Highway (NA1) in Innisfail with the Kennedy Highway (N1) east of Ravenshoe in the Atherton Tablelands .
The Palmerston Highway forms the southern border of the Wooroonooran National Park and at the same time the northern border of the Japoon National Park . It is 77 km long. South of Milaa Milaa the road crosses the Malaan National Park . This section of the route is now called the Old Palmerston Highway , as the East Evelyn Road (S25) is now the faster connection from Milaa Milaa to the Kennedy Highway.
The highest point in the course of the highway is at 1050 m, the lowest at 11 m. The maximum gradient is more than 15%.
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 14
Individual evidence
- ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Palmerston Highway . Retrieved April 19, 2012.