Summerland Way
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| Start of the street: |
 Pacific Highway Gwydir Highway South Grafton ( NSW ) ( 29 ° 42 ′ S , 152 ° 56 ′ E ) |
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 Mount Lindesay Highway Boonah Rathdowney Road south of Rathdowney ( QLD ) ( 28 ° 13 ′ S , 152 ° 51 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 224 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map with all coordinates: The Summerland Way is a main road in the extreme northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales and in the adjacent, southeastern Queensland . It connects the Pacific Highway and the Gwydir Highway in South Grafton with the Mount Lindesay Highway near Woodenbong not far from the Queensland border. Since the official dissolution of the Mount Lindesay Highway, its 25 km long, southern section from Woodenbong across the border to Queensland to south of Rathdowney is considered part of the Summerland Way. This section is also known as Lions Road .
Origin of name
The street was named after the region through which it runs. The area is very popular with tourists, especially in summer.
course
The Summerland Way branches north in South Grafton from the Pacific Highway (R1) and vim Gwydir Highway (R38), crosses the Clarence River and runs through downtown Grafton. About 100 km further north, the road reaches the town of Casino on the Richmond River , where it crosses the Bruxner Highway (R44).
It also crosses the river and follows its east bank further north via Kyogle and then north-east to the source. A little above the source of the Richmond River, approx. 5 km east of Woodenbong, the Summerland Way meets the Mount Lindesay Highway (R13).
On the route of the Mount Lindesay Highway, the route added to the Summerland Highway leads north, where it crosses the border to Queensland immediately west of Mount Lindesay in Mount Barney National Park and turns to the northeast. Approx. 500 m south of Rathdowney , where the Boonah Rathdowney Road (S93) branches off to the west , the Summerland Way has reached its northern end.
Significance and state of development
The Summerland serves as a much less traveled alternative route to the Pacific Highway between Grafton and Brisbane . However, the northern continuation between Rathdowney and Brisbane is not suitable for heavy traffic.
The road has two lanes along its entire length and is for the most part in a paved and well-preserved condition. Only part of Lions Road is very narrow and poorly developed. The Queensland government has provided AU $ 20 million for further expansion.
Web links
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 7 + 29