Thomson Developmental Road
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| Operator: | Dep. of Transport and Main Roads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start of the street: |
 Landsborough Highway Longreach ( QLD ) ( 23 ° 26 ′ S , 144 ° 15 ′ E ) |
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| End of street: |
D83 Diamantina Developmental Road northeast of Windorah ( QLD ) ( 25 ° 23 ′ S , 142 ° 41 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 319 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Thomson Developmental Road is a trunk road in the center of the Australian state of Queensland . It runs in a northeast-southwest direction and has a length of 319 km. It connects the Landsborough Highway in Longreach with the Diamantina Developmental Road near Windorah .
course
The paved road leaves Longreach in a south-westerly direction and accompanies the eponymous Thomson River at a distance of approx. 25–30 km.
At Stonehenge the Thomson Developmental Road reaches the river and at Jundah it crosses it. On the last section, just before Galway Downs , an approx. 20 km long stretch of road is unpaved.
Approx. 10 km northeast of Windorah the road meets the Diamantina Developmental Road.
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 17