Barwon Highway
{{Short description|Highway in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| road_name = Barwon Highway
| type = highway
| state = qld
| route_image =
| image = Barwon Highway 2112.svg
| caption = Barwon Highway (green on black)
| length = 154.9
| direction_a = West
| direction_b = East
| end_a = {{AUshield|R|46}} Carnarvon Highway (National Route 46), 37km south of St George
|end_b = {{AUshield|N|A39}} {{AUshield|S|85}} Leichhardt Highway (National Highway A39 / State Route 85)
{{AUshield|NSW|A39}} Newell Highway (A39)
{{AUshield|R|42}} Cunningham Highway (National Route 42), Goondiwindi
NSW/Qld Border
| est =
| route = {{AUshield|S|85}} State Route 85
| exits =
}}
The Barwon Highway is one of the shorter state highways of Queensland, Australia, connecting the Goondiwindi Region and the Shire of Balonne. It starts at the Carnarvon Highway in Nindigully, 44 kilometres south of St George, and travels east for about 155 kilometres until it reaches Goondiwindi, where it terminates at the Leichhardt Highway.
The highway travels north of and roughly parallel to the Barwon River, after which it is named. The river forms part of the border between Queensland and New South Wales.
State route 85
File:AU-Qld-Weengallon-stock route-2021.jpg, 2021]]
This highway is part of State Route 85, which extends for over {{Convert|570|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Bribie Island to Nindigully, duplexing with the Brisbane Valley Highway (National Route 17) from the D'Aguilar Highway to Esk, the New England Highway (State Route A3) from Hampton to Toowoomba, the Gore Highway (National Route A39 - formerly 85) from Toowoomba to the Leichhardt Highway, and the southern {{Convert|19|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} section of the Leichhardt Highway (also National Route A39) to Goondiwindi.{{cite web |title=Queensland State Routes |url=http://www.ozroads.com.au/QLD/routenumbering/state/stateroutes.htm |publisher=ozroads.com.au |accessdate=5 September 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091015114811/http://www.ozroads.com.au/QLD/routenumbering/state/stateroutes.htm| archivedate= 15 October 2009 | url-status= live}}
Stock route
Like many Australian roads, the Barwon Highway follows a declared stock route.{{cite web|url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/land/stockroutes/pdf/stock_routes_2009.pdf |title=Map of the Queensland Stock Route Network |date=September 2009 |publisher=Queensland Government |accessdate=13 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405054844/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/land/stockroutes/pdf/stock_routes_2009.pdf |archivedate=5 April 2011 |df=dmy }} The road reserve for most stock routes is wider than for other roads (up to 1600 metres).{{cite web |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/land/stockroutes/index.html |title=The Queensland Stock Route Network |date=September 2010 |publisher=Queensland Government |accessdate=13 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406130444/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/land/stockroutes/index.html |archive-date=6 April 2011 |url-status=dead }} When seen from the air (or in the Satellite view of Google maps) the substantial width of the western end (from Nindigully to Talwood) can be clearly seen due to the difference in colour between roadside brigalow scrub and adjacent cropland.
Upgrades
=Pavement widening=
A project to widen sections of pavement on the highway, at a cost of $6.75 million, was expected to complete in June 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/barwon-highway-talwood-nindigully-weengallon-pavement-widening |title=Barwon Highway (Talwod - Nindigully) Weengallon, pavement widening |publisher=Queensland Government |date=22 November 2021 |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520071052/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/barwon-highway-talwood-nindigully-weengallon-pavement-widening |url-status=live }}
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Major intersections
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{{QLDint
|LGA=Balonne
|LGAspan=
|location=Nindigully
|lspan=
|type=
|km=0
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|R|46}} Carnarvon Highway (National Route 46) north – St George /
south – Mungindi and Moree
|notes=Western end of Barwon Highway
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=Goondiwindi
|LGAspan=3
|location=Goondiwindi
|lspan=3
|type=
|km=154.0
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|S|85}} Lagoon Street (State Route 85) east – Goondiwindi Town Centre
|notes=Barwon Highway turns north as West Street{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Goondiwindi,+Queensland&hl=en&ll=-28.535294,150.297647&spn=0.032839,0.066047&sll=-19.457034,145.879162&sspn=35.5766,67.631836&oq=Goondiwindi&hnear=Goondiwindi+Queensland&t=m&z=15 |title=Goondiwindi, Queensland |accessdate=7 November 2013}}
The route to the Cunningham and Newell highways (also signed as State Route 85) continues through Goondiwindi as Lagoon Street, Russell Street, Albert Street and Marshall Street to the intersection described at the bottom of this table
}}
{{QLDint
|LGAspan=
|lspan=
|type=
|km=154.9
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|N|A39}} Leichhardt Highway (National Route A39) north – Toowoomba /
east (as Boundary Road) – {{AUshield|R|42}} Cunningham Highway (National Route 42)
|notes=Eastern end of Barwon Highway
State Route 85 continues north, duplexed with Leichhardt Highway
}}
{{QLDint
|LGAspan=
|lspan=
|type=
|km=158.6
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|R|42}} Cunningham Highway (National Route 42) north – St George, Brisbane and Rockhampton /
{{AUshield|NSW|A39}} Newell Highway (National Route A39) south – Moree and Dubbo
|notes=National Route A39 continues north, duplexed with Cunningham Highway, for 2.1 km, where it turns west as Leichhardt Highway
}}
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See also
{{Portal|Australian Roads}}
References
{{commons category|Barwon Highway}}
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{{Road infrastructure in Queensland}}