Bruce Highway

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The Bruce Highway is a state-controlled road, subdivided into fourteen sections for administrative and funding purposes. All sections are part of the National Highway.{{cite map

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The sections are:

• 10A – Brisbane to Gympie
• 10B – Gympie to Maryborough
• 10C – Maryborough to Gin Gin
• 10D – Gin Gin to Benaraby
• 10E – Benaraby to Rockhampton
• 10F – Rockhampton to St Lawrence
• 10G – St Lawrence to Mackay
• 10H – Mackay to Proserpine
• 10J – Proserpine to Bowen
• 10K – Bowen to Ayr
• 10L – Ayr to Townsville
• 10M – Townsville to Ingham
• 10N – Ingham to Innisfail
• 10P – Innisfail to Cairns

State-controlled roads that intersect with the highway are listed in the main article.

Commencing in Bald Hills at the junction of the Gateway Motorway and Gympie Arterial Road, the Bruce Highway is a motorway standard road (signed as the M1) for its first {{Convert|163|km}} to Curra, where it becomes a two-lane sealed highway for most of its remainder. The first {{Convert|2.5|km}} to the Dohles Rocks Road interchange has eight lanes and a variable (electronically signed) speed limit of up to {{convert|100|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}. The next {{Convert|22|km}} to the Caboolture / Bribie Island interchange has six lanes and a maximum speed limit of {{convert|100|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}. From there to Kybong the road has four lanes and, with one short exception, a speed limit of {{convert|110|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

This section of the Bruce Highway crosses the Pine River into the City of Moreton Bay, passing through mainly urban areas before crossing the Caboolture River and reaching the Caboolture / Bribie Island interchange after {{Convert|24.5|km}}. It runs past or through Murrumba Downs, Griffin, Kallangur, Mango Hill, North Lakes, Dakabin, Narangba, Burpengary and Morayfield. On the way it is crossed by the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line and passes the Caboolture BP Travel Centre.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The Caboolture / Bribie Island interchange also provides access to the D'Aguilar Highway via a service road. After the D'Aguilar Highway interchange the Bruce passes through mainly rural areas and the Beerburrum and Beerwah State Forests, entering the Sunshine Coast Region before reaching the Caloundra Road interchange after a further {{Convert|36.1|km}}. It passes the southern entry to Steve Irwin Way, a bypassed section of the highway, which provides access to Beerburrum, Glass House Mountains, Beerwah, Australia Zoo and Landsborough before terminating at the Caloundra Road interchange.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The Caloundra Road Interchange is also Australia's first Diverging diamond interchange.{{cite web|url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-caloundra-road-to-sunshine-motorway|title=Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway|website=Department of Transport and Main Roads|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029223746/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-caloundra-road-to-sunshine-motorway|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/sunshine-coast-drivers-test-out-australianfirst-road-design/news-story/6dc409be19bb819cdbe426f9664b8577|title=Sunshine Coast drivers test out Australian-first road design|publisher=News.com.au|date=6 December 2019|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001025315/https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/sunshine-coast-drivers-test-out-australianfirst-road-design/news-story/6dc409be19bb819cdbe426f9664b8577|url-status=live}}

File:Bruce Highway, Beerwah, Queensland, 2021.jpg, 2021]]

The next {{Convert|5.6|km}} to the Sunshine Motorway interchange, providing access to the Sunshine Coast, widens to 3 lanes in either direction. It then narrows back to 2 lanes. After another {{Convert|7.5|km}} the Maroochydore Road interchange provides access to Maroochydore and Woombye. The Bli Bli Road interchange, after a further {{Convert|7|km}}, provides access to Bli Bli and Nambour. The Yandina–Coolum Road interchange, after {{Convert|6.7|km}}, provides access to Yandina and Coolum. The Eumundi interchange, after {{Convert|8.4|km}}, provides access to Eumundi and Noosa. The Cooroy interchange, after {{Convert|7.2|km}}, provides access to Cooroy, Tewantin and Noosa. Total distance from Caloundra Road to this interchange is {{Convert|42.4|km}}.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The {{Convert|33|km}} to the end of the M1 at Kybong includes three interchanges that provide access to the Old Bruce Highway. From Kybong the highway is designated A1. It has numerous parts with lower speed limits, including urban areas, high crash zones and roadwork sites. After {{Convert|8|km}} from Kybong the Mary Valley Road interchange provides access to the west of the Mary River. The highway then passes through the Gympie urban fringe, with several at grade intersections providing access to various parts of the city. North of Gympie, {{Convert|14.3|km}} from the Mary Valley Road interchange, the Wide Bay Highway interchange is reached, providing access to Kilkivan. Total distance from the Cooroy interchange is {{Convert|55.4|km}}.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

File:Tiaro Bruce Highway.JPG, 2010]]

The {{Convert|73.9|km}} from the Wide Bay Highway interchange to the Maryborough–Biggenden Road interchange at Maryborough passes through Tiaro and the Gympie Road exit to Maryborough before crossing the Mary River.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The highway maintains a speed limit of 100 occasionally slowing down to 60 or 50 while driving through several small towns including Childers, Gin Gin, Miriam Vale and Mount Larcom before reaching Rockhampton.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

File:Approaching Tully from the south on the Bruce Highway, the steam rising is from the Tully Sugar Mill, 2016.jpg, 2016]]

With the completion of Section C of the Bruce Highway – Cooroy to Curra upgrade project (Traveston to Woondum) in February 2018{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Section-C-Traveston-to-Woondum |title=Bruce Highway – Cooroy to Curra, Section C: Traveston to Woondum |author= |date=9 March 2018 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=17 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102605/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Section-C-Traveston-to-Woondum |archive-date=17 March 2018 }} the M1 has now been extended to Kybong, {{convert|10|km|mi}} south of Gympie. The Bruce Highway from Kybong to Gympie remains signed as A1. Section D of the project (Woondum to Curra, including a bypass of Gympie) will, when completed in 2024, become the next stage of the M1.{{Cite web |title=Bruce Highway Cooroy to Curra Section D |url=https://sc-tmrwcmgr-cd.azurewebsites.net/projects/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra-section-d |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=sc-tmrwcmgr-cd.azurewebsites.net |language=en}}

While the references use Woondum as a designator for sections of the project the new intersection that marks the end of the M1 is wholly within the locality of Kybong, although bordered on two sides by Woondum.{{cite web |url=https://www.whereis.com/qld/woondum-4570 |title=Woondum, QLD 4570 |author= |publisher=Whereis Maps |access-date=18 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523074839/https://www.whereis.com/qld/woondum-4570 |archive-date=23 May 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kybong+QLD+4570/@-26.2866748,152.6428025,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b94a3687084fb69:0x500eef17f2110d0!2sGympie+QLD+4570!3b1!8m2!3d-26.1833529!4d152.6657456!3m4!1s0x6b9498beb627aca1:0x400eef17f20ef30!8m2!3d-26.2879899!4d152.7109909 |title=Kybong, Queensland 4570 |author= |year=2018 |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=18 March 2018 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409104447/https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kybong+QLD+4570/@-26.2866748,152.6428025,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b94a3687084fb69:0x500eef17f2110d0!2sGympie+QLD+4570!3b1!8m2!3d-26.1833529!4d152.6657456!3m4!1s0x6b9498beb627aca1:0x400eef17f20ef30!8m2!3d-26.2879899!4d152.7109909 |url-status=live }}

Roads to the north of Brisbane in the early days of settlement were constrained by the need to use reliable low level crossings of rivers and creeks well upstream from the coast.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

South Pine Road runs from Enoggera Road at Alderley through Everton Park to Everton Hills, crossing Kedron Brook.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.3872383,152.9604357/15+S+Pine+Rd,+Alderley+QLD+4051/@-27.4052942,152.9681492,14z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d152.9614836!2d-27.3916416!3s0x6b91564ea71dc3c9:0xd603e109846eceac!3m4!1m2!1d152.984399!2d-27.3998011!3s0x6b9157bb59276d41:0x1302a35acda850c0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b91577038f9c7bb:0x17fb9c54d35e1f1f!2m2!1d153.0009843!2d-27.4248779!3e0|title=South Pine Road – Alderley to Everton Hills|access-date=25 September 2018}}

Bunya Road runs from South Pine Road at Everton Hills to Eatons Crossing Road at Draper,{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.3870365,152.9601793/-27.3483075,152.901997/@-27.364664,152.9092537,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Bunya Road – Everton Hills to Draper|access-date=25 September 2018}} after crossing the South Pine River at Drapers Crossing (a fordable crossing).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Old Northern Road runs from South Pine Road at Everton Park to another South Pine Road at Albany Creek.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.4005375,152.9863834/-27.3481032,152.9658816/@-27.3708043,152.9580473,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old Northern Road – Everton Park to Albany Creek|access-date=25 September 2018}} Eatons Crossing Road runs from this road (north of the South Pine River) to Draper.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.349544,152.8826077/-27.3359657,152.9597007/@-27.3423117,152.9046473,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Eatons Crossing Road – Eatons Hill to Draper|access-date=25 September 2018}} This South Pine Road continues north over the South Pine River via Cash's Crossing and thence to Gympie Road at Strathpine.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.3123582,152.9902133/-27.3463486,152.9645598/@-27.3279011,152.9715094,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=South Pine Road – Albany Creek to Strathpine|access-date=25 September 2018}}

Old North Road links this South Pine Road at Brendale to Youngs Crossing Road at Bray Park. Youngs Crossing Road continues to Dayboro Road at Petrie after crossing the North Pine River.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.2675887,152.954456/-27.3160184,152.963879/@-27.287442,152.9361258,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old North Road and Youngs Crossing Road – Brendale to Petrie|access-date=25 September 2018}}

Further upstream, Whiteside Road{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.2484718,152.8926346/-27.2536882,152.9090489/@-27.2359835,152.8439039,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Whiteside Road – Western and eastern ends|access-date=25 September 2018}} (now submerged by Lake Samsonvale) provided a fordable crossing at Quinn's Crossing{{cite web |url=http://www.npra.org.au/index.php/history |title=The Story of Whiteside |author= |year=1988 |website=npra.org.au |publisher=North Pine Residents Association |access-date=25 September 2018 |quote=Quinns Crossing on the Petrie to Samsonvale Road, part of the first main road north of Brisbane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065454/http://www.npra.org.au/index.php/history |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live }} when water level was too high at Youngs Crossing.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Further north, another segment of Old North Road starts at Caboolture River Road in Upper Caboolture, crosses the Caboolture River at Zillmans Crossing{{cite web |url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/caboolture-river-road-heritage-drive/ |title=Caboolture River Road Heritage Drive |author=Tracey Lloyd |date=29 January 2010 |website=weekendnotes.com |publisher=OatLabs ABN: 18113479226 |access-date=25 September 2018 |quote=Zillmans Crossing ... marks the original trail from Brisbane to Caboolture. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065217/https://www.weekendnotes.com/caboolture-river-road-heritage-drive/ |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live }} and proceeds to Wamuran.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.0405214,152.8605582/-27.1233737,152.8600403/@-27.0754056,152.8393539,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old North Road – Upper Caboolture to Wamuran|access-date=25 September 2018}}

Early roads from the North Pine River crossing to the Caboolture River crossing may have included parts of:{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

• Narangba Road from Anzac Avenue in Kallangur to Narangba, where it becomes (after a short distance as Main Street) Oakey Flat Road , to Morayfield Road at Morayfield.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1104698,152.9494723/-27.2542913,152.9812024/@-27.1847903,152.9118052,12z/data=!4m3!4m2!3e0!5i2|title=Narangba Road and Oakey Flat Road – Kallangur to Morayfield|access-date=25 September 2018}}
• Burpengary Road from Boundary Road at Dakabin to Burpengary, where it becomes Station Road. From Station Road the direct route to Morayfield follows Obrien Road and Lindsay Road.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1230978,152.9563593/-27.2136472,152.9668658/@-27.1626157,152.9319704,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Burpengary Road to Lindsay Road – Dakabin to Morayfield|access-date=26 September 2018}}
• Old Gympie Road from Anzac Avenue in Kallangur to Morayfield Road at Burpengary.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1582618,152.9776701/-27.2514867,152.9869209/@-27.2041331,152.9802406,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old Gympie Road – Kallangur to Burpengary|access-date=26 September 2018}}
• Caboolture River Road from Morayfield Road at Morayfield to Old North Road at Upper Caboolture.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1239913,152.8612786/-27.1054604,152.9469882/@-27.1123831,152.8858466,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Caboolture River Road – Morayfield to Upper Caboolture|access-date=26 September 2018}}

The Oakey Flat Road route avoids the crossing of Burpengary Creek on Obrien Road at Burpengary. From Oakey Flat Road at Morayfield a route consisting of Williamson Road, Forest Hills Drive, Haywood Road and Moorina Road runs to Caboolture River Road at Upper Caboolture,{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.127564,152.8820426/-27.15105,152.9265164/@-27.1375145,152.888765,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Williamson Road, Morayfield to Moorina Road, Upper Caboolture|access-date=26 September 2018}} avoiding the crossing of Sheep Station Creek on Morayfield Road at Morayfield.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Early roads from Caboolture (after travelling east from Wamuran) to Landsborough and then to the Bruce Highway at Palmview may have included parts of:{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

• Another segment of Old Gympie Road from Caboolture to Landsborough.{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.0689978,152.9466445/-26.8208993,152.9514562/@-26.9337022,152.8727642,11z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d152.9359674!2d-27.0474228!3s0x6b93f3713a26cedb:0x35f4fedfaa251e8e!3m4!1m2!1d152.9216139!2d-27.0028162!3s0x6b938ca9f6ff994f:0x3a3cff4f7d64ceca!3m4!1m2!1d152.9165929!2d-26.979725!3s0x6b938b616f58e423:0x6d476cfe84ff0b44!3m4!1m2!1d152.9203992!2d-26.9556049!3s0x6b938b87816a6577:0x2e2aade7389cb4dc!1m0!3e0|title=Old Gympie Road – Caboolture to Landsborough|access-date=26 September 2018}}
• Beerburrum Road from Caboolture to Beerburrum,{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.0362376,152.9471743/-26.957567,152.9569931/@-26.9943806,152.9214339,13z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d152.9449635!2d-27.0275552!3s0x6b93f338bd8d1ce3:0x194761e828405cc0!3m4!1m2!1d152.9466109!2d-27.0043405!3s0x6b938cc9b11538f7:0x1ac62ec7c6ef6246!3m4!1m2!1d152.950471!2d-26.9732223!3s0x6b938cf6875d70e5:0xac55f1bcaee8c81c!3m4!1m2!1d152.9504527!2d-26.9712662!3s0x6b938cf6875d70e5:0xac55f1bcaee8c81c!1m0!3e0|title=Beerburrum Road – Caboolture to Beerburrum|access-date=26 September 2018}} where it joins the Steve Irwin Way to Landsborough and Palmview.

The following quotations are from the Murrumba Homestead Grounds article.{{cite QHR|19612|Murrumba Homestead Grounds (former)|602370|access-date=1 August 2014}}

• "To facilitate his timber operations Tom Petrie marked out several early northern roads, including a track between the Pine River and Bald Hills and a trail from Murrumba to Maroochydore, which later became the Gympie Road. He also blazed a track from North Pine to Humpybong (Redcliffe)."
• "In 1869 Cobb & Co opened a coach route from Brisbane to Gympie via the route Tom had helped mark out."

Anzac Avenue is part of the history of the Bruce Highway as the highway followed it from Petrie to Rothwell for many years prior to the construction of its present alignment.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The following quotation is from the Anzac Avenue article.{{cite QHR|21770|Anzac Memorial Avenue (former)|602693|access-date=1 August 2014}}

• "A road from Bald Hills to Redcliffe was formed by the early 1860s, but by 1864 this was almost impassable. Tom Petrie marked a track from the Hays Inlet crossing and in the early 1870s assisted in surveying the road. Known as the "Brisbane Road" it became the primary way of accessing the Redcliffe Peninsula by road."

One of the most dramatic deviations of the highway was the Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation. Beginning construction in 1972, the new route stretched from Roghan Road at Bald Hills to Deception Bay Road at Burpengary. From Strathpine Road/Hoyland Street to Deception Bay Road the new highway used the Northern Freeway corridor reserved in 1965 as part of Wilbur Smith’s freeway plan. Construction took place across four stages, the last of which was opened on 10 November 1977.

Due to the nature of wet weather and tropical cyclone prone areas of North Queensland, the highway is prone to frequent flooding in a number of places. Following the catastrophic Queensland floods in 2010–2011 the Australian Government commissioned a feasibility study on flood-proofing the highway.{{cite news |title=Queensland flood victims overwhelmed by damage |author=Geoff Chambers |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=8 January 2011 |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/queensland-flood-victims-overwhelmed-by-damage/story-e6freuy9-1225983909148 |access-date=19 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930133637/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/queensland-flood-victims-overwhelmed-by-damage/story-e6freuy9-1225983909148 |archive-date=30 September 2012 }}

Numerous stretches of the highway are set to undergo redevelopment, realignment, flood-proofing and extension of dual carriageway sections.{{Cite news |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/local/article.aspx?id=636883&vId= |title=Bligh announces Bruce Hwy upgrade |access-date=5 September 2011 |date=12 July 2011 |publisher=Sky News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326001549/http://www.skynews.com.au/local/article.aspx?id=636883&vId= |archive-date=26 March 2012 }} Former Premier Anna Bligh announced the plans while launching the Queensland Infrastructure Plan (Now (A part of) known as Building Our Future, it includes all Transport Infrastructure Projects Nation-wide). The works are expected to total A$2 billion and include 77{{Cite web|url=https://buildingourfuture.gov.au/projects/search/Bruce%20Highway/1|title=Projects matching 'Bruce Highway'|website=Building our future|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103035634/https://buildingourfuture.gov.au/projects/search/Bruce%2520Highway/1|url-status=live}} projects over a period of two decades. As of December 2020, 23 major projects had been completed under the program including the delivery of 64 bridges, 30 new rest stops, 300 km safer roadsides, and 190 km wide centre line treatments.{{cite web |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade program |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/programs/bruce-highway-upgrade-program |website=sc-tmrwcmgr-cd.azurewebsites.net |language=en |access-date=8 September 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001032422/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/programs/bruce-highway-upgrade-program |url-status=live }}

To improve flood immunity of the highway south of Childers, a new and improved road alignment and a higher bridge over the Isis River were completed in September 2011.{{cite news |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade Isis River Bridge |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads |date=15 February 2011 |url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Upgrade-Isis-River-Bridge.aspx |access-date=23 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224213009/http://tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Upgrade-Isis-River-Bridge.aspx |archive-date=24 February 2011 }}

Between the Gateway Motorway and Caboolture, the highway has been widened to eight and six lanes since 2001, including the Dohles Rocks Road to Boundary Road section in October 2004, the Boundary Road to Uhlmann Road section in March 2007, and the latest section Uhlmann Road to Bribie Island Road in November 2009. Extension of the six lane section to Steve Irwin Way is proposed to commence in 2020.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

A new interchange has been built at the notorious intersection of Roys Road at Beerwah. It also connects to the nearby Bells Creek Road, eliminating another dangerous intersection.{{cite web |url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/9/28/bruce-highway-overpass-opens-at-beerwah |title=Bruce Highway overpass opens at Beerwah |author= |date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120235918/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/9/28/bruce-highway-overpass-opens-at-beerwah |archive-date=20 January 2018 }}

The Nambour-Bli Bli Road interchange was upgraded in 1998 from a half-diamond to a dumbbell. The old interchange had lasted just 8 years. Later on, the entire Nambour Bypass went through a process of rehabilitation due to the extremely rough surface and dangerous pothole appearances during wet weather. This work was completed in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

As of 2020 Sections A, B & C of the joint State and Federal funded {{convert|61|km|mi}} Cooroy to Curra upgrade of the highway are open. The final part of the upgrade, Section D, which provides a motorway-standard bypass of Gympie, opened in October 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-16/gympie-bypass-opens-bruce-highway-queensland-roads/104477620|title=Gympie Bypass opens, marking final stage of Bruce Highway upgrades|author-first1=Grace|author-last1=Whiteside|author-first2=David|author-last2=Dowsett|author-first3=Lucy|author-last3=Loram|date=16 October 2024|publisher=ABC Wide Bay|access-date=20 October 2024}}

The Northern Australia Beef Roads Program announced in 2016 included the following project:

The project for upgrading between Gracemere saleyards and the Rockhampton abattoirs to provide access for Type 1 Road Trains was completed by early 2021 at a total cost of $30 million.{{cite web |url=https://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=067210-16QLD-NAB |title=Rockhampton Road Network – Road Train Access |publisher=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications |date=8 April 2021 |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316104113/https://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=067210-16QLD-NAB |url-status=dead }} It involved about {{convert|29|km|mi}} of road improvements on four roads:

• Capricorn Highway – from Saleyards Road at Gracemere to the Bruce Highway roundabout at Rockhampton ({{convert|7.7|km|mi}}).
• Bruce Highway – from the Capricorn Highway roundabout to the Yaamba Road intersection ({{convert|8.3|km|mi}}).
• Rockhampton–Yeppoon Road – from the Bruce Highway intersection south-west to the Emu Park Road intersection ({{convert|2.4|km|mi}}.
• Rockhampton–Emu Park Road – from the Rockhampton–Yeppoon Road intersection to St Christophers Chapel Road at {{QLDcity|Nerimbera}} ({{convert|10.2|km|mi}}).

File:forestgardens.png southern suburbs at morning peak hour.]]

File:Bruce Highway passing through Mirriwinni, 2018.jpg

Travelling north, the following towns and small cities are found on (or very close to) the Bruce Highway.

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• Narangba
• Burpengary
• Morayfield
• Caboolture
• Elimbah
• Beerburrum
• Glass House Mountains
• Beerwah
• Landsborough
• Woombye
• Nambour
• Bli Bli
• Yandina
• North Arm
• Eumundi
• Cooroy
• Pomona
• Cooran
• Traveston
• Gympie
• Gunalda
• Bauple
• Tiaro
• Owanyilla
• Tinana

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• Aldershot
• Torbanlea
• Howard
• Horton
• Childers
• Appletree Creek
• Booyal
• Wallaville
• Gin Gin
• Miriam Vale
• Bororen
• Benaraby
• Calliope
• Mount Larcom
• Ambrose
• Raglan
• Marmor
• Bajool
• Gracemere

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• The Caves
• Yaamba
• Marlborough
• Ogmore
• St Lawrence
• Clairview
• Carmila
• Ilbilbie
• Koumala
• Sarina
• Bakers Creek

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• Glenella
• Farleigh
• Kuttabul
• Mount Ossa
• Kolijo & Calen
• Yalboroo
• Bloomsbury
• Proserpine
• Bowen & Merinda
• Guthalungra
• Gumlu
• Inkerman
• Home Hill
• Ayr
• Brandon

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• Deeragun
• Yabulu
• Bluewater
• Rollingstone
• Mutarnee
• Bambaroo
• Toobanna
• Ingham
• Cardwell
• Tully
• Midgenoo
• El Arish
• Silkwood
• Moresby
• Mourilyan
• Innisfail
• Mirriwinni
• Babinda
• Bellenden Ker
• Deeral
• Fishery Falls
• Aloomba
• Gordonvale
• Wrights Creek
• Mount Peter
• Edmonton
• Bentley Park
• Mount Sheridan
• White Rock
• Woree

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To avoid unnecessary length this table does not show any bridges (see River crossings below)

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|location=Bald Hills

|km=0

|exit=127

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Gympie Arterial Road (M3) south – Brisbane

|notes=Southern highway terminus; partial Y interchange: no access between Gateway Motorway and Gympie Arterial Road|LGA=}}

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|type=incomplete

|LGAspan=11

|location_special=Griffin–Murrumba Downs boundary

|km=2.2

|exit=130

|road=Dohles Rocks Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Murrumba Downs|Griffin}}

|notes=Half-diamond interchange: northbound exit and southbound entrance|LGA=Moreton Bay}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Kallangur–Mango Hill–
North Lakes tripoint

|km=5.0

|km2=7.1

|exit=133

|road={{AUshield|S|71}} Anzac Avenue (State Route 71){{QLDcity|p=on|Petrie|Redcliffe}}

|notes=Parclo interchange|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=North Lakes–Dakabin–Narangba tripoint

|km=9.7

|km2=11.1

|exit=138

|road=Boundary Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Dakabin|Deception Bay}}

|notes=Parclo interchange|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Deception Bay–Burpengary boundary

|km=13.6

|km2=15.0

|exit=142

|road={{AUshield|S|26}} Deception Bay Road (State Route 26) – east{{QLDcity|p=on|Deception Bay}} /
west{{QLDcity|p=on|Burpengary|Narangba}}

|notes=Parclo interchange |LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Burpengary

|km=17.9

|km2=19.1

|exit=146

|road={{AUshield|S|60}} Uhlmann Road (State Route 60) – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Burpengary|Morayfield}} /
Uhlmann Road (no shield) – east{{QLDcity|p=on|Burpengary East}}

|notes=Diamond interchange |LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Burpengary–Morayfield boundary

|km=19.7

|km2=20.8

|exit=—

|road=Caboolture BP Travel Centre

|rcspan=2

|notes=none|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Morayfield

|km=21.6

|km2=22.6

|exit=150

|road=Buchanan Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Morayfield}}

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|location=Caboolture

|lspan=2

|km=24.1

|exit=152A

|road=Lower King Street west / Bribe Island Road east{{QLDcity|p=on|Caboolture|Bribie Island}}

|notes=Parclo interchange; northern ramps merge with D'Aguilar Highway southern ramps|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|km=24.8

|km2=26.7

|exit=152B

|road={{AUshield|S|85}} D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 85){{QLDcity|p=on|Kilcoy}}

|notes=Trumpet interchange, southbound exit number is Exit 152|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Caboolture–Elimbah boundary

|km=29.0

|km2=30.3

|exit=157

|road=Pumicestone Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Elimbah|Toorbul|Donnybrook}}

|notes=Diamond interchange|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Elimbah

|km=34.8

|km2=35.9

|exit=163

|road={{AUshield|T|24}} Steve Irwin Way (Tourist Drive 24){{QLDcity|p=on|Beerwah|Glass House Mountains}}

|notes=|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=Sunshine Coast

|LGAspan=13

|location_special=Glass House Mountains–
Coochin Creek boundary

|km=42.8

|km2=43.7

|exit=171

|road=Johnston Road – Mobil Service Centre, Wild Horse Mountain Lookout

|notes=Diamond interchange |LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=incomplete

|location_special=Beerwah–Coochin Creek boundary

|km=45.4

|exit=–

|road=Beerburrum East State Forest access

|notes=At-grade intersection: southbound entrance and exit only|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Beerwah–Coochin Creek boundary

|km=50.9

|km2=52.2

|exit=179

|road=Roys Road – west – Beerwah / east – Coochin Creek

|notes=Diamond interchange. This interchange replaces at-grade intersections with Roys and Bells Creek Roads that are now closed.

|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Meridan Plains–Glenview boundary

|km=59.7

|km2=61.2

|exit=188

|road={{AUshield|S|6|T|24}} Steve Irwin Way (State Route 6 / Tourist Drive 24) west / Caloundra Road (State Route 6) east

|notes=Diverging diamond interchange, northbound access to Frizzo Connection Road to access Aussie World|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=incomplete

|location=Palmview

|km=62.8

|exit=190

|road=Frizzo Connection Road / Pignata Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Glenview|Palmview}}

|notes=Frontage road, southbound exit only, access to Aussie World|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Tanawha–Sippy Downs boundary

|km=65.3

|km2=67.2

|exit=194

|road={{AUshield|S|70}} Sunshine Motorway (State Route 70){{QLDcity|p=on|Buderim|Mooloolaba}}

|notes=Trumpet interchange |LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Forest Glen–Chevallum boundary

|km=70.4

|km2=72.5

|exit=200

|road=Mons Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Forest Glen}}, Buderim

|notes=Frontage roads|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Woombye

|km=73.0

|km2=74.3

|exit=201

|road={{AUshield|S|8}} Maroochydore Road (State Route 8) east / Nambour Connection Road west{{QLDcity|p=on|Nambour|Woombye|Maroochydore}}, Big Pineapple

|notes=Roundabout interchange|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Bli Bli–Nambour boundary

|km=80.4

|km2=80.9

|exit=208

|road={{AUshield|S|10|T|23|+|airport}} Nambour–Bli Bli Road (State Route 10 east / Tourist Drive 23 west){{QLDcity|p=on|Nambour|Bli Bli|Mapleton}}, Sunshine Coast Airport

|notes=Dumbbell interchange, formerly half-diamond|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=incomplete

|location_special=Bli Bli–Parklands–Kulangoor tripoint

|km=82.5

|km2=83.5

|exit=210

|road=Nambour Connection Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Parklands}}

|notes=Partial parclo interchange: no northbound entrance ramp|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Yandina

|km=87.0

|km2=87.9

|exit=215

|road={{AUshield|S|11}} Yandina–Coolum Road (State Route 11){{QLDcity|p=on|Yandina|Coolum Beach}}

|notes=Dumbbell interchange|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=incomplete

|location=Eumundi

|lspan=1

|km=95.1

|km2=95.2

|exit=224

|road={{AUshield|S|12}} Eumundi–Noosa Road (State Route 12 east){{QLDcity|p=on|Eumundi|Noosa|Kenilworth}}

|notes=Hybrid interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance only|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=incomplete

|location=Eerwah Vale

|km=99.0

|exit=224

|road=Memorial Drive / Eumundi–Kenilworth Road – Eumundi, Noosa, Kenilworth

|notes=Hybrid interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance only|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAS=Noosa

|LGAspan=3

|location=Cooroy

|km=102.4

|km2=103.8

|exit=230

|road={{AUshield|S|6}} Myall Street (State Route 6){{QLDcity|p=on|Cooroy|Noosa}}

|notes=Trumpet interchange|LGA=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA=

|location=Pomona

|km=108.7

|km2=110.6

|exit=237

|road=Cooroy Connection Road – southeast{{QLDcity|p=on|Pomoma|Kin Kin}} /
Old Bruce Highway – northwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Pomoma|Noosa Heads}}

|notes=Dumbbell interchange}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=incomplete

|LGA=

|location=Federal

|km=116.5

|exit=244

|road=Old Bruce Highway{{QLDcity|p=on|Imbil}}

|notes=Northbound exit ramp only.

}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA=Gympie

|LGAspan=5

|location=Traveston

|km=125.2

|km2=127.2

|exit=253

|road=Traveston Road – east{{QLDcity|p=on|Traveston}} /
Old Bruce Highway – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Amamoor}}

|notes=Dumbbell interchange}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=incomplete

|location=Kybong

|km=136.8

|exit=262

|road=Cooroy-Gympie Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Kybong}}

|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance only.

}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=East Deep Creek

|km=141.7

|exit=268

|road=Flood Road {{QLDcity|p=on|East Deep Creek}}

|notes=Dumbbell interchange

}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Victory Heights

|km=146.7

|exit=273

|road=Gympie Connection Road - west {{QLDcity|p=on|Gympie}} /
Gympie Connection Road - east{{QLDcity|p=on|Tin Can Bay}}

|notes=Diamond interchange

}}

{{QLDint|exit

|type=transition

|location=Curra

|km=164.3

|exit=290

|road=Gympie-Curra Road - south {{QLDcity|p=on|Gympie}}

|notes=Northern terminus of M1. Southern terminus of A1.

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{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=Fraser Coast

|LGAspan=2

|location=Tinana

|km=225

|road={{AUshield|S|57}} Gympie Road (State Route 57){{QLDcity|p=on|Maryborough|Hervey Bay}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=

|location_special=Maryborough West /
Maryborough midpoint

|km=230

|road={{AUshield|S|86}} Maryborough–Biggenden Road (State Route 86) – northwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Brooweena|Biggenden}} /
Alice Street – southeast – Maryborough

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=Bundaberg

|LGAspan=3

|location=Childers

|km=287

|road={{AUshield|S|52}} Isis Highway (State Route 52) south{{QLDcity|p=on|Biggenden}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Apple Tree Creek–North Isis{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/North+Isis+QLD+4660/@-25.17251,152.2340715,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6beb0883bc54db83:0x400eef17f20cd30!8m2!3d-25.1674308!4d152.2743917 |title=North Isis, Queensland |access-date=1 August 2017}} boundary

|km=293

|road={{AUshield|S|3}} Isis Highway (State Route 3) north{{QLDcity|p=on|Bundaberg|Bargara}}

|notes=Partially grade separated}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Gin Gin

|km=342

|road={{AUshield|S|3}} Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road (Gin Gin Road) (State Route 3) – Bundaberg

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA=Gladstone

|LGAspan=3

|location_special=Benaraby–Wurdong Heights{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Wurdong+Heights+QLD+4680/@-23.9640798,151.2498713,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bc2099196f8012b:0x400eef17f20cc80!8m2!3d-23.9777725!4d151.301338 |title= Wurdong Heights, Queensland|access-date=1 August 2017}} boundary

|km=489

|road={{AUshield|S|58}} Gladstone–Benaraby Road (State Route 58){{QLDcity|p=on|Gladstone}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Calliope

|km=501

|road={{AUshield|S|60}} Dawson Highway (State Route 60){{QLDcity|p=on|Calliope|Rolleston}}, Gladstone

|notes=Diamond interchange with additional looped ramp}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Mount Larcom

|km=535

|road={{AUshield|S|58}} Gladstone–Mount Larcom Road (State Route 58) – Gladstone

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=Rockhampton

|LGAspan=4

|location_special=Gracemere–Port Curtis boundary

|km=604

|road={{AUshield|QLD|A3}} Burnett Highway (A3){{QLDcity|p=on|Mount Morgan|Dululu}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location_special=Port Curtis–Fairy Bower{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Fairy+Bower+QLD+4700/@-23.4019782,150.4507013,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bc3075e42c05cbb:0x500eef17f20ff60!8m2!3d-23.4144077!4d150.4643809 |title=Fairy Bower, Queensland |access-date=1 August 2017}} boundary

|km=606

|road={{AUshield|QLD|A4}} Capricorn Highway (A4){{QLDcity|p=on|Gracemere|Emerald}}

|notes=Roundabout}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Rockhampton

|km=611

|road=Fitzroy Street to Rockhampton–Emu Park Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Emu Park}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Parkhurst

|km=619

|road={{AUshield|T|10}} Yeppoon Road (Tourist Drive 10){{QLDcity|p=on|Yeppoon}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=Mackay

|LGAspan=3

|location=Sarina

|km=912

|road={{AUshield|S|5}} Sarina Homebush Road (State Route 5) – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Homebush|Eton}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=

|location_special=Ooralea–Paget–West Mackay tripoint{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Paget+QLD+4740/@-21.1895703,149.1547193,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bdbd24a602afccb:0x500eef17f210460!8m2!3d-21.187089!4d149.1788204 |title=Ooralea-Paget-West Mackay tripoint |access-date=1 August 2017}}

|km=942

|road={{AUshield|S|70}} Peak Downs Highway (State Route 70){{QLDcity|p=on|Nebo|Eungella}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=

|LGAspan=

|location=Hampden

|km=972

|road={{AUshield|S|5}} Marian Hampden Road (State Route 5) – south{{QLDcity|p=on|Marian|North Eton}}

|notes=}}

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|LGA-R=Whitsunday

|LGAspan=2

|location=Hamilton Plains

|km=1070

|road={{AUshield|S|59}} Shute Harbour Road (State Route 59) – north{{QLDcity|p=on|Airlie Beach|Shute Harbour}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=

|LGAspan=

|location=Bowen

|km=1136

|road={{AUshield|S|77}} Peter Delamothe Road (State Route 77) – south{{QLDcity|p=on|Collinsville|Mount Coolon}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAC=Townsville

|LGAspan=6

|location=Stuart

|km=1322

|road={{AUshield|QLD|A6}} Flinders Highway (A6) – southwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Charters Towers}} /
Southern Port Road – north – South Townsville, Port of Townsville

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAC=

|location=Cluden

|km=1324

|km2=1325

|road={{AUshield|S|16}} Abbott Street (State Route 16) – north{{QLDcity|p=on|Idalia|Oonoonba|Townsville}} /
Cluden Street – south – Stuart

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAC=

|location_special=Cluden, Idalia, Wulguru,
Annandale quadpoint

|km=1326

|road=Stuart Drive – northwest – Townsville / southeast – Stuart

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAC=

|type=incomplete

|location_special=Annandale, Douglas,
Mount Stuart tripoint

|km=1331

|road=Douglas–Garbutt Road (University Road) – northwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Garbutt}}

|notes=Junction of A1 and former Bruce Highway.
(Southern end of Townsville Ring Road)
No southbound exit to or entry from University Road.}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAC=

|location=Bohle Plains

|km=1339

|km2=1340

|road={{AUshield|S|72}} Hervey Range Developmental Road (State Route 72) – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Hervey Range}} /
east{{QLDcity|p=on|Thuringowa Central}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAC=

|location_special=Deeragun /
Mount Low boundary

|km=1350

|road=North Townsville Road (former Bruce Highway) – east – Townsville

|notes=Junction of A1 and former Bruce Highway.
(Northern end of Townsville Ring Road)}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGAS=Johnstone

|location_special=Belvedere–Goondi boundary

|km=1595

|road={{AUshield|S|25}} Palmerston Highway (State Route 25){{QLDcity|p=on|Millaa Millaa|Atherton}}

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|LGA-R=Cairns

|LGAspan=2

|location=Gordonvale

|km=1655

|road={{AUshield|S|52}} Gillies Highway (State Route 52){{QLDcity|p=on|Yungaburra}}, Atherton

|notes=}}

{{QLDint|exit

|location=Cairns

|km=1679

|road={{AUshield|R|1}} Captain Cook Highway (National Route 1){{QLDcity|p=on|Mareeba|Mossman}}

|notes=Northern highway terminus}}

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The former Bruce Highway diverts from the A1 at the Annandale, Douglas, Mount Stuart tripoint ({{Convert|1331|km}} from start – see Major intersections – A1) and rejoins at the Deeragun / Mount Low boundary ({{Convert|1350|km}} from start) It runs north as University Road, crossing the Ross River via the Charles N Barton Bridge and continuing north as Nathan Street. It crosses Ross River Road (State Route 72) and Dalrymple Road, continuing north as Duckworth Street. It then turns west into Woolcock Street, crossing Louisa Creek and the Bohle River before turning north-west to rejoin the A1 after crossing Saunders Creek and Stony Creek. Total distance is {{Convert|17|km}}, compared to almost {{Convert|19|km}} on the A1.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

{{Bruce Highway river crossings}}

This diagram shows the crossings of all named rivers by the Bruce Highway.{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/river_maps.shtml |title=Queensland River Maps |publisher=Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831003543/http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/river_maps.shtml |url-status=live }}

File:Electric Vehicle Charging Station Rockhampton.jpg]] To facilitate the use of electric vehicles the Queensland Government has installed fast chargers in convenient, safe locations close to major highways where there are existing amenities such as cafes, restaurants and shops. This network is collectively described as the Queensland Electric Super Highway. For a limited time charging electric vehicles at these stations will be free. The majority of these are along the Bruce Highway, at the locations listed below (from south to north):{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/projects/electricvehicles/map |title=Queensland Electric Super Highway map |author= |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131706/https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/projects/electricvehicles/map |archive-date=6 February 2018 }}

• Cooroy
• Maryborough
• Gin Gin
• Childers
• Miriam Vale
• Mt Larcom
• Rockhampton
• Marlborough
• Carmila
• Mackay
• Proserpine
• Bowen
• Ayr
• Townsville
• Cardwell
• Tully
• Cairns

Other locations are:

• Hamilton
• Helensvale
• Coolangatta
• Springfield
• Gatton
• Toowoomba

Only three of the charging stations are on the highway. They are at Cardwell, Marlborough and Carmila (Puma Service Stations) The others are some distance from the highway in car parks or other places as listed in the reference.{{cite web |url=https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/regions-first-electric-recharge-station-revealed/3218325/ |title=Region's first electric recharge station revealed |author= |date=31 August 2017 |work=The Chronicle |access-date=7 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207123017/https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/regions-first-electric-recharge-station-revealed/3218325/ |archive-date=7 February 2018 }} Note that the reference does not include the precise location of the Townsville charging station.

The greatest distance between charging stations used to be about 216 km from Townsville to Tully. Other stages greater than 150 km (which may have exceeded the range of some electric vehicles) were:

• Childers to Miriam Vale (about 155 km)
• Miriam Vale to Rockhampton (about 170 km)
• Mackay to Bowen (about 191 km)
• Bowen to Townsville (about 202 km)

The distance issues described above have been alleviated with phase 2 of the project which added more charging stations, for example at Gin Gin, Mt Larcom, Proserpine and Ayr.{{cite web |url=https://www.energymagazine.com.au/queenslands-electric-super-highway-takes-shape/ |title=Queensland Electric Super Highway Phase 2 |work=Energy Magazine |date=12 November 2020 |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124080602/https://www.energymagazine.com.au/queenslands-electric-super-highway-takes-shape/ |url-status=live }}

The network has been extended to the west, encompassing locations from the east coast to and between Cummamulla, Cloncurry, Longreach and Mount Isa.{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/251427/Queensland-Electric-Super-Highway-Map-phases-1,2-and-3.pdf |title=Queensland Electric Super Highway Phase 3 |publisher=Queensland Government |date=March 2022 |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121071552/https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/251427/Queensland-Electric-Super-Highway-Map-phases-1,2-and-3.pdf |url-status=live }}

In November 2024, the Bruce Highway Advisory Council was re-established.{{Cite web |url=https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/bruce-highway-advisory-council-re-established/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 November 2024 |archive-date=22 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122001953/https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/bruce-highway-advisory-council-re-established/ |url-status=live }}

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{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Bruce Highway}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060514010132/http://www.hotkey.net.au/~krool/photos/qld/bruce.html Australian Towns, Cities & Highways – Bruce Highway]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100614012930/http://www.mainroads.qld.gov.au/en/Projects/A-Z-Search/A-E/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra.aspx Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra]
• [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barton-sir-charles-newton-12182 Sir Charles Newton Barton, Queensland Commissioner for Main Roads, 1960-1969]

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