Bunya Highway
{{Short description|Highway in Queensland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| road_name = Bunya Highway
| type = highway
| state = qld
| image = Bunya Highway 150116 ed.svg
| caption = Bunya Highway (green and black)
| length = 173
| direction_a = North
| direction_b = South
| end_a = {{AUshield|QLD|A3}} Burnett Highway (State Highway A3) /
{{AUshield|S|49}} Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49), Goomeri
| end_b = {{AUshield|N|A2}} Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) /
{{AUshield|S|49}} Moonie Highway, (State Route 49), Dalby
| est =
| through = Murgon, Wondai, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Bell
| route = {{AUshield|S|49}} State Route 49
| exits = {{AUshield|S|96}} D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96)
}}
The Bunya Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia. It is a relatively short road, running approximately 173 kilometres in a south-westerly direction from Goomeri to Dalby. The highway connects the Warrego and Burnett Highways.[http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Travel-and-transport/Maps-and-guides/Queensland-state-controlled-roads-and-region-maps.aspx Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps]
It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy) and 45B (Kingaroy to Goomeri)).{{cite map
|publisher = Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]
|title = The State Road Network of Queensland
|date = 30 June 2022
|url = https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/_/media/travelandtransport/maps-and-guides/queensland-maps/state-road-network/the-state-road-network-of-queensland-front-at-30-june-2022.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=BE5B156CE3B0044010A3C7150860CB22 |access-date = 4 August 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/darlingdownsdistrict.pdf?la=en |title=Darling Downs district map |date=2019 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=21 February 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/widebayburnettdistrict.pdf?la=en |title=Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1 |date=5 August 2021 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=29 November 2021 }}
The Bunya Highway passes near the Bunya Mountains National Park, which is popular with tourists. The highway is named after the Bunya-bunya Araucaria bidwilli, which grows in the area and the seeds of which were (and still are) a favourite food of the Aborigines.
The road continues east of Goomeri as the Wide Bay Highway, connecting it to Gympie.{{cite map |title=Australia Road and 4WD Atlas|last=Hema |first=Maps|year=2007 |publisher=Hema Maps|location=Eight Mile Plains Queensland|isbn=978-1-86500-456-3|pages=9}}
In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic.
List of towns along the Bunya Highway
Major intersections
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{{QLDint
|LGA=Gympie
|LGAspan=2
|location=Goomeri
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|km=0
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|QLD|A3}} Burnett Highway (State Route A3) north – Ban Ban Springs /
{{AUshield|S|49}} Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) east – Kilkivan
|notes=Northern end of Bunya Highway. Northern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
}}
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|LGA=
|LGAspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|type=concur
|km=1.8
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|QLD|A3}} Burnett Highway (State Route A3) south – Nanango
|notes=Southern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=South Burnett
|LGAspan=2
|location=Kingaroy
|lspan=
|type=
|km=62.0
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|S|96}} D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96) east – Nanango
|notes=
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=
|LGAspan=
|location=Kumbia
|lspan=
|type=
|km=94.6
|Mile=
|road=Bunya Mountains Road – south – Bunya Mountains
|notes=
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=Western Downs
|LGAspan=2
|location=Dalby
|lspan=2
|type=
|km=170.3
|Mile=
|road= Dalby–Cooyar Road – east – Cooyar
|notes=
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=
|LGAspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|type=
|km=172.2
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|QLD|A2}} Warrego Highway (National Route A2) east – Toowoomba /
west – Chinchilla
|notes=Southern end of Bunya Highway.
State Route 49 continues north–west for 450 metres, duplexed with the Warrego Highway, before turning south–west as the Moonie Highway.
}}
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Intersecting state-controlled roads
The following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Bunya Highway:
- Dalby–Cooyar Road
- Macalister–Bell Road
- Kingaroy–Jandowae Road
- Bunya Mountains Road
- Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
- D'Aguilar Highway
- Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
- Chinchilla–Wondai Road
- Wondai–Proston Road
- Murgon–Gayndah Road
- Kilcoy–Murgon Road
- Burnett Highway
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Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
{{Infobox road small
|country=AUS
|state=QLD
|type=
|route=
|name=Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
|location=Bunya Highway, Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Chahpingah
|length_km=64.4
|formed=
}}
Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road is a state-controlled district road (number 428), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bunya Highway in {{QLDcity|Taabinga}} to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in {{QLDcity|Chahpingah}}, a distance of {{convert|64.4|km|mi}}. It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-26.5850114,151.8216705/-26.4052564,151.3324584/@-26.5421834,151.2700236,10z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d151.4310027!2d-26.480681!3s0x6b9585d18a1b18a9:0x8068882ea5b60fb2!1m0!3e0?entry=ttu |accessdate=8 November 2022 |title=Taabinga to Chahpingah}}
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Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
{{Infobox road small
|country=AUS
|state=QLD
|type=
|route=
|name=Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
|location=Bunya Highway, Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Wilkesdale
|length_km=25.1
|formed=
}}
Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4206), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bunya Highway in {{QLDcity|Memerambi}} to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in {{QLDcity|Wilkesdale}}, a distance of {{convert|25.1|km|mi}}. It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-26.3744238,151.6380914/-26.4640767,151.8188974/@-26.4224932,151.6479894,12z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?entry=ttu |accessdate=8 November 2022 |title=Memerambi to Wilkesdale}}
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See also
{{Portal|Australian Roads|Queensland}}
References
{{Commons category|Bunya Highway}}
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{{Road infrastructure in Queensland}}