Fitzroy Developmental Road
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type = rural road
| road_name = Fitzroy Developmental Road
| state = qld
| image = Fitzroy Developmental Road 0117.svg
| caption = Fitzroy Developmental Road (green and black)
| location =
| loc_caption =
| length = 454
| direction_a = South
| direction_b = North
| end_a = {{AUshield|QLD|A5}} Leichhardt Highway Taroom
| end_b = {{AUshield|S|70}} State Route 70 (Peak Downs Highway) Strathfield
| est =
| through = Rhydding, Bauhinia, Duaringa, Dingo
| route = {{plainlist|
- {{AUshield|S|7}} State Route 7
- Taroom - Rhydding
- Bauhinia - Duaringa
- {{AUshield|S|67}} State Route 67
- Dingo - Strathfield
}}
| exits = {{plainlist|
- {{AUshield|S|60}} Dawson Highway
- (State Route 60)
- {{AUshield|QLD|A4}} Capricorn Highway
- (State Highway A4)
}}
}}
The Fitzroy Developmental Road is a designated road in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland consisting of three separate sections. The general direction is from south to north. It is nicknamed the Beef Road.{{Cite news |last=Stokes |first=Aden |date=7 June 2018 |title=Beef up the Beef Road |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/central-queensland/beef-up-the-beef-road/news-story/1813f7d50c58e556271576e4a47e6f6d |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=CQ News}}
Route description
=Southern section=
The southern section leaves the Leichhardt Highway at a point {{convert|17|km|mi}} north of Taroom as State Route 7. This section meets the Dawson Highway in the locality of Rhydding, {{convert|19|km|mi}} east of Bauhinia.
=Middle section=
The middle section, as State Route 7, runs from Bauhinia north until it meets the Capricorn Highway about {{convert|2|km|mi}} west of Duaringa, and {{convert|29|km|mi}} east of Dingo. It passes through the Dawson Range State Forest between Woorabinda and Duaringa.
=Northern section=
The northern section, as State Route 67, runs from Dingo to a point on the Peak Downs Highway in the locality of Strathfield, {{convert|21|km|mi}} east of Coppabella.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Travel-and-transport/Maps-and-guides/Queensland-state-controlled-roads-and-region-maps.aspx |title=Queensland Government - Department of Trjansport and Main Roads - Maps |access-date=5 January 2017 |archive-date=19 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319070948/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Travel-and-transport/Maps-and-guides/Queensland-state-controlled-roads-and-region-maps.aspx |url-status=live }} It crosses the Mackenzie River and passes the mining towns of Middlemount and Dysart.
=Length details=
The southern section is {{convert|115|km|mi}} in length, and is mostly unsealed.
The middle section is {{convert|103|km|mi}} in length and is partly sealed.
The northern section is {{convert|236|km|mi}} in length and is fully sealed.{{cite map |title=Australia Road and 4WD Atlas|year=2007 |publisher=Hema Maps|location=Eight Mile Plains, Queensland|isbn=978-1-86500-456-3|page=12}} The length of the three sections totals {{convert|454|km|mi}} but with the addition of travel on the Dawson and Capricorn Highways, it is around {{convert|502|km|mi}}.
=Road details=
All sections are state-controlled roads. The southern and middle sections (numbers 85A and 85B) are district roads rated as local roads of regional significance (LRRS). The northern section (number 85C) is a regional road.{{cite map
|publisher = Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]
|title = The State Road Network of Queensland
|date = 30 June 2019
|url = http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/Travelandtransport/Maps%20and%20guides/Queensland%20maps/State%20road%20network/srnmapfront.pdf
|access-date = 29 November 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330012818/http://www.83.4tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/Travelandtransport/Maps%20and%20guides/Queensland%20maps/State%20road%20network/srnmapfront.pdf
|archive-date = 30 March 2014
|url-status = live
}}
Upgrades
= Progressive sealing =
A project to progressively seal sections of the road north of Bauhinia, at a cost of $6 million, was expected to complete by early 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/fitzroy-developmental-road-bauhinia-duaringa-progressive-sealing |title=Fitzroy Developmental Road (Bauhinia - Duaringa), progressive sealing |publisher=Queensland Government |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704010015/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/fitzroy-developmental-road-bauhinia-duaringa-progressive-sealing |url-status=live }}
A project to progressively seal sections of the road north of Taroom, at a cost of $8 million, was expected to complete in mid-2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/fitzroy-developmental-road-taroom-bauhinia-progressive-sealing |title=Fitzroy Developmental Road (Taroom - Bauhinia), progressive sealing |publisher=Queensland Government |date=22 November 2021 |access-date=14 June 2022 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521051609/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/fitzroy-developmental-road-taroom-bauhinia-progressive-sealing |url-status=live }}
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Major intersections
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{{QLDint
|LGA=Banana
|LGAspan=
|location=Taroom
|lspan=
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|km=0
|mile=
|road={{AUshield|QLD|A5}} Leichhardt Highway – north–east – Theodore /
south – Taroom
|notes=Southern end of southern section of Fitzroy Developmental Road (State Route 7)
This section is shown as Taroom Bauhinia Downs Road on Google maps.
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=Central Highlands
|LGAspan=5
|location=Rhydding
|lspan=
|type=concur
|km=115
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|road={{AUshield|S|60}} Dawson Highway – west – Bauhinia / east – Banana
|notes=T junction. Northern end of southern section. Eastern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway.
Traffic for Fitzroy Developmental Road continues west on Dawson Highway.
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=
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|location=Bauhinia
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|km=134
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|road={{AUshield|S|60}} Dawson Highway – south–west – Rolleston
|notes=Y intersection. Western concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway.
Southern end of middle section of Fitzroy Developmental Road, which continues north.
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=
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|location=Duaringa
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|type=concur
|km=237
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|road={{AUshield|QLD|A4}} Capricorn Highway – west – Dingo / east – Duaringa
|notes=T junction. Northern end of middle section and of State Route 7. Eastern concurrency terminus with Capricorn Highway.
Traffic for Fitzroy Developmental Road continues west on Capricorn Highway.
}}
{{QLDint
|LGA=
|LGAspan=
|location=Dingo
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|km=266
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|road={{AUshield|QLD|A4}} Capricorn Highway – west – Bluff
|notes=T junction. Western concurrency terminus with Capricorn Highway.
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|notes=Southern end of northern section of Fitzroy Developmental Road, which continues north as State Route 67.
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{{QLDint
|LGA=Isaac
|LGAspan=
|location=Strathfield
|lspan=
|type=
|km=502
|Mile=
|road={{AUshield|S|70}} Peak Downs Highway – west – Clermont / east – Nebo
|notes=T junction. Northern end of Fitzroy Developmental Road (State Route 67)
}}
{{Jctbtm
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See also
{{Portal|Australian Roads|Queensland}}
References
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{{Road infrastructure in Queensland}}