Gympie–Brooloo–Kenilworth Road#Mary Valley Link Road

The road commences as Gympie–Brooloo Road (Mary Valley Road) at an intersection with the Bruce Highway (A1) in Gympie. It crosses the Mary River and runs generally south, following the Mary River Valley. After running through the eastern corner of the residential locality of {{QLDcity|Southside}} the road passes through or by rich farming land in a number of localities. These include {{QLDcity|Jones Hill|Long Flat|Gilldora}} and {{QLDcity|Dagun}}. It next turns south-east then south through {{QLDcity|Amamoor}}. The village of Amamoor is well to the west of the road, on the former railway line. In Amamoor the Mary Valley Link Road branches off to the east. The road continues south through {{QLDcity|Kandanga}} and {{QLDcity|Imbil}} to {{QLDcity|Brooloo}}, the terminus of the former railway line. In Imbil the Tuchekoi Road branches off to the east, and Yabba Creek Road runs to the west.

At Brooloo the road changes to Kenilworth–Brooloo Road, running south and south-east to Kenilworth, where it ends at an intersection with the Eumundi–Kenilworth Road, which branches off to the east. Eumundi–Kenilworth Road continues south as Elizabeth Street, with no route number other than Tourist Drive 22, to an intersection with Charles Street. From there the road (and Tourist Drive 22) continues south as Maleny–Kenilworth Road.

Tourist Drive 42 is concurrent with most of Gympie–Brooloo Road, leaving it at Kandanga to follow Kandanga–Imbil Road to Imbil on its way to Borumba Dam. On returning from the dam it rejoins at Imbil and runs north a short distance before turning south-east to Tuchekoi.

{{main|Gympie, Queensland#History|Imbil, Queensland#History|Kenilworth Homestead#History|Mary Valley Railway#Railway history}}

Pastoral leases were taken up in the Fraser Coast Region from 1843, and European settlement of what is now Gympie began soon after. The Gympie district was part of the large Widgee Widgee pastoral area.{{cite web|url=https://queenslandplaces.com.au/gympie|date= |title=Queensland Places - Gympie|access-date=15 December 2021|publisher=The University of Queensland}} In 1887, {{convert|43,000|acres|ha}} of land were resumed from the Widgee Widgee pastoral run for the establishment of small farms. Further south, {{convert|21,760|acres|ha}} were resumed from Imbil. The land was offered for selection on 17 April 1887.{{cite news|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=20 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove}} The opening of new farms on the western side of the Mary River to the south of Gympie led to the development of roads in the Mary Valley.

A pastoral lease was taken up as Kenilworth Station in 1850.{{cite QHR|16779|Kenilworth Homestead|602043|accessdate=1 August 2014}} The effects of the 1884 Land Act reached the Kenilworth area in 1888, when land on grazing properties was surveyed and made available for selection.{{cite web|url=https://heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Places/Town-Histories/Kenilworth |title=Kenilworth: Early history of settlement |publisher=Sunshine Coast Council |date=2021 |access-date=17 December 2021}} Development of small farms in the Imbil and Kenilworth areas led to the need for a road to transport products to Gympie, and also requests for a railway line. The road was completed quickly, but a railway did not arrive until 1914-15. Meanwhile, further road improvements had been undertaken.

A project to design active transport crossings, at a cost of $1.3 million, was to be completed in July 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/gympie-brooloo-road-design-active-transport-crossings |title=Gympie – Brooloo Road, design active transport crossings |publisher=Queensland Government |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=24 June 2022}}

This road intersects with the following state-controlled roads:

• Mary Valley Link Road
• Tuchekoi Road
• Yabba Creek Road

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Mary Valley Link Road (number 480) is a state-controlled district road rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bruce Highway in {{QLDcity|Traveston}} to Gympie–Brooloo Road in {{QLDcity|Amamoor}}, a distance of {{convert|2.7|km|mi}}. This road has no major intersections.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-26.3400031,152.7317712/-26.3400414,152.7071594/@-26.3448925,152.7040576,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?entry=tts |access-date=21 August 2023 |title=Traveston to Amamoor}}

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Tuchekoi Road (number 482) is a state-controlled district road rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from Gympie–Brooloo Road in {{QLDcity|Imbil}} to Kenilworth–Skyring Creek Road in {{QLDcity|Tuchekoi}}, a distance of {{convert|4.5|km|mi}}. It is part of Tourist Drive 42. This road has no major intersections.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-26.4287613,152.7178833/-26.4214488,152.7536911/@-26.4326007,152.7032442,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?entry=tts |access-date=21 August 2023 |title=Imbil to Tuchekoi}}

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Yabba Creek Road (number 4832) is a state-controlled district road rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from Gympie–Brooloo Road in {{QLDcity|Imbil}} to the Borumba Dam in {{QLDcity|Lake Borumba}}, a distance of {{convert|13.5|km|mi}}. It is part of Tourist Drive 42. This road has no major intersections.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-26.4630073,152.6993791/-26.498377,152.593941/@-26.4825825,152.5814774,12z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?entry=tts |access-date=21 August 2023 |title=Yabba Creek Road}}

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All distances are from Google Maps.

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Northern concurrency terminus with Tourist Drive 42.
Road continues south.

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• List of road routes in Queensland
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• {{section link|Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds|History}}, for a detailed description of the growth of dairying and other rural industries in the Mary Valley in the late 1800's.

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