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RM 1901 crossing the Dickabram Bridge c.1991. The Nanango railway line was a narrow-gauge branch railway located in Queensland, Australia.On 31 October 1882, parliament approved the construction of a branch line from Theebine (then called Kilkivan Junction) west to Kilkivan after gold and copper were discovered in this region of Queensland, Australia.
The Sunlander did not stop at Maryborough however, and it dropped any passengers for Maryborough at Baddow where a taxi service (an engine and van) completed the journey. All passenger services from Baddow to Maryborough ceased on 20 April 1986, to be replaced by a minibus service, and in 1988 a main line upgrade by-passed Baddow.
Name changes to Ferry Street: Maryborough: 4.4: 2.7: Maryborough–Biggenden Road – northwest – Bruce Highway and Maryborough West, Brooweena, Biggenden Alice Street to Maryborough–Cooloola Road – southeast – Cooloola: 5.3: 3.3: Walker Street – northwest Ferry Street – northeast – Maryborough CBD: Road turns south east on Walker ...
Wide Bay Highway starts as State Route 49, at an intersection with the Bruce Highway in Bells Bridge, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Gympie.It runs west over the Mary River and then turns northwest until it enters Lower Wonga where it again turns west, passing the exit to Gympie–Woolooga Road to the south as it enters Woolooga.
Biggenden was founded in 1889 as a service centre for the nearby gold mining areas of Paradise and Shamrock, and for coach passengers travelling west from Maryborough. [6] The arrival of the railway in 1891 reduced the usage of the road, but other factors soon led to increased demands for road improvements.
Hervey Bay railway line, sometimes known as Urangan railway line, is a closed railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in 1896 to Pialba and it was extended to Urangan in 1913. It was extended to the end of the Urangan Pier in 1917, along with the opening of the pier. [ 1 ]
Road routes in Queensland assist drivers navigating roads throughout the state, by identifying important through-routes. Queensland is in the process of converting to an alphanumeric route numbering system, with a letter denoting the importance and standard of the route.
The Burnett Highway provides the most direct link between the northern end of the New England Highway (at Yarraman, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Nanango) and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road (part of Australia’s Country Way) by the Queensland Government. [1]