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Bruce Highway state-controlled roads

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Source revisionDec 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ125146368
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Bruce Highway state-controlled roads presents information about how the Bruce Highway is described for administrative and funding purposes by the Department of Transport & Main Roads, and about the state-controlled roads that intersect with it.

Overview

The Bruce Highway runs from Bald Hills to Cairns in Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled road, subdivided into fourteen sections for administrative and funding purposes. All sections are part of the National Highway.

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

Intersecting state-controlled roads (Section 10A)

The following state-controlled roads intersect with section 10A:

Redcliffe Road (Anzac Avenue)

Deception Bay Road

Burpengary Service Road

Burpengary–Caboolture Road

Caboolture Connection Road

Caboolture–Bribie Island Road

D'Aguilar Highway

Pumicestone Road

Steve Irwin Way

Bells Creek Arterial Road

Caloundra Road

Sunshine Motorway

Nambour Connection Road

Maroochydore Road

Nambour–Bli Bli Road

Yandina–Coolum Road

Eumundi–Noosa Road

Eumundi–Kenilworth Road

Cooroy Connection Road

Pomona Connection Road

Cooroy–Gympie Road

Mary Valley Link Road

Tin Can Bay Road

Gympie–Woolooga Road

Gympie Connection Road

Intersecting state-controlled roads (Section 10B)

The following state-controlled roads intersect with section 10B:

Wide Bay Highway

Miva Road

Bauple–Woolooga Road

Mungar Road

Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road

Maryborough–Biggenden Road

Intersecting state-controlled roads (Section 10C)

The following state-controlled roads intersect with section 10C:

Torbanlea–Pialba Road

Goodwood Road

Isis Highway

Booyal–Dallarnil Road

Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road

Booyal–Dallarnil Road

Booyal–Dallarnil Road is a state-controlled district road (number 477), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bruce Highway in Booyal to the Isis Highway in Dallarnil, a distance of 18.2 kilometres (11.3 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.

Intersecting state-controlled roads (Section 10D)

The following state-controlled roads intersect with section 10D:

Gin Gin–Mount Perry Road

Kalpowar Road

Bundaberg–Miriam Vale Road

Tannum Sands Road

Gladstone–Benaraby Road

Tannum Sands Road

Tannum Sands Road is a state-controlled district road (number 1805), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bruce Highway in Tannum Sands to Ocean Street in Tannum Sands, a distance of 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi). It intersects with Boyne Island Road in Tannum Sands.

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