Bulloo Developmental Road
Road in Queensland, Australia
Bulloo Developmental Road Queensland | |
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| Bulloo Developmental Road (green on black) | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Rural road |
| Length | 361 km (224 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| East end |  A71 Mitchell Highway, Cunnamulla |
| West end |  Cooper Developmental Road, Durham |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Eulo, Lake Bindegolly National Park, Thargomindah |
The Bulloo Developmental Road is an outback road in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Adventure Way, a route from Brisbane to Adelaide via the Australian outback.[1]
It commences at Cunnamulla and travels approximately west for 361 kilometres (224 mi) until it meets the Cooper Developmental Road at 27°21′31″S 142°34′18″E / 27.3587°S 142.5718°E / -27.3587; 142.5718.
Updates
Widen and seal
A project to widen and seal sections of the road, at a cost of $4.5 million, was due to commence in October 2021.[2]
Locations on the route
From east to west:[3]
- Cunnamulla (0 kilometres (0 mi)
- Eulo (67 kilometres (42 mi))
- Lake Bindegolly National Park in Dynevor (153 kilometres (95 mi))
- Thargomindah (197 kilometres (122 mi))
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Paroo | Cunnamulla | 0 | 0.0 | Mitchell Highway (State Route A71) north – Charleville / east (via  Balonne Highway (State Route 49)) St George /south – Bourke | Eastern end of Bulloo Developmental Road. The road proceeds west through Cunnamulla via Emma, Wicks, and Louise Streets. |
| Warrego River | 2.3 | 1.4 | Darby Land Bridge [1] | ||
| Paroo River | 70.5 | 43.8 | Bridge | ||
| Paroo | Eulo | 73.5 | 45.7 | Hungerford Road – south – Hungerford | |
| Lake Bindegolly | 155 | 96 | Bridge | ||
| Bulloo | Dynevor–Norley[4] boundary | 191 | 119 | Quilpie Thargomindah Road – north – Quilpie | Eastern concurrency terminus with the Dowling Track,[5] a series of roads that follows the historic stock route from Bourke to Quilpie via Hungerford and Thargomindah |
| Dynevor–Thargomindah boundary | 196 | 122 | Thargomindah Hungerford Road – south – Hungerford | Western concurrency terminus with the Dowling Track | |
| Wilson River | 316 | 196 | Bridge | ||
| Bulloo | Nockatunga | 320 | 200 | Warry Gate Road – south – Noccundra, Tibooburra, and Broken Hill | |
| 327 | 203 | Adventure Way (Innamincka Road) – west – Innamincka | |||
| Durham | 361 | 224 | Cooper Developmental Road – east – Quilpie / Woomanooka Road – west – Tanbar | Western end of Bulloo Developmental Road | |
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References
- ^ "Adventure Way". Outback Queensland. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Bulloo Developmental Road (Cunnamulla-Thargomindah), widen and seal". Queensland Government. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Adventure Way: Brisbane to Innamincka". Queensland Uncovered. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Norley, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "The Dowling Track". Outback Beds. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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