Wide Bay Highway


The Wide Bay Highway is a short state highway of Queensland, Australia running between Goomeri on the Burnett Highway and a junction on the Bruce Highway. From the junction it is 12 kilometres south to Gympie or 69 kilometres north to Maryborough. The length of the highway is 62.6 kilometres. It is a state-controlled regional road.
At its western end the road continues from Goomeri as the Bunya Highway, connecting it to Dalby.

Route description

Wide Bay Highway starts as State Route 49, at an intersection with the Bruce Highway in, north of. It runs west over the Mary River and then turns northwest until it enters where it again turns west, passing the exit to Gympie–Woolooga Road to the south as it enters. Crossing Woolooga it passes the exit to Bauple–Woolooga Road to the north and then turns southwest. Next it turns west across to. In the town of Kilkivan it turns southwest and passes the exit to Kilkivan–Tansey Road to the west. The road then runs southwest through to where it again turns west. It reaches and turns northwest as it enters the town, ending at an intersection with the Burnett Highway.

Intersecting state-controlled roads

This road intersects with the following state-controlled roads:
  • Gympie–Woolooga Road
  • Bauple–Woolooga Road
  • Kilkivan–Tansey Road

    Gympie–Woolooga Road

Gympie–Woolooga Road is a state-controlled district road rated as a local road of regional significance. It runs from the Bruce Highway in, via, to the Wide Bay Highway in, a distance of. This road has no major intersections.

Bauple–Woolooga Road

Bauple–Woolooga Road is a state-controlled district road rated as local road of regional significance. It runs from the Bruce Highway in to the Wide Bay Highway in, a distance of. It intersects with Miva Road in.

Kilkivan–Tansey Road

Kilkivan–Tansey Road is a state-controlled district road rated as a local road of regional significance. It runs from the Wide Bay Highway in to the Burnett Highway in, a distance of. This road has no major intersections.

Linked state-controlled road

The following state-controlled road intersects with Bauple–Woolgoolga Road:

Miva Road

Miva Road is a state-controlled district road rated as a local road of regional significance. It runs from the Bruce Highway in to Bauple–Woolgoolga Road in, a distance of. This road has no major intersections.

List of towns along the Wide Bay Highway

  • Goomeri
  • Kilkivan
  • Woolooga

    Major intersections