Type Highway | Length 577 km | |
 | ||
Route number(s) State Highway A5
Westwood - Goondiwindi North
National Highway A39 / State Route 85
Goondiwindi North - Goondiwindi Former
route number National Highway 39
National Route 39 South end Newell Highway (A39) /
Barwon Highway (State Route 85), Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border North end Capricorn Highway (A4), 7km south of Westwood, Queensland Major cities Taroom, Miles, Moonie, Queensland, Dululu, Banana Via Moonie, Queensland, Miles, Guluguba, Queensland, Wandoan, Taroom, Theodore, Banana, Dululu Major settlements Miles, Guluguba, Queensland, Wandoan, Taroom, Theodore, Shire of Banana, Dululu | ||
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway.
Contents
Map of Leichhardt Hwy, Queensland, Australia
It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood.
It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th Century that roughly parallels today's highway.
List of towns along the Leichhardt Highway
Travelling from south to north:
References
Leichhardt Highway Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA