Northern

Key facts

80,036km²

Area covered by location¹

4.46%

Population of Queensland¹

1,144km

Other state-controlled road network

521km

National Land Transport Network²

531km

National rail network²

Program Highlights

Our top investments include:

$99.8 million Townsville Connection Road (Stuart Drive), Bowen Road Bridge (Idalia), duplicate bridge and approaches.
$96.9 million Burdekin River Bridge, rehabilitation program (jointly funded with the Australian Government).
$96 million Townsville Connection Road (Stuart Drive), University Road to Bowen Road Bridge (Idalia), improve safety.
$95 million Garbutt - Upper Ross Road (Riverway Drive) (Stage 2), Allambie Lane to Dunlop Street, duplicate to four lanes (jointly funded with the Australian Government).
$43.2 million Garbutt - Upper Ross Road, Halliday Street to Gouldian Avenue, improve safety.
$30 million Hervey Range Developmental Road (Townsville - Battery), various locations, (Package 1), undertake safety upgrades (jointly funded with the Australian Government).
$29.9 million Bruce Highway, Burdekin Deviation, plan and preserve corridor (jointly funded with the Australian Government).
$19.3 million Ross River Road, Mabin Street to Rolfe Street, improve safety.
$10 million North Townsville Road (Woolcock Street), Mount Low to Deeragun, improve intersections.
$5 million Bruce Highway (Townsville - Ingham), Lakeside Drive to Townsville Connection Road (Stuart Drive), construct shared path (jointly funded with the Australian Government).

Investments (interactive)

You can view the list of investments for the Northern area via the QTRIP interactive tool or in the QTRIP PDF.

Map

¹ _{Data source: Queensland Government Statistician's Office (Queensland Treasury), Queensland Regional Profiles. www.qgso.qld.gov.au, retrieved 16 April 2024.}

² _{The detailed mapping reflects the latest National Land Transport Network (NLTN) Determination 2020 as published.}