Mount Lindesay Highway

Beaudesert Road

Queensland
Mount Lindesay Highway (green and black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length116 km (72 mi)[1]
Route number(s) National Route 13 (1955–present)
Major junctions
North end Ipswich Road (A7)
Moorooka, Brisbane
 
South end Summerland Way (B91)
QLD/NSW border
Location(s)
Major settlementsJimboomba, Beaudesert, Rathdowney
Highway system

Mount Lindesay Highway is an Australian national highway located in Queensland. The highway runs southwest from Brisbane, where it leaves Ipswich Road in the suburb of Moorooka (as Beaudesert Road to the Logan Motorway), to the Queensland – New South Wales border and is 116 kilometres (72 mi) in length.[1] For most of its length it is roughly aligned with the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor. At its southern end these transport routes take different passes over the Scenic Rim into the Northern Rivers region. It is designated National Route 13.[2]

Route

Mount Lindesay Highway commences at the intersection with Ipswich Road in Moorooka and heads in a southerly direction sign-posted as Beaudesert Road, through Brisbane's southern suburban fringes, where it then crosses Logan Motorway. It continues south sign-posted as Mount Lindesay Highway through Jimboomba and Beaudesert, and onwards through the Scenic Rim region through Rathdowney, where the northern end of Lions Road tourist drive begins. South of Rathdowney the highway becomes very winding as it climbs the McPherson Range passing Mount Chinghee National Park, Mount Barney National Park and Border Ranges National Park on the way. The highway officially ends at the state border with New South Wales, where it continues south eventually to Casino and Grafton as Summerland Way.

History

Browns Plains, 2014

Until the 1950s, the highway formed part of the main traffic route between Brisbane and Sydney. The coastal route (now the Pacific Highway) was not favoured due to the large number of ferry crossings of the wide coastal rivers, the frequency and severity of flooding of these rivers and the consequent poor state of much of the road for extended periods, and its steep, winding nature as it crossed the intermediate hills between each river valley.

The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924[3] through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (later the Department of Main Roads, and eventually Transport for NSW). Great Northern Highway was declared (as Main Road No. 9) on 8 August 1928, running from North Sydney via Hornsby, Peat's Ferry, Gosford, Swansea, Newcastle, Maitland, Singleton, Tamworth, Armidale, Glen Innes, Tenterfield and Woodenbong to the border with Queensland;[4] with the passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929[5] to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads, this was amended to State Highway 9 on 8 April 1929. This was renamed New England Highway, through Queensland on 14 February 1933,[6] and a month later through New South Wales on 14 March 1933,[7][8] running from Hexham, Maitland, Singleton, Tamworth, Armidale, Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Woodenbong and Beaudesert to Brisbane.

In November 1949, a sealed road was opened through Cunninghams Gap, linking south-western Brisbane to Warwick,[9] to eventually supplant the route via Mount Lindesay as the main Brisbane-Sydney traffic route as far south as Tenterfield. As a result, New England Highway was re-routed through Warwick along the route that was then known in Queensland as the Lockyer-Darling Downs Highway on 11 August 1954.[10][11] Against the wishes of the Beaudesert Shire Council and the Woodenbong Chamber of Commerce,[12] the former alignment of New England Highway from Tenterfield through Beaudesert to Brisbane was re-declared Mount Lindesay Highway,[10][11] after Mount Lindesay, the residue of a solidified magma core, that is part of the Mount Warning volcanic area and is situated in the western extreme of Border Ranges National Park. The NSW Department of Main Roads (which had succeeded the New South Wales MRB in 1932), declared the New South Wales section as State Highway 24, from Tenterfield via Legume and Woodenbong to the state border with Queensland.[10]

The New South Wales section of Mount Lindesay Highway, which still included unsealed portions, was eventually de-gazetted as a highway by NSW Department of Main Roads on 23 December 1981[13] due to very low traffic volumes, it was renamed Mount Lindesay Road and re-declared as Main Road 622.[13] This left the Queensland section as the only surviving part of the highway. Within New South Wales, Summerland Way was consequently extended north 9.4km along the alignment of the former highway to meet the Queensland end of the highway at the state border, and the eastern end of Mount Lindesay Road was truncated at the intersection with Summerland Way just east of Woodenbong.[13]

Between 2007 and 2009 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) of the highway in the Logan City local government area was upgraded.[14] As well as providing dual carriageways, the work included building service roads so that local traffic does not have to travel on the main carriageways, thereby reducing congestion.

Upgrades

DateDetails
September 2017Beaudesert Town Centre Bypass.[15]
Early 2020North Maclean safety improvements.[16]
Early 2020South Maclean safety improvements.[17]
October 2020Camp Cable to Johanna Street Jimboomba.[18]
November 2020Rosia Road to Stoney Camp Road.[19]

Projects

List of projects on the Mount Lindesay Highway
Project Length (km) Construction dates Value Status Description Distance from
Brisbane (km)
Start End
Johanna Street to South Street (Jimboomba).[20] 1.5 Mid 2022 $53 million Detailed design Highway duplication
Key locations between Jimboomba and Beaudesert.[21] Late 2022 $17.137 million Under construction Improve intersections
Stoney Camp Road to Chambers Flat Road.[22] March 2021 Late 2022 $75 million Under construction Construct additional lanes
Beaudesert Road and Illaweena Street intersection.[23] June 2022 $30 million Under construction Intersection upgrade

Towns and Localities on the Mount Lindesay Highway (QLD) & Mount Lindesay Road (NSW)

From north to south, the following towns, suburbs and localities are either bounded by or passed through by the Mount Lindesday Highway and Mount Lindesay Road respectively:

Major intersections

StateLGALocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
QueenslandBrisbaneMoorooka00.0 Ipswich Road (A7) – Annerley, RockleaNorthern terminus of Beaudesert Road and National Route 13
Moorooka–Salisbury boundary2.21.4 Evans Road (State Route 20) – Rocklea, Salisbury
Rocklea–Salisbury–Archerfield–Coopers Plains quadripoint4.02.5 Riawena Road (Metroad 2 east) – Robertson
Granard Road (Metroad 2 west) – Rocklea
Archerfield–Coopers Plains boundary5.13.2 Boundary Road (State Route 56 east) – Sunnybank
Boundary Road (west) – Archerfield
Acacia Ridge8.65.3 Bradman Street (State Route 11) – Acacia Ridge, Algester
Acacia Ridge–Algester–Sunnybank Hills tripoint9.15.7 Learoyd Road (State Route 30 west) – Willawong
Hellawell Road (east) – Sunnybank Hills		Concurrency with State Route 30
Sunnybank Hills–Calamvale boundary10.86.7 Compton Road (State Route 30 east) – Stretton
Parkinson–Drewvale boundary15.09.3 Logan Motorway (M2) – Drewvale, ParkinsonPartial cloverleaf interchange
Southern terminus of Beaudesert Road, northern terminus of Mount Lindsay Highway
LoganParkinson–Hillcrest–Browns Plains tripoint16.610.3 Browns Plains Road (State Route 94 east) – Browns Plains
Johnson Road (west) – Hillcrest		Modified diamond interchange
Park Ridge21.213.2 Park Ridge Road (State Route 64 east) – Park Ridge
Crest Road (west) – Greenbank		Modified diamond interchange
Munruben–North Maclean boundary28.017.4 Chambers Flat Road (State Route 59 east) – Chambers Flat
Crowson Lane (west) – North Maclean		Modified diamond interchange
Jimboomba34.921.7 Camp Cable Road (State Route 88) – Logan Village
Scenic RimBeaudesert57.635.8 Beaudesert–Nerang Road (State Route 90 east) – TamborineConcurrency with State Route 90
58.036.0 Beaudesert–Boonah Road (State Route 90 west) – Boonah
Rathdowney88.955.2Running Creek Road, to Lions Road – Running Creek, Loadstone
90.055.9 Boonah–Rathdowney Road (State Route 93) – Boonah
Mount Lindesay–Mount Barney boundary116.072.1 Mount Lindesay Highway (National Route 13)Southern terminus of Mount Lindesay Highway and National Route 13
State borderQueensland – New South Wales state border
New South WalesKyogleLindesay Creek–Dairy Flat boundary Summerland Way (B91) – Woodenbong, Kyogle, Casino, GraftonNorthern terminus of Summerland Way and route B91
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Google (20 September 2022). "Mount Lindesay Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
  3. ↑ State of New South Wales, An Act to provide for the better construction, maintenance, and financing of main roads; to provide for developmental roads; to constitute a Main Roads Board Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 10 November 1924
  4. ↑ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ↑ State of New South Wales, An Act to amend the Main Roads Act, 1924-1927; to confer certain further powers upon the Main Roads Board; to amend the Local Government Act, 1919, and certain other Acts; to validate certain payments and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. Archived 12 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine 8 April 1929
  6. ↑ "New England Highway". Kyogle Examiner. National Library of Australia. 14 February 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1931". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 47. National Library of Australia. 24 March 1933. p. 1093. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "New England Highway". Uralla Times. National Library of Australia. 23 February 1933. p. 11. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Minister opens new highway". The Courier-Mail. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 "Main Roads Act, 1924-1954". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 140. National Library of Australia. 3 September 1954. p. 2694. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  11. 1 2 ""New England" Highway now via Warwick". Warwick Daily News. National Library of Australia. 9 November 1954. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "New England Highway: Council against change of name". Beaudesert Times. National Library of Australia. 21 May 1954. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  13. 1 2 3 "Main Roads Act, 1924". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 23. National Library of Australia. 12 February 1982. pp. 605–6. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. ↑ Gomez, Kevin (7 December 2009). "Mount Lindesay Highway upgrade in Logan completed". Road Construct. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  15. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway—Beaudesert Town Centre Bypass". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway—North Maclean safety improvements". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway—South Maclean safety improvements". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway—Camp Cable to Johanna Street Jimboomba". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway—Rosia Road to Stoney Camp Road". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway (Brisbane - Beaudesert), Johanna Street to South Street (Jimboomba), duplication". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway (Brisbane – Beaudesert), Jimboomba to Beaudesert, various locations, improve intersections". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Highway (Brisbane – Beaudesert), Stoney Camp Road to Chambers Flat Road, construct additional lanes". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  23. ↑ "Mount Lindesay Arterial Road (Beaudesert Road) and Illaweena Street, upgrade intersection (known as the Beaudesert Road and Illaweena Street intersection upgrade)". Queensland Government. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  24. ↑ Google (1 August 2017). "Tamrookum Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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