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Photo Gallery
Queensland Road Photo Gallery:
Bruce Highway (NH-A1) (Maryborough to Childers &
Apple Tree Creek)
This page looks at the Bruce highway from Maryborough
to Childers and Apple Tree Creek (Isis Highway interchange).
The section of the highway is mostly standard rural
highway with some small sections of divided and urban
road.
The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland.
Running from the outskirts of state capital, Brisbane,
to Cairns in Far North Queensland, the route is a part
of the Australian National Highway.
The highway initially joined all the major coastal
centres, however a number of bypasses, particularly
in the south, have diverted traffic around these cities
in order to expedite traffic flow and ease urban congestion.
In the south the Bruce Highway begins at the bridge
over the Pine River near Bald Hills, on Brisbane's northern
outskirts and is classified as the M1 Motorway from
Bald Hills to Cooroy, see
this section for its continuation.
Major towns and cities along the route include Maryborough,
Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville.
| Length (Total): |
1690 km |
| Length (This section): |
69 km |
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Advance Directional Sign
AD sign as you approach the Bruce Highway from
Torbanlea's Stafford Road. March 2006.
Image © Paul
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Distance Sign
Taken in March 2006, this sign is northbound as you
leave Torbanlea.
Image © Paul
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Crossing the Burrum River
Northbound at the town of Howard, March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Advance Directional Signage
Taken northbound on as you travel along the 'Howard
By-Pass'. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Odd Signage
This sign is somewhat of an oddity. It's announcing
a rest ahead, however it says it's closed! March 2006
at Isis River.
Image © Paul Rands
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Crossing the Isis River
Northbound as you cross the Isis River. March 2006.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Services Signage
Approaching the turn off to Buxton, we see this services
sign. March 2006, northbound at Isis River.
Image © Paul
Rands |
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Advance Dirctional Signage
Northbound at Isis River as you approach the intersection
with Barretts Road at Isis River, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands
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Northbound at South Isis
Typical conditions as you get closer to Childers.
March 2006, northbound.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Entering Childers
Northbound as you approach the town of Childers,
March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Cane Train Crossing
Level crossing for one of the many sugar cane
lines that criss-cross many of the roads in the Childers
area, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Northbound - Childers Town Centre
Heading along Churchill Street (Bruce Highway),
March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Northbound Childers Town Centre
Heading along Churchill Street (Bruce Highway),
March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Advance Directional Sign
AD sign for the Isis Highway (SR52). Note
the incorrect National Highway sheild for State Route
52 (bottom) and the really dodgy coverplate job on the
NH-A1 sheild for the Bruce Highway. This sign should
really have been replaced. March 2006, northbound on
Churchill Street, Childers.
Image © Paul Rands
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Isis Highway Intersection
The very low-key junction with the Isis Highway,
March 2006 at Childers.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Distance Sign
RD sign as you leave the town of Childers,
northbound, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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End Cane Railway Crossing Signs
Northbound at Childers is this sign denoting
the end of cane rail crossings. March 2006. This sign
is a very common one around this region.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Sugar Cane Train Sign
Sign indicating that sugar train crossings
are ahead. March 2006 at Apple Tree Creek.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Advance Directional Sign
Northbound at Apple Tree Creek, this sign
indicates lane allocations for the interchange with
the Isis Highway to Bundaberg.Northbound, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Advance Direction Sign
Unusual AD sign as you approach the Isis Highway
(SR3) interchange at Apple Tree Creek. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Fork Signage
Advance directional sign for the Isis Highway
exit at Apple Tree Creek, northbound, March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
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Isis Highway / Bruce Highway Interchange
Northbound at Apple Tree Creek at the interchange
with the Isis Highway, which opened late 2005 or early
2006. March 2006.
Image © Paul Rands |
