Bowen Developmental Road

Bowen Developmental Road Queensland
General information
Type	Rural road
Length	259 km (161 mi)
Built by	Dept. of Transport and Main Roads
Route number(s)	State Route 77
Major junctions
Northeast end	Bruce Highway (State Route 77), Bowen
	Collinsville Elphinstone Road Suttor Developmental Road (State Route 11)
Southwest end	Gregory Developmental Road (State Route 77), Belyando Crossing
Location(s)
Major settlements	Collinsville

Bowen Developmental Road is a highway in Queensland, Australia. It is part of State Route 77. It has a length of 259 kilometres (161 mi) and extends in northeast-southwest direction from Bowen on the east coast of Australia to the Gregory Developmental Road in Belyando Crossing on Nairana National Park.

In its course, the road crosses the Clark Range and Leichhardt Range. Until the station Whynot it is paved. The last 70 kilometres (43 mi) are dirt road.

The highest point in the course of the highway is at 394 metres (1,293 ft), the lowest at 8 metres (26 ft).

Route description

State Route 77 departs from the Bruce Highway in a southerly direction, just west of Bowen. From there to Collinsville it is signed as Peter Delamothe Road. From Collinsville onwards the road is signed as Bowen Developmental Road. The road generally follows the route of the railway line to a point south of Collinsville, where the railway continues south to coal mines and the road turns south-west, passing through the locality of Mount Coolon, where the Suttor Developmental Road branches off to the south. From here the road continues south-west until it meets the Gregory Developmental Road in the locality of Belyando.

Sources

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . p. 10