Leichhardt Highway

Leichhardt Highway

Queensland
Leichhardt Highway; Queensland
	Leichhardt Highway (green on black)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	613 km (381 mi)
Route number(s)	State Highway A5; Westwood - Goondiwindi North; State Highway A5 / State Route 85; Goondiwindi North - Goondiwindi;
Former; route number	National Highway 39; National Route 39
Major junctions
South end	Newell Highway (A39) /; Barwon Highway (State Route 85), Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border
	Cunningham Highway (National Route 42); Gore Highway (State Highway A39 / State Route 85); Moonie Highway (State Route 49); Warrego Highway (National Highway A2); Dawson Highway (State Route 60); Burnett Highway (State Highway A3);
North end	Capricorn Highway (A4), 7km south of Westwood, Queensland
Location(s)
Major settlements	Moonie, Miles, Guluguba, Wandoan, Taroom, Theodore, Banana, Dululu
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Queensland; ; ;

The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway.^[1]

It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood.^[2]

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:

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Goondiwindi	Goondiwindi	0	0.0	Newell Highway (National Highway A39) - south - Boggabilla / Marshall Street - west - Goondiwindi CBD	Southern end of Leichhardt Highway Runs north as State Highway A5
		2.0	1.2	Cunningham Highway (National Highway A15) - north, then east - Yelarbon	Leichhardt Highway turns west as Boundary Road
		6.0	3.7	Barwon Highway (State Route 85) - south, then north-west - Toobeah	Leichhardt Highway turns north
		21.0	13.0	Gore Highway (State Highway A39) - north-east - Milmerran
Western Downs	Moonie	99.3	61.7	Moonie Highway (State Route 49) - north-east - Dalby / south-west - St George
	The Gums	146	91	Surat Developmental Road (State Route 87) - east - Dalby / west - Surat
	Condamine	191	119	Condamine Meandarra Road (State Route 74) - south-west - Meandarra
	Miles	227	141	Warrego Highway (State Highway A2) - east - Chinchilla / west - Roma	South-eastern concurrency terminus with Warrego Highway
	Miles	228	142	Warrego Highway (State Highway A2) - west - Roma	North-western concurrency terminus with Warrego Highway
Banana	Taroom	374	232	Taroom Bauhinia Downs Road (State Route 7) - north-west - Bauhinia
	Theodore	451	280	Eidsvold Theodore Road (State Route 73) - south - Cracow
	Banana	508	316	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) - south-west - Moura / north - Banana CBD	Southern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
	Banana	509	316	Dawson Highway (State Route 60) - north-east - Biloela	Northern concurrency terminus with Dawson Highway
	Dululu	588	365	Burnett Highway (State Highway A3) - north-east - Mount Morgan / south-east - Jambin
	Westwood	613	381	Capricorn Highway (State Highway A4) - north-east - Rockhampton / south-west - Duaringa	Northern end of Leichhardt Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Route transition