Bowen Developmental Road is a state-controlled district road (numbers 88A and 88B) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It is a rural strategic main road in

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, Australia. It is part of State Route 77, and functions as a highway. It has a length of and extends in northeast-southwest direction from Bowen on the east coast of Australia to the

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in Belyando near Nairana National Park. In its course, the road crosses the Clark Range and

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. Until the station ''Whynot'' it is paved. The last were dirt road but some further sealing was done in 2021. The highest point in the course of the highway is at , the lowest at .

Route description

State Route 77 departs from the

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in a southerly direction, just west of Bowen. From there to Collinsville it is signed as

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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

in the locality of Belyando.

Northern Australia Roads Program upgrade

The

Northern Australia Roads Program Northern Australia Roads Program is a suite of projects designed to deliver upgrades to high priority roads in northern Australia. In 2016 the Australian Government announced 19 projects to be funded under this program, and in 2020 another was add ...

announced in 2016 included the following project for the Bowen Developmental Road.

Road sealing

The project for progressive sealing and minor drainage improvements was completed in early 2021 at a total cost of $28.8 million.

Other upgrades

Paving and sealing

A project to pave and seal a further section of the road, at a cost of $15 million, was completed in late 2021.

Major intersections

All distances are from Google maps. The road is within the

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and

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local government areas.

Sources

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. . p. 10

References

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