The Isis Highway is a state

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in southern

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/ref> The highway is relatively short, and runs for in a north-east / south-west direction between Bundaberg North and the Burnett Highway at Ban Ban Springs. The Isis Highway links the

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and Fraser Coast regions with the

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farming districts of the North Burnett. The highway takes its name from the Isis River, which flows between Childers and Burrum Heads. The highway also passes through a significant amount of the former Isis Shire

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, of which Childers was the administrative centre. The Isis Highway is signed as State Route 3 between Bundaberg and Childers, and State Route 52 between Childers and Ban Ban Springs. The section between Bundaberg and Childers is a state-controlled regional road (number 19A) while that between Childers and Ban Ban Springs is a state-controlled strategic road (numbers 19B and 19C)

Route description

The road commences at a roundabout in Bundaberg North as State Route 3 and runs south as Hinkler Avenue, crossing the

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on the Don Tallon Bridge. Most of this section is one lane in each direction. After it passes through a five-way intersection, crossing Bourbong Street and turning south-west on Takalvan Street. This four lane road continues for a further to the Airport Drive / Kendalls Road exit, where it becomes Childers Road, reverting to two lanes. Childers Road passes to the west of Bundaberg Airport and through the outer suburbs of

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and Branyan before reaching the village of South Bingera. From there to Apple Tree Creek it passes through a mixture of farm land and forest, with sugar cane and other crops intermixed. Childers Road is in length, making a cumulative distance to the

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at Apple Tree Creek of . From Apple Tree Creek the Isis Highway runs south-east concurrent with the Bruce Highway for to the western outskirts of the town of Childers, where it turns south on Broadhurst Street as State Route 52. The street name is dropped as the road leaves the town, and the two lane road runs south-west and south through farm land and forest for to Biggenden. From Biggenden a further generally south-west through similar country leads to the Burnett Highway at Ban Ban Springs, making a total cumulative distance of .

Roads of Strategic Importance upgrade

The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following project for the Isis Highway.

Overtaking lanes

A project to construct overtaking lanes on the Isis Highway, at an estimated cost of $5 million, was completed in mid-2021.

Other upgrades

A project to improve safety in various locations, at a cost of $41.8 million, was expected to be completed in 2024.

Towns along the Isis Highway

* Cordalba * Childers * Dallarnil * Degilbo * Biggenden * Coalstoun Lakes

Major intersections

Gallery

File:En route pour bundaberg.jpg, Isis Highway between Apple Tree Creek and Bundaberg

References

{{Road infrastructure in Queensland Highways in Queensland Bundaberg Wide Bay–Burnett