Peak Downs Highway

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Peak Downs Highway
General direction West-East
From Gregory Highway /
Gregory Developmental Road, Clermont, Queensland
via Moranbah, Nebo, Eton
To Bruce Highway, Mackay, Queensland

The Peak Downs Highway links the towns of Mackay and Clermont in the Australian state of Queensland. It represents the main link between Queensland's Whitsunday Coast and the Central West region of the state. The highway runs for a total length of 273 km, before becoming the Gregory Highway (Highway A7, formerly Highway 55) south to Emerald. Major settlements along the route, or just off it, include Mackay, Walkerston, Nebo, Moranbah (10 km north of the highway, but the largest town along the route) and Clermont. The highway is notorious for its large underfunding and underdevelopment and extrememly dangereous conditions due to government neglect.

A coal train runs alongside the Peak Downs Highway.
A coal train runs alongside the Peak Downs Highway.

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