Gore Highway

Gore Highway
General information
Type	Highway
Length	202 km (126 mi)
Route number(s)	National Highway A39
Former route number	National Highway 85
Major junctions
West end	Leichhardt Highway, 19km north of Goondiwindi, Queensland
East end	Warrego Highway, Toowoomba, Queensland
Location(s)
Major settlements	Millmerran, Pittsworth

Gore Highway is a highway in Queensland running from Goondiwindi to Toowoomba. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne-Brisbane link. It is signed as National Highway A39.

It is named after the two brothers, George & Ralph Gore. They established the huge Yandilla station in the area (between Pittsworth and Milmerran), through which the road traverses.^[1]

Approximate road distances (in kilometres) of towns from Toowoomba along the highway

It passes through the Queensland's Darling Downs region. Typical scenery are cattle grazing fields, orchards and grain growing fields. Its elevation to National Highway was only in February 1993 replacing Cunningham Highway for the Goondiwindi - Brisbane section, rerouting interstate traffic through Toowoomba and the Warrego Highway instead as it presents a less steeper gradient compared to the old routing, (via Warwick and Cunninghams Gap) making the journey, especially for trucks, faster. It was initially designated State Route 85 until February 1993 when National Highway 85 was proclaimed, splitting State Route 85 into two. In 2005 it was given the National Highway A39 designation.

Route

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Goondiwindi	Goondiwindi	0	0	Leichhardt Highway (A5) north - Moonie / (A39) south - Goondiwindi	Western end of Gore Highway. Intersection is 19 km north of Goondiwindi
Toowoomba	Milmerran	124	77	Milmerran-Inglewood Road (S82) - Inglewood
	Toowoomba	201.4	125.1	Warrego Highway (A2) west - Dalby / east - Toowoomba	Eastern end of Gore Highway. Intersection is 2.2 km west of Toowoomba CBD
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Speed Zones

• Drayton (Toowoomba) - Westbrook 90 km/h
• Westbrook - Millmerran (25 km South West) 100 km/h
• Millmerran - Goondiwindi 110 km/h

Road Projects

Toowoomba Second Range Crossing

The Toowoomba Second Range Crossing is a major road proposal aimed at bypassing the urban area of Toowoomba and providing a better crossing of the Great Dividing Range. The bypass will link the Warrego Highway at Helidon (in the east) with Gore Highway at Athol (southwest of Toowoomba) via Charlton and will be 41 km in length.

Towns

• Goondiwindi
• Millmerran
• Pittsworth
• Toowoomba

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in Queensland
• List of highways numbered 85

References

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