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Myall Street, Elm Street, Cooroy-Noosa Road,  Beckmans Road, Eumundi Road, Eenie Creek Road, Heathland Drive, David Low Way, Edwards Street, Bradman Avenue, Duporth Avenue, Beach Road, Horton Parade, Aerodrome Road, Alexandra Parade, Mooloolaba Esplanade, Venning Street, Walan Street, Brisbane Road, Nicklin Way, Caloundra Road, Steve Irwin Way, Peachester Road & Kilcoy-Beerwah Road (State Route 6) - Former Alignment: Glenview to Woodford

Statistics:

• Length: 135 km (Woodford to Cooroy: 46km)
• Northern Terminus: Bruce Hwy (M1) at Cooroy
• Southern Terminus: D'Aguilar Hwy (SR85) at Woodford
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Woodford, Stanmore, Cedarton, Peachester, Beerwah, Landsborough and Glenview

Route Numbering:

• Current: None
• Former:

General Information:

State Route 6 is an arterial route linking the Sunshine Coast hinterland with the coast. It's a mix of rural and suburban roadway, passing through farmland, bushland, rural, residential, commercial and light industrial areas.

The route takes a circuitous routing, and is not always the most direct route between towns.

History:

• June 1962: Landsborough by-pass opened to traffic. 1
• May 1998: Reconstruction and widening between Mooloolah Connection Road and Caloundra Road. 2
• May 2001: Upgrade of Kilcoy-Beerwah Road throughout Beerwah township and at Steve Irwin Way. 2
• 27 September 2006: Glass House Mountains Road renamed Steve Irwin Way as a tribute to the late conservationist. 3 The road runs in front of Irwin's hugely popular wildlife park, Australia Zoo. Steve Irwin died, aged 44, in September 2006 after being stabbed in the chest by a stingray's poisonous barb while filming a documentary on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. 4
• December 2006: Installation of Steve Irwin Way signage. 5
• September 2008: Works begin for upgrade of section of Steve Irwin Way, between Mooloolah Connection Road and the Caloundra Road interchange. 6
• 31 October 2009: Opening of Southern Beerwah Bypass (Kilcoy-Beerwah Road), including new railway overpass (official opening celebration was held on 1 November 2009). 2
• July 2011: A gully near the Beerwah township officially named. The gully located on Peachester Road, about three kilometres west of the Beerwah township was named Waldrons Gully, in honour of Francis Waldron who immigrated to Australia in 1882. The gully runs through the properties that Mr Waldron purchased and owned until his death in 1928. 7
• January 2012: Reconstruction commences on Kilcoy-Beerwah Road at the Peachester Range. Works included reconstructing the road by excavating the uphill side and moving the road three metres away from the downhill slope after a landslip damaged the existing road. 8

This page looks at former alignments between Woodford and Glenview

Glenview to Woodford			Woodford to Glenview
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	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign after Roberts Rd at Beerwah, November 2005. Image © Michael Greenslade			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on the former alignment through Beerwah, on Peachester Rd approaching Roberts Rd, November 2005. SR6 used to turn right at this junction. Image © Michael Greenslade
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on the former alignment through Beerwah, at the corner of Peachester Rd and Roberts Rd, April 2005. SR6 used to turn right at this junction. Image © Rob Tilley
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on the former alignment through Beerwah, at the corner of Peachester Rd and Roberts Rd, April 2005. SR6 used to turn left at this junction. Image © Rob Tilley
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Mahwinney St (former SR6) in Beerwah, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Mahwinney St (former SR6) in Beerwah, April 2005. Image © Rob Tilley

1 Nambour Chronicle
2 Tyler Bullock
3 Queensland Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Glass House Mountains Road to be Renamed in Honour of Steve Irwin, 27 September 2006
4 The Star Online, Australian road named for adventurer Steve Irwin, 2 January 2007
5 Queensland Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Roadside sign honours wildlife warrior, 18 April 2008.
6 Queensland Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Preliminary works begin for upgrade of section of Steve Irwin Way, 26 August 2008.
7 Queensland Government, Environment and Resource Management, Media Releases, Pioneering immigrant honoured in gully naming, 29 July 2011
8 Queensland Government, Ministerial Media Statements, Moving mountains to reconstruct Kilcoy-Beerwah Road, 18 January 2012

Last updated: 08 Nov 2019 00:17

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