Mary Valley Tourist Drive (Tourist Drive 42)

Statistics:

• Length: 49 km
• Northern Terminus: Bruce Hwy (A1) and Hughes Tce at Gympie
  
• Southern Terminus: Bruce Hwy (A1) at Tuchekoi
  
• Roads That Form The Route: Kenilworth-Skyring Creek Road, Tuchekoi Road, Mary Valley Road, Yabba Creek Road and Kandanga-Imbil Road
  
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along The Route: Gympie, Jones Hill, Long Flat, Gilldora, Dagun, Amamoor, Kandanga, Imbil, Bollier and Tuchekoi
  

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Multiplexes: 
• Road Authority Internal Classification: 482 (Tuchekoi Road), 483 (Mary Valley Road) and 485 (Kenilworth-Skyring Creek Road) 1
  

General Information:

Tourist Drive 42 is a rural route connecting the Sunshine Coast hinterland with Gympie.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• State Route 51 for 29 km, between Gympie and Kandanga and also between Imbil and Bollier
  

History:

• August 2008: Widening of 1.3 km section of Tuchekoi Road, between Coonoon Gibber Creek and Gympie-Brooloo Road. 2
  

Tuchekoi to Gympie			Gympie to Tuchekoi
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Yabba Creek Rd approaching Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Imbil, January 2009. Image © Rob Tilley			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Kandanga, November 2018. Image © Rob Tilley
	Kandanga-Imbil Road & Yabba Creek Road: At the junction with Yabba Creek Rd and Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Imbil, January 2009. Image © Rob Tilley			Kandanga-Imbil Road & Yabba Creek Road: At the junction with Yabba Creek Rd and Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Imbil, January 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Kandanga approaching Mary Valley Way (SR51), November 2019. Image © Rob Tilley			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Yabba Creek Road approaching Mary Valley Rd (SR51 / TD42) at Imbil, January 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Kandanga-Imbil Rd (TD42) at Kandanga at Mary Valley Rd (SR51), November 2019. TD42 turns left and the SR51 duplex starts here. Image © Rob Tilley			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Yabba Creek Road at the junction with Mary Valley Rd (SR51 / TD42) at Imbil, January 2009. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kandanga approaching Kandanga Creek Rd, November 2019. Image © Rob Tilley
	Kandanga Creek Road: Corner of Mary Valley Rd (SR51 / TD42) and Kandanga Ck Rd at Kandanga, November 2019. Image © Rob Tilley
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Dagun approaching Dagun Rd, November 2019. Image © Rob Tilley
	Dagun Road: Corner of Mary Valley Rd (TD42 / SR51) and Dagun Rd at Dagun, November 2019. Image © Rob Tilley
	End Tourist Drive 42: End TD42 sign and AD sign approaching Bruce Hwy (M1) & Hughes Tce interchange at Gympie, November 2019. Image © Rob Tilley
	Bruce Highway & Hughes Terrace: Mary Valley Way (SR51 / TD42) at the Bruce Hwy (M1) and Hughes Tce interchange at Gympie, November 2019. Image © Rob Tilley

1 Transport and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, North Coast Region: front
2 Queensland Government, Ministerial Media Statements, $2 million overhaul for busy Tuchekoi Road, 15 August 2008

Last updated: 03 Nov 2019 17:26

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