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Capricorn Highway (National Route 66)

Statistics:

• Length: 575 km
• Eastern Terminus: Bruce Hwy (NH1), Fairy Bower
• Western Terminus: Landsborough Hwy (NH54 / NH71), Barcaldine
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Fairy Bower (Rockhampton), Gracemere, Kabra, Stanwell, Bushley, Wycarbah, Westwood, Gogango, Duaringa, Dingo, Bluff, Blackwater, Comet, Emerald, Anakie, Alpha, Jerico and Barcaldine

Route Numbering:

• Current: A4

• Former:
• Multiplexes:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: 16A (Rockhampton-Duaringa), 16B (Duaringa-Emerald), 16C (Emerald-Alpha) 1 and 16D (Alpha-Barcaldine) 2

General Information:

Capricorn Highway is an important route in the Queensland highway system, linking farming and mining interests of Central Queensland with the coast and Bruce Highway at Rockhampton.

Tracing the Tropic of Capricorn and crossing the Great Dividing Range, the route is rural highway standard, consisting mostly of 1 lane in each direction, and services residential, rural and industrial areas.

Multiplexes along the route include:

• NR55 (Gregory Hwy), for 1.5 km, at Emerald

History:

• 2004: NR66 replaced by A4 3

Preview:	Description:
	Black Reassurance Directional Sign: Old black distance sign with unusual font, Gracemere, 1999. Image © Jamie Scuglia

1 Queensland Government, Transport and Main Roads, Road Classification Map, Fitzroy Region, September 2011
2 Queensland Government, Transport and Main Roads, Road Classification Map, Central West Region, September 2011
3 Michael Greenslade

Last updated: 30-Mar-2019 10:37

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