Cooroy–Gympie Road

Road route in Queensland, Australia

Cooroy–Gympie Road

Old Bruce Highway

Queensland

General information
Type| Road
Length| 29.1 km (18 mi)[1]
Route number(s)| No shield
Major junctions
Southeast end| Cooroy Connection Road, and
Bruce Highway, Black Mountain

* Pomona Connection Road
* Kenilworth–Skyring Creek Road
* Mary Valley Link Road
* Traveston Road

Northwest end| Bruce Highway, Kybong
Location(s)
Major suburbs| Federal, Coles Creek, Traveston

Cooroy–Gympie Road is a continuous 29.1 kilometres (18.1 mi) road route in the Noosa and Gympie regions of Queensland, Australia. It is a state-controlled district road (number 914).[2][3][4] Known as Old Bruce Highway, It runs from Cooroy Connection Road on the Black Mountain / Pomona midpoint to the Bruce Highway in Kybong. This road provides access to several localities bypassed by the current alignment of the highway.[1]

## Route description

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Starting at an intersection with Cooroy Connection Road and the Bruce Highway on the Black Mountain / Pomona midpoint, the road initially runs west on the northern side of the highway, between Black Mountain and Pomona, as Old Bruce Highway. In this segment it passes the exit to Black Mountain Range Road to the south via a bridge over the highway, and the exit to Pioneer Road, one of the access roads to the town of Pomona, to the northeast. It then runs between Pomona and Federal, passing the exit to Pomona Connection Road to the northeast.[1]

Continuing generally west and then northwest through Federal the road travels under the Bruce Highway where a northbound exit from the highway joins it. In this segment it passes the exits to several local roads. It next runs through the northeast corner of Tuchekoi where it passes the exit to Kenilworth–Skyring Creek Road to the southwest. After running northwest through Coles Creek the road enters the southwest corner of Cooran and passes the exit to Coles Creek Road to the northeast, and the exits to several local roads, before reaching an intersection on the Traveston boundary. Here it intersects with Mary Valley Link Road and has access to the Bruce Highway and Traveston Road.[1]

From Traveston the road continues generally north through Kybong, passing the exit to Traveston Crossing Road to the southwest. It passes exits to more local roads and Gympie Airport before rejoining the Bruce Highway at a multi-lane intersection.[1]

## History

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Main articles: Bruce Highway § Major upgrades: Cooroy to Rockhampton, and Bruce Highway § Projects

The northern section of this road was part of the Bruce Highway until November 2017 when Section C of the Cooroy to Curra upgrade (Traveston to Woondum) was opened to traffic.[5] The southern section was replaced by a new highway alignment in late 2012.[6][7]

This road is notable for its high accident rate when it was a highway. An article titled "The old Bruce Highway is a ghost highway drive" in the "Gympie Times" of 1 January 2014 states:

> Driving along the old Bruce Highway between Federal and Traveston Crossing is an odd and almost spooky experience. A lot of people have died here, and many thousands more have been seriously injured or permanently maimed.

When this road was still part of the Bruce Highway a report into multiple accidents in the locality of Federal was prepared, containing 69 recommendations to address the perceived causes of these accidents. By March 2010 all but 7 of these recommendations had been completed.[8]

## Major intersections

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All distances are from Google Maps.[1] The road is within the Noosa and Gympie local government areas.

LGA| Location| km| mi| Destinations| Notes

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Noosa| Black Mountain, Pomona midpoint| 0| 0.0|  Bruce Highway – west – Federal, Gympie – southeast – Cooroy, Eumundi
Cooroy Connection Road – east – Cooroy| Southeast end of Cooroy–Gympie Road (Old Bruce Highway)
1.4| 0.87| Black Mountain Range Road – south – Black Mountain| Road continues west
1.9| 1.2| Pioneer Road – northeast – Pomona| Road continues west
Pomona, Federal midpoint| 3.4| 2.1| Pomona Connection Road – northeast – Pomona| Road continues west
Federal| 7.8| 4.8|  Bruce Highway – northwest – Tuchekoi, Gympie
– east – Cooroy| Entry from Bruce Highway northbound only. Road turns northwest.
Gympie| Tuchekoi| 12.4| 7.7| Kenilworth–Skyring Creek Road – southwest – Belli Park| Road continues northwest
Cooran| 13.2| 8.2| Coles Creek Road – northeast – Cooran| Road continues northwest
Coles Creek, Traveston midpoint| 17.2| 10.7| Mary Valley Link Road – southwest – Amamoor
northeast – Bruce Highway interchange, Traveston Road – Traveston| Road continues north
Kybong| 19.9| 12.4| Traveston Crossing Road – southwest – Amamoor| Road continues northwest
29.1| 18.1| Bruce Highway (A1) – northwest – Gympie
– southeast (M1) – Federal, Cooroy| Northwest end of Cooroy–Gympie Road. No entry to Bruce Highway southbound.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Incomplete access

## See also

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* Australian Roads portal
* Queensland portal

* List of numbered roads in Queensland

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Black Mountain to Kybong" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
2. ^ The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
3. ^ "Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
4. ^ "North Coast district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
5. ^ "Compliance Report - Bruce Highway Cooroy to Curra Section C (Traveston to Woondum) Page 8" (PDF). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. January 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
6. ^ "Bruce Highway (Cooroy to Curra) Upgrade: Section B (Federal to Traveston)". Queensland Government. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
7. ^ "Bruce Highway: Cooroy to Curra Section B: Sankeys Road to Traveston Road" (PDF). ABIGROUP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
8. ^ "Recommendations of Federal Crash Site Report" (PDF). Queensland Transport and Main Roads. March 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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* Airport Link Tunnel
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* Centenary Motorway
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* Barkly Highway
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* Kennedy Highway
* Leichhardt Highway
* Mitchell Highway
* Moonie Highway
* Mount Lindesay Highway
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* Palmerston Highway
* Peak Downs Highway
* Scenic Highway
* Wide Bay Highway

Major roads

* Anzac Avenue
* Cairns Western Arterial Road
* Coronation Drive
* David Low Way
* Deagon Deviation
* Esk–Hampton Road
* Gympie Road
* Ipswich Road
* Kingsford Smith Drive
* Logan Road
* Maroochydore Road
* Mackay Ring Road (stage 1)
* Milton Road
* Moggill Road
* Nicklin Way
* Old Cleveland Road
* Sandgate Road
* Toowoomba Connection Road

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* Annerley Road
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* Burleigh Connection Road
* Burpengary–Caboolture Road
* Brisbane–Woodford Road
* Caboolture–Bribie Island Road
* Caloundra Road
* Cavendish Road
* Cleveland–Redland Bay Road
* Cooroy–Noosa Road
* Eumundi–Noosa Road
* Glass House Mountains Road
* Gooding Drive
* Gatton–Clifton Road
* Ipswich–Boonah Road
* Kilcoy–Beerwah Road
* Kilcoy–Murgon Road
* Morayfield Road
* Mount Cotton Road
* Nambour–Bli Bli Road
* Nambour Connection Road
* Nerang–Broadbeach Road
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* Robina Parkway
* South Pine Road
* Southport–Burleigh Road
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* Springbrook Road
* Steve Irwin Way
* Surfers Paradise Boulevard
* Tamborine Mountain Road
* Yandina–Bli Bli Road
* Yandina–Coolum Road

Other roads – Regional

* Atherton–Herberton Road
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* Blackall–Jericho Road
* Bundaberg–Bargara Road
* Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road
* Bundaberg–Port Road
* Chinchilla–Wondai Road
* Clermont–Alpha Road
* Cloncurry–Dajarra Road
* Cooroy–Gympie Road
* Dalby–Cecil Plains Road
* Dalby–Cooyar Road
* Dalby–Jandowae Road
* Eidsvold–Theodore Road
* Eton–Homebush Road
* Gin Gin–Mount Perry Road
* Gladstone–Benaraby Road
* Gladstone–Monto Road
* Gladstone–Mount Larcom Road
* Gympie–Brooloo Road
* Hughenden–Muttaburra Road
* Inglewood–Texas Road
* Isisford–Blackall Road
* Kenilworth–Brooloo Road
* Longlands Gap–Herberton Road
* Mackay–Eungella Road
* Malanda–Atherton Road
* Marian–Eton Road
* Marian–Hampden Road
* Marlborough–Sarina Road
* Mary Valley Road
* Maryborough–Biggenden Road
* Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road
* Millaa Millaa–Malanda Road
* Millmerran–Cecil Plains Road
* Millmerran–Inglewood Road
* Monto–Mount Perry Road
* Mundubbera–Durong Road
* Muttaburra–Aramac Road
* Oakey–Cooyar Road
* Ootann Road
* Pampas–Horrane Road
* Pechey–Maclagan Road
* Proserpine–Shute Harbour Road
* Richmond–Croydon Road
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* Rockhampton–Emu Park Road
* Rockhampton–Yeppoon Road
* Roma–Condamine Road
* Roma–Taroom Road
* Sarina–Homebush Road
* Stanthorpe–Texas Road
* Tin Can Bay Road
* Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road
* Toowoomba–Karara Road

Developmental roads / Outback tracks

* Bamaga Road
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* Outback Highway
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Minor roads – South–east (Described in other articles)

* Advancetown–Mudgeeraba Road
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* Caloundra–Mooloolaba Road
* Camp Cable Road
* Capalaba–Cleveland Road
* Capalaba–Victoria Point Road
* Carneys Creek Road
* Clontarf–Anzac Avenue Road
* Colburn Avenue
* Cooroy Connection Road
* Dayboro Road
* Deception Bay Road
* East–West Arterial Road
* Emu Mountain Road
* Esk–Kilcoy Road
* Eumundi–Kenilworth Road
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* Everton Park Link Road
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* Gatton–Esk Road
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* Kalbar Connection Road
* Karrabin–Rosewood Road
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* Biloela–Callide Road
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* Blackall–Adavale Road
* Blackwater–Cooroorah Road
* Blackwater–Rolleston Road
* Blue Mountain Road
* Boogan Road
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* Booyal–Dallarnil Road
* Boreen Road
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* Bowenville–Norwin Road
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* Brooweena–Woolooga Road
* Bundaberg–Miriam Vale Road
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* Bunya Mountains–Maclagan Road
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* Burdekin Falls Dam Road
* Burnett Heads Road
* Burrum Heads Road
* Byee Road
* Cambooya Connection Road
* Cania Dam Road
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* Chinchilla–Tara Road
* Clermont Connection Road
* Clifton–Leyburn Road
* Collinsville–Elphinstone Road
* Comet River Road
* Condamine–Meandarra Road
* Cramsie–Muttaburra Road
* Crystal Brook Road
* Dalby–Kogan Road
* Dalrymple Creek Road
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* Drayton Connection Road
* Duaringa–Apis Creek Road
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* East Evelyn Road
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* El Arish–Mission Beach Road
* Elliott Heads Road
* Eungella Dam Road
* Felton - Clifton Road
* Freestone Road
* Garbutt–Upper Ross Road
* Gavial–Gracemere Road
* Gayndah - Mount Perry Road
* Gladstone Port Access Road
* Glenella Connection Road
* Goodwood Road
* Goondiwindi Connection Road
* Goondiwindi West Connection Road
* Greenmount Connection Road
* Greenmount - Hirstvale Road
* Gregory - Cannon Valley Road
* Gympie Connection Road
* Gympie–Woolooga Road
* Halifax–Lucinda Point Road
* Hay Point Road
* Henderson Drive
* Herberton–Petford Road
* Homebush Road
* Home Hill–Kirknie Road
* Ilfracombe–Aramac Road
* Ingham–Abergowrie Road
* Ingham–Forrest Beach Road
* Ingham–Halifax–Bemerside Road
* Innes Park Road
* Innisfail–Japoon Road
* Isisford–Emmet Road
* Isisford–Ilfracombe Road
* Jackson–Wandoan Road
* Jandowae Connection Road
* Julia Creek–Kynuna Road
* Kalpowar Road
* Kamerunga Road
* Keppel Sands Road
* Kilkivan–Tansey Road
* Kingaroy–Barkers Creek Road
* Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
* Kingaroy–Cooyar Road
* Kingaroy–Jandowae Road
* Kin Kin Road
* Kogan–Condamine Road
* Koumala–Bolingbroke Road
* Kurrimine Beach Road

Minor roads – Regional (L–Z) (Described in other articles)

* Leslie Dam Road
* Leyburn–Cunningham Road
* Macalister–Bell Road
* Mackay–Bucasia Road
* Mackay–Habana Road
* Mackay–Slade Point Road
* Maidenwell–Bunya Mountains Road
* Malanda–Lake Barrine Road
* Malanda–Upper Barron Road
* Maraju–Yakapari Road
* Mareeba–Dimbulah Road
* Maryborough–Cooloola Road
* Mary Valley Link Road
* May Downs Road
* Meandarra–Talwood Road
* Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
* Millmerran–Leyburn Road
* Mirani–Eton Road
* Mirani–Mount Ossa Road
* Mitchell–Forestvale Road
* Mitchell–St George Road
* Miva Road
* Moore Park Road
* Mossman–Mount Molloy Road
* Mount Ossa–Seaforth Road
* Mount Spec Road
* Mourilyan Harbour Road
* Mulgrave Road
* Mungar Road
* Murgon–Barambah Road
* Murgon–Gayndah Road
* Nanango–Tarong Road
* Nobby Connection Road
* North Townsville Road
* North Ward Road
* Oakey Connection Road
* Oakey–Pittsworth Road
* Ogmore Connection Road
* Okeden Road
* Orion Ten Chain Road
* Oxford Downs–Sarina Road
* Pialba–Burrum Heads Road
* Pine Creek–Yarrabah Road
* Pittsworth–Felton Road
* Pomona Connection Road
* Port Connection Road
* Proston–Boondooma Road
* Pyramids Road
* Rainbow Beach Road
* Rockhampton–Ridgelands Road
* Rockleigh–North Mackay Road
* Ross River Road
* Ryeford–Pratten Road
* Sarina–Coast Road
* Shaw Road
* Silkwood–Japoon Road
* Smithfield Bypass
* South Johnstone Road
* South Mission Beach Road
* South Townsville Road
* Spring Creek Road
* Stanthorpe–Amosfield Road
* Stanthorpe Connection Road
* Stanthorpe–Inglewood Road
* St Lawrence Connection Road
* St Lawrence–Croydon Road
* Stone River Road
* Stratford Connection Road
* Tannum Sands Road
* Texas–Yelarbon Road
* The Cedars Road
* Tinaroo Falls Dam Road
* Toowoomba Athol Road
* Torbanlea–Pialba Road
* Townsville Connection Road
* Townsville Port Road
* Tuchekoi Road
* Tully–Hull Road
* Tully–Mission Beach Road
* Wallumbilla South Road
* Warra–Canaga Creek Road
* Warra–Kogan Road
* Warwick–Allora Road
* Warwick–Killarney Road
* Warwick–Yangan Road
* Western Yeppoon–Emu Park Road
* Wondai–Proston Road
* Woodstock–Giru Road
* Wuruma Dam Road
* Wyaga Road
* Yabba Creek Road
* Yakapari–Habana Road
* Yakapari–Seaforth Road
* Yangan–Killarney Road
* Yelarbon–Keetah Road

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Proposals

* Bruce Highway Western Alternative
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