| Type: | rural road |
| Road Name: | Fitzroy Developmental Road |
| State: | qld |
| Length: | 454 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Direction B: | North |
| End A: | Leichhardt Highway Taroom |
| End B: | State Route 70 (Peak Downs Highway) Strathfield |
| Through: | Rhydding, Bauhinia, Duaringa, Dingo |
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The Fitzroy Developmental Road (The Beef Road) is a designated road in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland consisting of three separate sections. The general direction is from south to north.
The southern section leaves the Leichhardt Highway at a point 17km (11miles) north of Taroom as State Route 7. This section meets the Dawson Highway in the locality of Rhydding, 19km (12miles) east of Bauhinia.
The middle section, as State Route 7, runs from Bauhinia north until it meets the Capricorn Highway about 2km (01miles) west of Duaringa, and 29km (18miles) east of Dingo. It passes through the Dawson Range State Forest between Woorabinda and Duaringa.
The northern section, as State Route 67, runs from Dingo to a point on the Peak Downs Highway in the locality of Strathfield, 21km (13miles) east of Coppabella.[1] It crosses the Mackenzie River and passes the mining towns of Middlemount and Dysart.
The southern section is 115km (71miles) in length, and is mostly unsealed.
The middle section is 103km (64miles) in length and is partly sealed.
The northern section is 236km (147miles) in length and is fully sealed.[2] The length of the three sections totals 454km (282miles) but with the addition of travel on the Dawson and Capricorn Highways, it is around 502km (312miles).
All sections are state-controlled roads. The southern and middle sections (numbers 85A and 85B) are district roads rated as local roads of regional significance (LRRS). The northern section (number 85C) is a regional road.[3]
A project to progressively seal sections of the road north of Bauhinia, at a cost of $6 million, was expected to complete by early 2022.[4]
A project to progressively seal sections of the road north of Taroom, at a cost of $8 million, was expected to complete in mid-2022.[5]