| Road Name: | Queensland Inland Freight Route |
| State: | qld |
| Type: | highway |
| Length: | 1181 |
| Status: | proposed |
| Route: |
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| Direction A: | North |
| End A: | Flinders Highway Broughton |
| Direction B: | South |
| End B: | Queensland / NSW border |
| Through: | , |
Queensland Inland Freight Route is a proposal to upgrade the existing highways from to in Queensland, Australia.[1] It would be a quality two-lane alternative freight route to the Bruce Highway.
The estimated total cost in 2020 was $1.0 billion. The project was announced in October 2020 with an initial funding of $400 million from the Federal Government and $200 million from the Queensland Government. In the 2021 Budget the Queensland Government indicated that half of its funding had been allocated to a future priorities funding commitment. The project is at the detailed planning stage. Infrastructure Australia has set the project status as long-term (10 to 20 years).[1]
Works to be undertaken would include pavement straightening, road widening, new alignments, overtaking lanes and new or upgraded bridges.[1]
The route would follow the Gregory Highway from Charters Towers to, the Dawson Highway to, and the Carnarvon Highway to Mungindi, a distance of almost 1200km (700miles).[1] The section from Charters Towers to is part of the Great Inland Way, a State Strategic Touring Route.[2]