The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs from its junction with the Bruce Highway at Gracemere, just south of Rockhampton, to the D'Aguilar Highway in Nanango. Its length is approximately 542 kilometres. The highway takes its name from the Burnett River, which it crosses in Gayndah. The Burnett Highway provides the most direct link between the northern end of the New England Highway (at Yarraman, 21 km south of Nanango) and Rockhampton. It is designated as a State Strategic Road (part of Australia’s Country Way) by the Queensland Government.

State-controlled road

Burnett Highway is a state-controlled regional road, most of which is rated as "state-strategic". It is defined in six sections, as follows:

History

In January 2013, Cyclone Oswald caused flood damage to the road and a partial closure between Bouldercombe and Mount Morgan, which took longer than a year to repair.

Roads of Strategic Importance upgrade

The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes the following project for the Burnett Highway.

Intersection upgrade

A project to upgrade the intersection of the Burnett Highway with Gayndah-Mount Perry Road and Wetherton Road, at an estimated cost of $875,000, is expected to be completed in late 2022.

Other upgrades

Replace bridges

A project to replace the bridge over Three Moon Creek, at a cost of $18 million, was completed in August 2021. A project to replace the bridge over North Kariboe Creek, at a cost of $7.2 million, was completed in September 2021.

Strengthen and widen bridge

A project to strengthen and widen the bridge over Callide Creek, at a cost of $3.9 million, was due for completion in early 2022.

List of towns on the Burnett Highway

From north to south

Major intersections

Intersecting state-controlled roads

In addition to the Bunya, Wide Bay, Isis, Dawson and Leichhardt Highways, the following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Burnett Highway:

Murgon–Barambah Road

Murgon–Barambah Road is a state-controlled regional road (number 437), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from Kilcoy–Murgon Road in to the Burnett Highway in, a distance of 14.1 km. It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.

Wuruma Dam Road

Wuruma Dam Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4511), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Burnett Highway in to the Wuruma Dam Campground in the locality of, a distance of 28.8 km. It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.

Cania Dam Road

Cania Dam Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4715), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Burnett Highway in to Cania Dam in the locality of, a distance of 24 km. It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.

Gavial–Gracemere Road

Gavial–Gracemere Road is a state-controlled district road (number 450). It runs from the Bruce Highway in to the Capricorn Highway in, a distance of 10.8 km. It crosses the Burnett Highway in. A project to widen part of this road to four lanes was completed in April 2023.

Gallery

<Gallery widths="260px" heights="180px"> File:Burnett Highway, near [Binjour](https://bliptext.com/articles/binjour) QLD 1.jpg|Burnett Highway near [Binjour](https://bliptext.com/articles/binjour) (NW of Gayndah)