Thomson Developmental Road (National Route 79)

Statistics:

• Length: 309 km
• Northern Terminus: Landsborough Hwy (A2) at Longreach
• Southern Terminus: Diamantina Developmental Rd (SR14) at Windorah
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Longreach, Tocal, Stonehenge, Jundah and Windorah

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Road Authority Internal Classification: 95A (Windorah - Jundah) & 95B (Jundah - Longreach) 1

General Information:

NR79 is a rural route in outback Queensland, linking a number of small communities with the major service town of Longreach.

The route was intended to be a link between Melbourne CBD, Broken Hill and Longreach, but as it was never fully sealed before the introduction of alphanumeric route numbering, NR79 will never be fully realised.

History:

• May 2006: Sealing works on a 9.14 km section of the route 25km from Windorah. The pavement is a single four-metre sealed traffic lane, with one-metre wide sealed shoulders on either side. The whole road width, both sealed and unsealed, is eight metres. 2

Windorah to Longreach			Longreach to Windorah
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	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly facing Winton-Jundah Rd at Jundah, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Eagle St, Longreach, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign facing Stonehenge Rd at Stonehenge, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle			Road Conditions Sign: Road conditions sign at Longreach, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
	Advance Directional Sign: ID sign at Tocal approaching Tonkoro Rd, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Longreach, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Longreach, approaching Longreach-Tocal Rd, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tocal, approaching Tonkoro Rd, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Longreach, approaching Eagle St, September 2018. Note the missing NR79 shield for the left turn. Image © Richard Wardle			Tonkoro Road: Sign at the junction with Tonkoro Rd at Tocal, listing all the farming properties and junctions serviced by the road, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
				Fingerboards: Fingerboard assembly at the junction with Tonkoro RD at Tocal, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Stonehenge, approaching Isisford-Bimerah Rd, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. Image © Richard Wardle
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the junction with Isisford-Bimerah Rd at Stonehenge, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. Image © Richard Wardle
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Stonehenge, approaching Bimerah-Yaraka Rd, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. Image © Richard Wardle
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign assembly at the junction with Bimerah-Yaraka Rd at Stonehenge, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. Image © Richard Wardle
				Bypassed Town Sign: Bypassed town sign approaching Stonehenge Rd at Stonehenge, September 2018. Image © Richard Wardle
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Macrossan St at Jundah, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. Image © Richard Wardle
				Macrossan Street: AD style sign doing the job of an ID sign on the corner of Thomson Developmental Rd (Dickson St) and Macrossan St in Jundah, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. Image © Richard Wardle
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Thomson Developmental Rd (Dickson St) in Jundah, approaching Dickson St (unnumbered) and Perkins St, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. NR79 turns right at this intersection. Image © Richard Wardle
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Jundah, approaching Winton-Jundah Rd, September 2018. Note the lack of NR79 shield. Image © Richard Wardle
				Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at Windorah at the junction with Quilpie-Windorah Rd (SR14) & Diamantina Developmental Rd (SR14), September 2018. This is the southern terminus of NR79 in Queensland. Image © Richard Wardle
Click here for Decommissioned National Route 79 in New South Wales

1 Queensland Government, Department of Transport and Main Roads, State Road Network Map, Central West District, September 2011
2 Queensland Government, The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory, Media Statements, On the outer Barcoo, 21 March 2006

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