The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. Running from the state capital, Brisbane, to Cairns in Far North Queensland, the route is a part of the Australian National Highway. The Bruce Highway is also part of Highway 1. Road length is approximately 1700 kilometres.
The highway initially joined all the major coastal centres, however a number of bypasses, particularly in the south, have diverted traffic around these cities in order to expedite traffic flow and ease urban congestion.
In the south the Bruce Highway commences at the bridge over the Pine River, on Brisbane's northern outskirts.
The BruceHighway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia.
The highway is named after the former Queensland and federal politician, Henry Adam Bruce.
The highway passes the Glasshouse Mountains, rainforests and pastures in the Sunshine Coast; the Gunalda Range (north of Gympie); Mount Larcom (north of Gladstone); the arid countryside north of Rockhampton and after that, passing through land predominately used to sugar cane, crop growing and dairy farms and the sub-tropics and tropics.
Some of the well-known highways that are part of the National Highway include the Hume Highway, the BruceHighway, the Eyre Highway and the New England Highway.
National Highways are denoted by a route marker in the shape of the shield found in the Australian coat of arms.
Brisbane to Darwin - Warrego, Landsborough, Barkly and Stuart Highways
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