Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road

Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road is a state-controlled district road (number 176) in the Bundaberg region of Queensland, Australia. It runs from Bundaberg–Bargara Road (Quay Street) in Bundaberg Central to the Bruce Highway in Gin Gin, a distance of 48.4 km. It is signed as State Route 3.

Route description
Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road starts at an intersection with Bundaberg–Bargara Road (Quay Street) in. It runs northwest with no route number as Burnett Bridge over the Burnett River. In it crosses Perry Street at an offset intersection and continues north as Queen Street. It turns northwest as Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road, passing the northeastern end of the Isis Highway (Hinkler Avenue, State Route 3) where it becomes Mount Perry Road and assumes the State Route 3 shield before turning west.

The road continues to the west until it passes the exit to Moore Park Road to the northwest. It then turns southwest, enters, and turns northwest as Gin Gin Road. Passing the exit to Bundaberg–Miriam Vale Road (Rosedale Road) to the northwest it again turns west. Next it crosses Splitters Creek and enters before turning southwest. It crosses Sharon and enters before reaching the exit to The Cedars Road (Hill End Road) to the south. Continuing generally southwest the road runs through where it passes the exit to Bucca Road to the northeast. It then passes through before running between  and, then entering Gin Gin and ending at an intersection with the Bruce Highway.

As a numbered State Route this road is part of the main route from Bundaberg to central and northern Queensland, although the Bundaberg–Miriam Vale Road provides a shorter route (by about 30 km) to the north.

History
European settlement of the Burnett River region began in 1848 when Gregory Blaxland Jnr (son of the explorer Gregory Blaxland) together with William Forster brought their flocks of sheep up from their squatting leases on the Clarence River. The pastoral run they selected extended along the river valley all the way from what is now Gin Gin to the coast and they called it Tirroan. The modern town of Gin Gin is located close to where the original homestead was constructed. In 1877, 12000 acre of land were resumed from the Gin Gin (formerly Tirroan) pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1877.

In 1867, timber-getters and farmers, John and Gavin Steuart, established the Woondooma property which consisted of a few houses and a wharf on the northern banks of the Burnett River where Bundaberg North now stands. An official survey of the area was undertaken in 1869 by John Charlton Thompson, and the town of Bundaberg was gazetted across the river on the higher, southern banks. Burnett Bridge, the first steel bridge across the river, was constructed in 1900.

Until May 1940, when a low level bridge was constructed over the Burnett River at, this road was part of the Bruce Highway.

Intersecting state-controlled roads
This road intersects with the following state-controlled roads:
 * Isis Highway
 * Moore Park Road
 * Bundaberg–Miriam Vale Road
 * The Cedars Road

Moore Park Road
Moore Park Road is a state-controlled district road (number 1761), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road in to Murdochs Road in, a distance of 15.4 km This road has no intersections with other state-controlled roads.

Bundaberg–Miriam Vale Road
Bundaberg–Miriam Vale Road is a state-controlled district road (number 179), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road in to the Bruce Highway in, a distance of 111 km. It consists of three locally named roads; Rosedale Road, Tableland Road, and Fingerboard Road. This road has no intersections with other state-controlled roads. It is part of the shortest route from Bundaberg to.

The Cedars Road
The Cedars Road is a state-controlled district road (number 1703), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road in to the Isis Highway in, a distance of 9.2 km, crossing the Burnett River by a low-level single-lane bridge. This road has no major intersections.

Major intersections
All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the Bundaberg local government area.