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Draft for Bruce Highway route description

Maryborough to Childers
The road runs through the eastern section of Wongi State Forest before bypassing Torbanlea and Howard, separated by the Burrum River. It then crosses the Isis River and passes through sugar cane farms on the way to Childers.

Childers to Gin Gin
This short section passes through the southern part of Cordalba State Forest and the western edge of Booyal State Forest before crossing the Burnett River. It includes intersections with both ends of State Route 3, which links the highway to Bundaberg.

Gin Gin to Miriam Vale
This section passes to the south and west of Lake Monduran before crossing the Kolan River. It then passes several national parks before reaching Miriam Vale.

Miriam Vale to Mount Larcom
This section crosses the Boyne and Calliope Rivers. It includes intersections with the Dawson Highway and with both ends of State Route 58, all of which link the highway to Gladstone.

Mount Larcom to Rockhampton
This section is joined by the Burnett Highway and the Capricorn Highway before entering Rockhampton.

Rockhampton to Mackay
After crossing the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton this section passes connections to Emu Park and Yeppoon. From the outskirts of Rockhampton almost to Sarina the road passes through mainly timbered country. From Sarina to Mackay is mainly cultivated farm land, with the main crop being Sugar Cane. The road intersects with the Peak Downs Highway as it enters Mackay.

Mackay to Townsville
This section travels through a mixture of timbered and open farming country until it reaches the sugar cane fields around Proserpine, where it passes the intersection with State Route 59 to Airlie Beach. It then proceeds through mixed farming country to the port city of Bowen. From there it runs through similar country until it reaches the sugar cane areas of Home Hill and Ayr on the banks of the Burdekin River. A short stretch of road through hilly country leads to Townsville, passing to the east of Mount Elliot in the Bowling Green Bay National Park.

Townsville to Cairns
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Bruce Highway road network
The Bruce Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from north to south, of the major feeder roads is:

Flinders Highway road network
The Flinders Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, west to east, of the major feeder roads is:

Capricorn Highway road network
The Capricorn Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, west to east, of the major feeder roads is:

Captain Cook Highway road network
The Captain Cook Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from west to east, of the major feeder roads is:

Burnett Highway road network
The Burnett Highway has about nn major feeder roads in total; nn highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from south to north (towards the Bruce Highway at Rockhampton) of the major feeder roads is:

D'Aguilar Highway road network
The D'Aguilar Highway has about 16 major feeder roads in total; 5 highways, and numerous other roads. The ordering of the network, from south to north (towards the Burnett Highway at Nanango and the Bunya Highway at Kingaroy) of the major feeder roads is: