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{{Short description|Highway in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type         = highway
| road_name    = Bruce Highway
| state        = qld
| location     = QLD-BruceHwy-Gaz.png
| loc_caption  = Map of Queensland with Bruce Highway highlighted in yellow
| length       = 1679
| est          =
| route        = {{plainlist|
* {{AUshield|QLD|M1}} M1 <small>({{QLDcity|Bald Hills}} – {{QLDcity|Curra}})</small>
* {{AUshield|QLD|A1}} A1 <small>(Curra – {{QLDcity|Cairns}} (except {{QLDcity|Douglas}} – {{QLDcity|Deeragun}}))</small>
}}
| direction_a  = North
| end_a        = {{AUshield|R|1|S|44}} [[Captain Cook Highway]] <small>(National&nbsp;Route&nbsp;1 / State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;44), {{QLDcity|Cairns}},&nbsp;[[Queensland]]</small>
| exits        = {{plainlist|
* {{AUshield|S|25}} [[Palmerston Highway]] <small>(State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;25)</small>
* {{AUshield|QLD|A6}} [[Flinders Highway, Queensland|Flinders Highway]] <small>(A6)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|70}} [[Peak Downs Highway]] <small>(State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;70)</small>
* {{AUshield|QLD|A4}} [[Capricorn Highway]] <small>(A4)</small>
* {{AUshield|QLD|A3}} [[Burnett Highway]] <small>(A3)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|60}} [[Dawson Highway]] <small>(State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;60)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|52}} [[Isis Highway]] <small>(State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;52)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|49}} [[Wide Bay Highway]] <small>(State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;49)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|70}} [[Sunshine Motorway]] <small>(State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;70)</small>
* {{AUshield|S|85}} [[D'Aguilar Highway]] <small>(State&nbsp;Route&nbsp;85)</small>
* {{AUshield|QLD|M3}} [[Gympie Arterial Road]] <small>(M3)</small>
}}
| direction_b  = South
| end_b        = {{AUshield|QLD|M1}} [[Gateway Motorway]] <small>(M1), {{QLDcity|Bald Hills}},&nbsp;[[Brisbane]]</small>
| through      = [[Townsville]], [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], [[Rockhampton]], [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]], [[Gympie, Queensland|Gympie]]
}}
[[File:A1 Bruce Highway.png|thumb|upright=1.0|Approximate road distances (in kilometres) of towns from Brisbane along the highway]]
The '''Bruce Highway''' is a major highway in [[Queensland]], Australia. Commencing in the state capital, [[Brisbane]], it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to [[Cairns]] in [[Far North Queensland]]. The route is part of the Australian [[National Highway (Australia)|National Highway]] and also part of [[Highway 1 (Australia)|Highway 1]], the longest highway route in Australia. Its length is approximately {{convert|1679|km|mi}}; it is entirely sealed with [[bitumen]]. The highway is named after a popular former Queensland and federal politician, [[Henry Bruce (Australian politician)|Harry Bruce]]. Bruce was the state Minister for Works in the mid-1930s when the highway was named after him. The highway once passed through [[Brisbane]], but was truncated at [[Bald Hills, Queensland|Bald Hills]] when the [[Gateway Motorway]] became National Highway 1 upon its opening in December 1986.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

It was previously known as the Great North Coast Road, being renamed as the Bruce Highway in 1934 after the state's Minister for Public Works, Henry Bruce.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Road Photos & Information: Queensland |url=https://www.expressway.online/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/decommissioned/nationalhighways/nh1/index.html#:~:text=Bruce%20Highway%20is%20named%20after,to%20Curra%2C%20north%20of%20Cooroy. |website=Expressway |access-date=12 November 2023 |archive-date=12 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112050326/https://www.expressway.online/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/decommissioned/nationalhighways/nh1/index.html#:~:text=Bruce%20Highway%20is%20named%20after,to%20Curra%2C%20north%20of%20Cooroy. |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The highway is the biggest traffic carrier in Queensland. It initially joined all the major coastal centres; however, a number of bypasses, particularly in the south, have diverted traffic around these cities to expedite traffic flow and ease urban congestion. As a result, the highway is constantly being shortened. The road is a [[dual carriageway]] from Brisbane to Curra, north of Gympie, many of these upgrades being completed in the 1980s ([[Glass House Mountains, Queensland|Glass House Mountains]], [[Tanawha, Queensland|Tanawha]], [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]]) and 1990s ([[Nambour, Queensland|Nambour]], [[Yandina, Queensland|Yandina]], and [[Cooroy, Queensland|Cooroy]]).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The highway commences just south of the bridge over the [[Pine River (Queensland)|Pine River]] at the Gateway Motorway interchange, {{convert|21|km|mi}} north of the [[Brisbane central business district]]. The highway has changed its route numbering from National Highway 1 to the M1 (motorway road) or A1 (single carriageway, generally with overtaking lanes).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
[[File:Sugar cane train crossing Bruce Highway.jpg|thumb|upright|Sugar cane train crossing, 2003]]
Major cities along the route include [[Gympie]], [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]], [[Rockhampton]], [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], [[Townsville]], and [[Cairns]]. The highway passes the [[Glasshouse Mountains]], [[rainforest]]s and pastures in the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]], the Gunalda Range (north of [[Gympie]]), [[Mount Larcom, Queensland|Mount Larcom]] (north of [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]]), and the arid countryside north of [[Rockhampton]]; after that, it passes through land predominantly used for [[sugar cane]], crop growing and dairy farms and the [[Sub-tropical|sub-tropic]]s and tropics.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In November 2024, the Bruce Highway Advisory Council was re-established.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macallan |first=Tess |date=2024-11-22 |title=Bruce Highway Advisory Council re-established |url=https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/bruce-highway-advisory-council-re-established/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122001953/https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/bruce-highway-advisory-council-re-established/ |archive-date=22 November 2024 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Infrastructure Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In January 2025, the Australian prime minister announced that the Bruce Highway would get AU$7.2 billion dollars funding from the [[Australian Government]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-05 |title=$7.2 billion in new funding from the Australian Government to fix Bruce Highway {{!}} Prime Minister of Australia |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/7-2-billion-new-funding-australian-government-fix-bruce-highway |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.pm.gov.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hui |first=Jin |date=2025-01-11 |title=All welcome Bruce Highway spend |url=https://noosatoday.com.au/news/12-01-2025/all-welcome-bruce-highway-spend/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Noosa Today |language=en-US}}</ref> This funding is meant to upgrade failing sections of the highway between Mackay and Bowen, notably around the very flood prone section south of Proserpine known as Goorganga Plains. This section is earmarked for an elevated carriageway similar to what was built at the Yeppen Floodplain near Rockhampton. The Goorganga Plains section can be closed for days resulting in huge economic loss for the state of Queensland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-19 |title=Prepare to leave warning issued for parts of Townsville |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-20/queensland-weather-storms-flash-flooding-heavy-rain-forecast/104749244 |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=8 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208225758/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-20/queensland-weather-storms-flash-flooding-heavy-rain-forecast/104749244 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-01-11 |title=Cricket on the Bruce Highway as flooding causes lengthy delays |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-11/wet-weather-sees-highway-delays-and-roadside-cricket-proserpine/13048498 |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607091034/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-11/wet-weather-sees-highway-delays-and-roadside-cricket-proserpine/13048498 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{TOC limit|3}}

==State-controlled road==
{{main|Bruce Highway state-controlled roads}}
The Bruce Highway is a state-controlled road, subdivided into fourteen sections for administrative and funding purposes. All sections are part of the National Highway.<ref name=TMR>{{cite map
 |publisher    = Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]
 |title        = The State Road Network of Queensland
 |date         = 30 June 2022
 |url          = https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/_/media/travelandtransport/maps-and-guides/queensland-maps/state-road-network/the-state-road-network-of-queensland-front-at-30-june-2022.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=BE5B156CE3B0044010A3C7150860CB22
 |access-date  = 4 August 2023
 |archive-date = 20 December 2023
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20231220011025/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/_/media/travelandtransport/maps-and-guides/queensland-maps/state-road-network/the-state-road-network-of-queensland-front-at-30-june-2022.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=BE5B156CE3B0044010A3C7150860CB22%2A
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref name=ME>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/metropolitandistrict.pdf?la=en |title=Metropolitan district map |date=2020 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018001651/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/metropolitandistrict.pdf?la=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NC>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/northcoastdistrict.pdf?la=en |title=North Coast district map |date=2020 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=9 October 2022 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018001805/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/northcoastdistrict.pdf?la=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=WB>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/widebayburnettdistrict.pdf?la=en |title=Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1 |date=5 August 2021 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130012918/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/widebayburnettdistrict.pdf?la=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=FD>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/fitzroydistrict.pdf?la=en |title=Fitzroy district map |date=2019 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=7 April 2022 }}</ref><ref name=MW>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/mackaywhitsundaydistrict.pdf?la=en |title=Mackay/Whitsunday district map |date=2019 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=1 January 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006130436/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/Travelandtransport/Maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/mackaywhitsundaydistrict.pdf?la=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ND>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/_/media/travelandtransport/maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/northerndistrict.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=C319CB288F5E7AE1D14E8B90F97CD7A1 |title=Northern district map |date=2020 |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |access-date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130021121/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/_/media/travelandtransport/maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/northerndistrict.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=C319CB288F5E7AE1D14E8B90F97CD7A1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=FN>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/_/media/travelandtransport/maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/farnorthdistrict.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=D00525CFC30CAAC5699A2A1AA91B0E9B |title=Far North District map |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] |date=2020 |access-date=7 July 2023 |archive-date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162032/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/_/media/travelandtransport/maps-and-guides/regiondistrictmaps/farnorthdistrict.pdf?sc_lang=en&hash=D00525CFC30CAAC5699A2A1AA91B0E9B |url-status=live }}</ref>

The sections are:
* 10A – Brisbane to Gympie
* 10B – Gympie to Maryborough
* 10C – Maryborough  to Gin Gin
* 10D – Gin Gin to Benaraby
* 10E – Benaraby to Rockhampton
* 10F – Rockhampton to St Lawrence
* 10G – St Lawrence to Mackay
* 10H – Mackay to Proserpine
* 10J – Proserpine to Bowen
* 10K – Bowen to Ayr
* 10L – Ayr to Townsville
* 10M – Townsville to Ingham
* 10N – Ingham to Innisfail
* 10P – Innisfail to Cairns

State-controlled roads that intersect with the highway are listed in the main article.

==Route description==
Commencing in [[Bald Hills, Queensland|Bald Hills]] at the junction of the [[Gateway Motorway]] and [[Gympie Arterial Road]], the Bruce Highway is a [[motorway]] standard road (signed as the [[M1 (Queensland)|M1]]) for its first {{Convert|163|km}} to Curra, where it becomes a two-lane sealed highway for most of its remainder. The first {{Convert|2.5|km}} to the Dohles Rocks Road interchange has eight lanes and a [[Speed limit#Variable speed limits|variable]] (electronically signed) speed limit of up to {{convert|100|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}. The next {{Convert|22|km}} to the [[Caboolture, Queensland|Caboolture]] / [[Bribie Island, Queensland|Bribie Island]] interchange has six lanes and a maximum speed limit of {{convert|100|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}. From there to Curra the road has four lanes and a speed limit of {{convert|110|km/h|mi/h|round=5}}.

===Brisbane to Rockhampton===
====Bald Hills to Caboolture====

This section of the Bruce Highway crosses the [[Pine River (Queensland)|Pine River]] into the [[City of Moreton Bay]], passing through mainly urban areas before crossing the [[Caboolture River]] and reaching the Caboolture / Bribie Island interchange after {{Convert|24.5|km}}. It runs past or through [[Murrumba Downs, Queensland|Murrumba Downs]], [[Griffin, Queensland|Griffin]], [[Kallangur, Queensland|Kallangur]], [[Mango Hill, Queensland|Mango Hill]], [[North Lakes, Queensland|North Lakes]], [[Dakabin, Queensland|Dakabin]], [[Narangba, Queensland|Narangba]], [[Burpengary]] and [[Morayfield, Queensland|Morayfield]]. On the way it is crossed by the [[Redcliffe Peninsula railway line]] and passes the Caboolture BP Travel Centre.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====Caboolture to Caloundra====

The Caboolture / Bribie Island interchange also provides access to the [[D'Aguilar Highway]] via a service road. After the D'Aguilar Highway interchange the Bruce passes through mainly rural areas and the Beerburrum and Beerwah State Forests, entering the [[Sunshine Coast Region]] before reaching the Caloundra Road interchange after a further {{Convert|36.1|km}}. It passes the southern entry to [[Glass House Mountains Road|Steve Irwin Way]], a bypassed section of the highway, which provides access to [[Beerburrum, Queensland|Beerburrum]], [[Glass House Mountains, Queensland|Glass House Mountains]], [[Beerwah, Queensland|Beerwah]], [[Australia Zoo]] and [[Landsborough, Queensland|Landsborough]] before terminating at the Caloundra Road interchange.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The Caloundra Road Interchange is also Australia's first [[Diverging diamond interchange]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-caloundra-road-to-sunshine-motorway|title=Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway|website=Department of Transport and Main Roads|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029223746/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-caloundra-road-to-sunshine-motorway|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/sunshine-coast-drivers-test-out-australianfirst-road-design/news-story/6dc409be19bb819cdbe426f9664b8577|title=Sunshine Coast drivers test out Australian-first road design|publisher=News.com.au|date=6 December 2019|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001025315/https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/sunshine-coast-drivers-test-out-australianfirst-road-design/news-story/6dc409be19bb819cdbe426f9664b8577|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Caloundra to Noosa====
[[File:Bruce Highway, Beerwah, Queensland, 2021.jpg|thumb|Bruce Highway at [[Beerwah, Queensland|Beerwah]], 2021]]
The next {{Convert|5.6|km}} to the [[Sunshine Motorway]] interchange, providing access to the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]], widens to 3 lanes in either direction. It then narrows back to 2 lanes. After another {{Convert|7.5|km}} the [[Maroochydore Road]] interchange provides access to [[Maroochydore, Queensland|Maroochydore]] and [[Woombye, Queensland|Woombye]]. The Bli Bli Road interchange, after a further {{Convert|7|km}}, provides access to [[Bli Bli, Queensland|Bli Bli]] and [[Nambour, Queensland|Nambour]]. The Yandina–Coolum Road interchange, after {{Convert|6.7|km}}, provides access to [[Yandina, Queensland|Yandina]] and [[Coolum, Queensland|Coolum]]. The Eumundi interchange, after {{Convert|8.4|km}}, provides access to [[Eumundi, Queensland|Eumundi]] and [[Noosa, Queensland|Noosa]]. The Cooroy interchange, after {{Convert|7.2|km}}, provides access to [[Cooroy, Queensland|Cooroy]], [[Tewantin, Queensland|Tewantin]] and Noosa. Total distance from Caloundra Road to this interchange is {{Convert|42.4|km}}.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====Noosa to Gympie====

The {{Convert|33|km}} to the end of the M1 at [[Kybong, Queensland|Kybong]] includes three interchanges that provide access to the Old Bruce Highway. From Kybong the highway is designated A1. It has numerous parts with lower speed limits, including urban areas, high crash zones and roadwork sites. After {{Convert|8|km}} from Kybong the Mary Valley Road interchange provides access to the west of the [[Mary River (Queensland)|Mary River]]. The highway then passes through the [[Gympie, Queensland|Gympie]] urban fringe, with several at grade intersections providing access to various parts of the city. North of Gympie, {{Convert|14.3|km}} from the Mary Valley Road interchange, the [[Wide Bay Highway]] interchange is reached, providing access to [[Kilkivan, Queensland|Kilkivan]]. Total distance from the Cooroy interchange is {{Convert|55.4|km}}.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====Gympie to Maryborough====
[[File:Tiaro Bruce Highway.JPG|thumb|Bruce Highway at [[Tiaro, Queensland|Tiaro]], 2010]]
The {{Convert|73.9|km}} from the Wide Bay Highway interchange to the Maryborough–Biggenden Road interchange at Maryborough passes through [[Tiaro, Queensland|Tiaro]] and the Gympie Road exit to [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]] before crossing the [[Mary River (Queensland)|Mary River]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

====Maryborough to Rockhampton====

The highway maintains a speed limit of 100 occasionally slowing down to 60 or 50 while driving through several small towns including [[Childers, Queensland|Childers]], [[Gin Gin, Queensland|Gin Gin]], [[Miriam Vale]] and [[Mount Larcom, Queensland|Mount Larcom]] before reaching [[Rockhampton]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

==Development of the M1==
[[File:Approaching Tully from the south on the Bruce Highway, the steam rising is from the Tully Sugar Mill, 2016.jpg|thumb|Bruce Highway near [[Tully, Queensland|Tully]], 2016]]
With the completion of Section C of the ''Bruce Highway – Cooroy to Curra'' upgrade project (Traveston to [[Woondum]]) in February 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Section-C-Traveston-to-Woondum |title=Bruce Highway – Cooroy to Curra, Section C: Traveston to Woondum |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 March 2018 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=17 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317102605/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Section-C-Traveston-to-Woondum |archive-date=17 March 2018 }}</ref> the M1 has now been extended to [[Kybong, Queensland|Kybong]], {{convert|10|km|mi}} south of [[Gympie, Queensland|Gympie]]. The Bruce Highway from Kybong to Gympie remains signed as A1. Section D of the project (Woondum to [[Curra, Queensland|Curra]], including a bypass of Gympie) will, when completed in 2024, become the next stage of the M1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruce Highway Cooroy to Curra Section D |url=https://sc-tmrwcmgr-cd.azurewebsites.net/projects/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra-section-d |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=sc-tmrwcmgr-cd.azurewebsites.net |language=en}}</ref>

While the references use Woondum as a designator for sections of the project the new intersection that marks the end of the M1 is wholly within the locality of Kybong, although bordered on two sides by Woondum.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whereis.com/qld/woondum-4570 |title=Woondum, QLD 4570 |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Whereis Maps |access-date=18 March 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523074839/https://www.whereis.com/qld/woondum-4570 |archive-date=23 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kybong+QLD+4570/@-26.2866748,152.6428025,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b94a3687084fb69:0x500eef17f2110d0!2sGympie+QLD+4570!3b1!8m2!3d-26.1833529!4d152.6657456!3m4!1s0x6b9498beb627aca1:0x400eef17f20ef30!8m2!3d-26.2879899!4d152.7109909 |title=Kybong, Queensland 4570 |author=<!--Not stated--> |year=2018 |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=18 March 2018 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409104447/https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kybong+QLD+4570/@-26.2866748,152.6428025,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x6b94a3687084fb69:0x500eef17f2110d0!2sGympie+QLD+4570!3b1!8m2!3d-26.1833529!4d152.6657456!3m4!1s0x6b9498beb627aca1:0x400eef17f20ef30!8m2!3d-26.2879899!4d152.7109909 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==

===Remnants of early roads to the north of Brisbane===
Roads to the north of Brisbane in the early days of settlement were constrained by the need to use reliable low level crossings of rivers and creeks well upstream from the coast.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

'''South Pine Road''' runs from [[Enoggera Road, Brisbane|Enoggera Road]] at [[Alderley, Queensland|Alderley]] through [[Everton Park, Queensland|Everton Park]] to [[Everton Hills, Queensland|Everton Hills]], crossing [[Kedron Brook]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.3872383,152.9604357/15+S+Pine+Rd,+Alderley+QLD+4051/@-27.4052942,152.9681492,14z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d152.9614836!2d-27.3916416!3s0x6b91564ea71dc3c9:0xd603e109846eceac!3m4!1m2!1d152.984399!2d-27.3998011!3s0x6b9157bb59276d41:0x1302a35acda850c0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b91577038f9c7bb:0x17fb9c54d35e1f1f!2m2!1d153.0009843!2d-27.4248779!3e0|title=South Pine Road – Alderley to Everton Hills|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>

'''Bunya Road''' runs from South Pine Road at Everton Hills to '''Eatons Crossing Road''' at [[Draper, Queensland|Draper]],<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.3870365,152.9601793/-27.3483075,152.901997/@-27.364664,152.9092537,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Bunya Road – Everton Hills to Draper|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> after crossing the [[South Pine River]] at Drapers Crossing (a [[Ford (crossing)|fordable]] crossing).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

'''Old Northern Road''' runs from South Pine Road at Everton Park to ''another'' South Pine Road at [[Albany Creek, Queensland|Albany Creek]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.4005375,152.9863834/-27.3481032,152.9658816/@-27.3708043,152.9580473,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old Northern Road – Everton Park to Albany Creek|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> Eatons Crossing Road runs from this road (north of the South Pine River) to Draper.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.349544,152.8826077/-27.3359657,152.9597007/@-27.3423117,152.9046473,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Eatons Crossing Road – Eatons Hill to Draper|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> This South Pine Road continues north over the South Pine River via Cash's Crossing and thence to Gympie Road at [[Strathpine, Queensland|Strathpine]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.3123582,152.9902133/-27.3463486,152.9645598/@-27.3279011,152.9715094,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=South Pine Road – Albany Creek to Strathpine|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>

'''Old North Road''' links this South Pine Road at [[Brendale, Queensland|Brendale]] to Youngs Crossing Road at [[Bray Park, Queensland|Bray Park]]. Youngs Crossing Road continues to Dayboro Road at [[Petrie, Queensland|Petrie]] after crossing the [[North Pine River]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.2675887,152.954456/-27.3160184,152.963879/@-27.287442,152.9361258,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old North Road and Youngs Crossing Road – Brendale to Petrie|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>
Further upstream, Whiteside Road<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.2484718,152.8926346/-27.2536882,152.9090489/@-27.2359835,152.8439039,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Whiteside Road – Western and eastern ends|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> (now submerged by [[Lake Samsonvale]]) provided a fordable crossing at Quinn's Crossing<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npra.org.au/index.php/history |title=The Story of Whiteside |author=<!--Not stated--> |year=1988 |website=npra.org.au |publisher=North Pine Residents Association |access-date=25 September 2018 |quote=Quinns Crossing on the Petrie to Samsonvale Road, part of the first main road north of Brisbane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065454/http://www.npra.org.au/index.php/history |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> when water level was too high at Youngs Crossing.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Further north, another segment of '''Old North Road''' starts at Caboolture River Road in [[Upper Caboolture, Queensland|Upper Caboolture]], crosses the [[Caboolture River]] at Zillmans Crossing<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/caboolture-river-road-heritage-drive/ |title=Caboolture River Road Heritage Drive |author=Tracey Lloyd |date=29 January 2010 |website=weekendnotes.com |publisher=OatLabs ABN: 18113479226 |access-date=25 September 2018 |quote=Zillmans Crossing ... marks the original trail from Brisbane to Caboolture. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065217/https://www.weekendnotes.com/caboolture-river-road-heritage-drive/ |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and proceeds to [[Wamuran, Queensland|Wamuran]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.0405214,152.8605582/-27.1233737,152.8600403/@-27.0754056,152.8393539,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old North Road – Upper Caboolture to Wamuran|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>

Early roads from the North Pine River crossing to the Caboolture River crossing may have included parts of:{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
* '''Narangba Road''' from [[Anzac Avenue]] in [[Kallangur, Queensland|Kallangur]] to [[Narangba, Queensland|Narangba]], where it becomes (after a short distance as Main Street) '''Oakey Flat Road''' , to '''Morayfield Road''' at [[Morayfield, Queensland|Morayfield]].<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1104698,152.9494723/-27.2542913,152.9812024/@-27.1847903,152.9118052,12z/data=!4m3!4m2!3e0!5i2|title=Narangba Road and Oakey Flat Road – Kallangur to Morayfield|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>
* '''Burpengary Road''' from Boundary Road at [[Dakabin, Queensland|Dakabin]] to [[Burpengary, Queensland|Burpengary]], where it becomes Station Road. From Station Road the direct route to Morayfield follows Obrien Road and Lindsay Road.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1230978,152.9563593/-27.2136472,152.9668658/@-27.1626157,152.9319704,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Burpengary Road to Lindsay Road – Dakabin to Morayfield|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
* '''Old Gympie Road''' from Anzac Avenue in Kallangur to Morayfield Road at Burpengary.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1582618,152.9776701/-27.2514867,152.9869209/@-27.2041331,152.9802406,13z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Old Gympie Road – Kallangur to Burpengary|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
* '''Caboolture River Road''' from Morayfield Road at Morayfield to Old North Road at Upper Caboolture.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.1239913,152.8612786/-27.1054604,152.9469882/@-27.1123831,152.8858466,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Caboolture River Road – Morayfield to Upper Caboolture|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>

The Oakey Flat Road route avoids the crossing of Burpengary Creek on Obrien Road at Burpengary. From Oakey Flat Road at Morayfield a route consisting of Williamson Road, Forest Hills Drive, Haywood Road and Moorina Road runs to Caboolture River Road at Upper Caboolture,<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.127564,152.8820426/-27.15105,152.9265164/@-27.1375145,152.888765,14z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=Williamson Road, Morayfield to Moorina Road, Upper Caboolture|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref> avoiding the crossing of Sheep Station Creek on Morayfield Road at Morayfield.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Early roads from [[Caboolture, Queensland|Caboolture]] (after travelling east from Wamuran) to [[Landsborough, Queensland|Landsborough]] and then to the Bruce Highway at [[Palmview, Queensland|Palmview]] may have included parts of:{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
* Another segment of '''Old Gympie Road''' from Caboolture to Landsborough.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.0689978,152.9466445/-26.8208993,152.9514562/@-26.9337022,152.8727642,11z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d152.9359674!2d-27.0474228!3s0x6b93f3713a26cedb:0x35f4fedfaa251e8e!3m4!1m2!1d152.9216139!2d-27.0028162!3s0x6b938ca9f6ff994f:0x3a3cff4f7d64ceca!3m4!1m2!1d152.9165929!2d-26.979725!3s0x6b938b616f58e423:0x6d476cfe84ff0b44!3m4!1m2!1d152.9203992!2d-26.9556049!3s0x6b938b87816a6577:0x2e2aade7389cb4dc!1m0!3e0|title=Old Gympie Road – Caboolture to Landsborough|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
* '''Beerburrum Road''' from Caboolture to [[Beerburrum, Queensland|Beerburrum]],<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.0362376,152.9471743/-26.957567,152.9569931/@-26.9943806,152.9214339,13z/data=!4m24!4m23!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d152.9449635!2d-27.0275552!3s0x6b93f338bd8d1ce3:0x194761e828405cc0!3m4!1m2!1d152.9466109!2d-27.0043405!3s0x6b938cc9b11538f7:0x1ac62ec7c6ef6246!3m4!1m2!1d152.950471!2d-26.9732223!3s0x6b938cf6875d70e5:0xac55f1bcaee8c81c!3m4!1m2!1d152.9504527!2d-26.9712662!3s0x6b938cf6875d70e5:0xac55f1bcaee8c81c!1m0!3e0|title=Beerburrum Road – Caboolture to Beerburrum|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref> where it joins the [[Steve Irwin]] Way to Landsborough and Palmview.

===Tom Petrie’s roads===

====Murrumba Homestead Grounds====

The following quotations are from the [[Murrumba Homestead Grounds]] article.<ref name=qhr1>{{cite QHR|19612|Murrumba Homestead Grounds (former)|602370|access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref>

* "To facilitate his timber operations Tom Petrie marked out several early northern roads, including a track between the Pine River and Bald Hills and a trail from Murrumba to Maroochydore, which later became the Gympie Road. He also blazed a track from North Pine to Humpybong (Redcliffe)."
* "In 1869 Cobb & Co opened a coach route from Brisbane to Gympie via the route Tom had helped mark out."

====Anzac Avenue====

[[Anzac Avenue]] is part of the history of the Bruce Highway as the highway followed it from Petrie to [[Rothwell, Queensland|Rothwell]] for many years prior to the construction of its present alignment.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

The following quotation is from the Anzac Avenue article.<ref name="qhr2">{{cite QHR|21770|Anzac Memorial Avenue (former)|602693|access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref>

* "A road from Bald Hills to Redcliffe was formed by the early 1860s, but by 1864 this was almost impassable. Tom Petrie marked a track from the Hays Inlet crossing and in the early 1870s assisted in surveying the road. Known as the "Brisbane Road" it became the primary way of accessing the Redcliffe Peninsula by road."

==Upgrades==
One of the most dramatic deviations of the highway was the Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation. Beginning construction in 1972, the new route stretched from Roghan Road at Bald Hills to Deception Bay Road at Burpengary.  Construction took place across four stages, the last of which was opened on 10 November 1977.

Due to the nature of wet weather and tropical cyclone prone areas of North Queensland, the highway is prone to frequent flooding in a number of places. Following the catastrophic [[2010–2011 Queensland floods|Queensland floods in 2010–2011]] the Australian Government commissioned a feasibility study on flood-proofing the highway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Queensland flood victims overwhelmed by damage |author=Geoff Chambers |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=8 January 2011 |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/queensland-flood-victims-overwhelmed-by-damage/story-e6freuy9-1225983909148 |access-date=19 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930133637/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/queensland-flood-victims-overwhelmed-by-damage/story-e6freuy9-1225983909148 |archive-date=30 September 2012 }}</ref>

Numerous stretches of the highway are set to undergo redevelopment, realignment, flood-proofing and extension of dual carriageway sections.<ref name="babh">{{Cite news |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/local/article.aspx?id=636883&vId= |title=Bligh announces Bruce Hwy upgrade |access-date=5 September 2011 |date=12 July 2011 |publisher=Sky News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326001549/http://www.skynews.com.au/local/article.aspx?id=636883&vId= |archive-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref> Former Premier [[Anna Bligh]] announced the plans while launching the [[Queensland Infrastructure Plan]] (Now (A part of) known as Building Our Future, it includes all Transport Infrastructure Projects Nation-wide). The works are expected to total A$2 billion and include 77<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://buildingourfuture.gov.au/projects/search/Bruce%20Highway/1|title=Projects matching 'Bruce Highway'|website=Building our future|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103035634/https://buildingourfuture.gov.au/projects/search/Bruce%2520Highway/1|url-status=live}}</ref> projects over a period of two decades.<ref name="babh"/> As of December 2020, 23 major projects had been completed under the program including the delivery of 64 bridges, 30 new rest stops, 300&nbsp;km safer roadsides, and 190&nbsp;km wide centre line treatments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade program |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/programs/bruce-highway-upgrade-program |website=sc-tmrwcmgr-cd.azurewebsites.net |language=en |access-date=8 September 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001032422/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/programs/bruce-highway-upgrade-program |url-status=live }}</ref>

To improve flood immunity of the highway south of [[Childers, Queensland|Childers]], a new and improved road alignment and a higher [[Isis River Bridge|bridge]] over the [[Isis River (Queensland)|Isis River]] were completed in September 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade Isis River Bridge |publisher=Department of Transport and Main Roads |date=15 February 2011 |url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Upgrade-Isis-River-Bridge.aspx |access-date=23 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224213009/http://tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Upgrade-Isis-River-Bridge.aspx |archive-date=24 February 2011 }}</ref>

Between the [[Gateway Motorway]] and Caboolture, the highway has been widened to eight and six lanes since 2001, including the Dohles Rocks Road to Boundary Road section in October 2004, the Boundary Road to Uhlmann Road section in March 2007, and the latest section Uhlmann Road to Bribie Island Road in November 2009. Extension of the six lane section to Steve Irwin Way is proposed to commence in 2020.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

A new interchange has been built at the notorious intersection of Roys Road at [[Beerwah, Queensland|Beerwah]]. It also connects to the nearby Bells Creek Road, eliminating another dangerous intersection.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/9/28/bruce-highway-overpass-opens-at-beerwah |title=Bruce Highway overpass opens at Beerwah |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120235918/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2015/9/28/bruce-highway-overpass-opens-at-beerwah |archive-date=20 January 2018 }}</ref> 

The Nambour-Bli Bli Road interchange was upgraded in 1998 from a half-diamond to a dumbbell.  The old interchange had lasted just 8 years.  Later on, the entire [[Nambour, Queensland|Nambour]] Bypass went through a process of rehabilitation due to the extremely rough surface and dangerous pothole appearances during wet weather. This work was completed in 2009.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

As of 2020 Sections A, B & C of the joint State and Federal funded {{convert|61|km|mi}} Cooroy to Curra upgrade of the highway are open. The final part of the upgrade, Section D, which provides a motorway-standard bypass of [[Gympie]], opened in October 2024.<ref name="Gympie Bypass">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-16/gympie-bypass-opens-bruce-highway-queensland-roads/104477620|title=Gympie Bypass opens, marking final stage of Bruce Highway upgrades|author-first1=Grace|author-last1=Whiteside|author-first2=David|author-last2=Dowsett|author-first3=Lucy|author-last3=Loram|date=16 October 2024|publisher=ABC Wide Bay|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>

===Major upgrades: Bald Hills to Cooroy===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Date !! Details
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| 1963|| Old Gympie Road between Kallangur and Burpengary  was upgraded so it could carry highway traffic.  It was eventually bypassed by the Bald Hills-Burpengary deviation.
|-
| late 1965 or early 1966|| 2 mile section of dual carriageway from Woombye to Nambour completed, including two new bridges over Paynters Creek.
|-
| August 1966|| Caboolture Bypass Stage 1. Single-carriageway completed between Burpengary Creek and Bribie Island Road.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1966-1967</ref>
|-
| 1967|| Second carriageway between the Redcliffe turnoff at Burpengary and the southern end of the Caboolture Bypass completed.
|-
| late 1969 or early 1970|| New bridges completed over the railway line at Kulangoor and over the South Maroochy River at Yandina.
|-
| August 1970|| Caboolture Bypass Stage 2. Single-carriageway completed between Bribie Island Road and Red Road.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1970-1971</ref>
|-
| mid 1971|| Zillmere Road to Roghan Road duplication, including duplicate bridge over Cabbage Tree Creek.
|-
| December 1972|| Single-carriageway deviation between Eumundi and Cooroy, including a new bridge over the North Maroochy River.  The old alignment is now Eumundi Range Road.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1972-1973</ref>
|-
| December 1973|| Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation Stage 1 (Roghan Road to Strathpine Road)<ref name="ReferenceA">Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1973-1974</ref>
|-
| December 1973|| Beerwah Bypass. 2.5&nbsp;km-long deviation completed between Roys Road and Foley Road including a new concrete bridge across Coochin Creek.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|-
| November 1974|| 6&nbsp;km-long single-carriageway deviation completed between Yandina and Eumundi including a new concrete bridge over Browns Creek to replace an old timber bridge.<ref name="ReferenceB">Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1974-1975</ref>
|-
| December 1974|| Glasshouse Mountains Bypass. 1.5&nbsp;km-long deviation completed between Glasshouse Mountains Sportsground and Kings Road including a new concrete bridge across Coonowrin Creek.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
|-
| August 1976|| Eumundi Bypass. 2.4&nbsp;km-long deviation completed between Eumundi-Noosa Road and Eumundi-Kenilworth Road.<ref name="ReferenceC">Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1976-1977</ref>
|-
| 2 August 1976|| Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation Stage 2. 12&nbsp;km-long single-carriageway deviation completed between Strathpine Road and Boundary Road.<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
|-
| March 1977|| Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation Stage 3. Second carriageway completed between Strathpine Road and Boundary Road.<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
|-
| 10&nbsp;November&nbsp;1977|| Bald Hills to Burpengary Deviation Stage 4. Boundary Road to Deception Bay Road section completed.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1977-1978</ref>
|-
| 9 August 1979|| Burpengary Creek to Bribie Island Road Duplication. Second carriageway completed between Burpengary Creek and Bribie Island Road, including interchanges at Station Road, Uhlmann Road, and Bribie Island Road.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1979-1980</ref>
|-
| 30 June 1983|| Bribie Island Road to Beerburrum Creek duplication.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1982-83</ref>
|-
| 9 December 1985|| Beerburrum Creek to Caloundra Road Deviation. Major 26.5&nbsp;km-long four lane deviation completed between Beerburrum Creek and Caloundra Road.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1985-1986</ref>
|-
| September 1987|| Caloundra Road to Sippy Creek duplication.
|-
| 16 November 1989|| Tanawha Deviation. Four lane deviation completed between Sippy Creek and [[Maroochydore Road]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 23 November 1990|| Nambour Bypass. Single-carriageway bypass of Nambour completed between Maroochydore Road and Parklands.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| December 1992|| Dohles Rocks Road half-diamond interchange added{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 20 December 1993|| Nambour Bypass Duplication. Second carriageway completed between Kiel Mountain Road overpass and Parklands.
|-
| 17 May 1994|| Cooroy Bypass. Single-carriageway bypass of Cooroy officially opened by Minister for Transport [[David Hamill]].<ref>Queensland Transport Annual Report 1993-1994</ref>
|-
| November 1996|| Morayfield Interchange. New interchange opened at Buchanans Road, Morayfield, replacing at-grade intersections there and at Old Coach Road.  
|-
| 17 July 1997|| Yandina Bypass. Dual-carriageway bypass of Yandina officially opened by Federal Minister for Transport [[John Sharp (Australian politician)|John Sharp]].<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1996-1997</ref>
|-
| 23 July 2002|| Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road six-laning.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 19&nbsp;September&nbsp;2003|| Yandina to Cooroy Duplication. Dual-carriageways completed between Browns Creek and Eumundi Range.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 20 January 2005|| Dohles Rocks Road to Boundary Road six-laning. Six-lane upgrade completed between Dohles Rocks Road and Boundary Road, including upgrades to the Anzac Avenue interchange.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2F3OZE6%22 |title=BRUCE HIGHWAY WIDENING OFFICIALLY OPENED |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 January 2005 |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523074838/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2F3OZE6%22 |archive-date=23 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
| 12 March 2007|| Boundary Road to Uhlmann Road six-laning. Six-lane upgrade completed between Boundary Road and Uhlmann Road, including upgrades to the Deception Bay Road and Uhlmann Road interchanges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2FULHM6%22 |title=AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ACHIEVES ANOTHER ROADS MILESTONE FOR SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 March 2007 |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523074838/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2FULHM6%22 |archive-date=23 May 2018 }}</ref>
|-
| 5 November 2009|| Uhlmann Road to Bribie Island Road six-laning. Six-lane upgrade completed between Uhlmann and Bribie Island Roads, including upgrades to the Bribie Island Road interchange.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
|8 September 2017||Boundary Road interchange upgrade.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
|August 2021||Six-lane upgrade completed between Caloundra Road and Sunshine Motorway, including upgrades to both interchanges, and also included smart technologies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-caloundra-road-to-sunshine-motorway |title=Bruce Highway (Brisbane - Gympie), Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway, upgrade |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029223746/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-caloundra-road-to-sunshine-motorway |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|April 2024||Six-lane upgrade completed between Bribie Island Road and Steve Irwin Way, including upgrades to creek crossings and the Pumicestone Road interchange.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruce Highway |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-brisbane-gympie-caboolture-bribie-island-road-to-steve-irwin-way-upgrade |access-date=2025-05-09 |publisher=Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830001536/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-brisbane-gympie-caboolture-bribie-island-road-to-steve-irwin-way-upgrade |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

===Major upgrades: Cooroy to Rockhampton===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Details
|-
| May 1940|| Wallaville – [[Burnett River]] Bridge{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 1956|| [[Isis River Bridge]] replacement
|-
| December 1967|| Ambrose to Raglan Deviation{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 1971|| Coles Creek Deviation
|-
| April 1973|| Gunalda Bypass{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 1974|| Gavial Deviation:
New road built from the southern end of Roope Road to Jellicoe Street, bypassing Port Curtis Road.<br>  A new Burnett Highway junction was built as well.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| April 1975|| [[Calliope River]] Bridge{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| August 1976|| Bauple Deviation (9.6 km)
|-
| May 1977|| Bajool Bypass
|-
| April 1979|| McKenzie Creek Deviation (3.3 km)
|-
| 1980|| McKenzie Creek to Oaky Creek Deviation (1.8 km)
|-
| May 1984|| Howard-Torbanlea Deviation{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 1985|| Curra deviation.  4.6 km of new road built to bypass a narrow railway bridge at Harvey Siding Road.
|-
| 7 October 1986|| Rockhampton Deviation:
New road built from the new Capricorn Highway roundabout to the existing Burnett Highway junction (built in 1974).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 14 September 1990|| Maryborough Bypass{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 16 November 1991|| Glenwood Deviation. Old alignment now Shadbolt Road, Bolderrow Road and Murphys Road.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 5 July 1999|| Wallaville Deviation – [[Tim Fischer]] Bridge{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 2000|| Skyring Creek bridge replacement.<ref>Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1999-2000</ref>
|-
| 14 February 2001|| Gunalda Range Deviation.  Old alignment now Bonnick Road and Davey Road{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| August 2011|| [[Isis River Bridge]] replacement, 1956 bridge replaced.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 18 December 2012|| Cooroy to Curra Upgrade Section B{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 28 October 2013|| Rockhampton – Yeppen North{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 11 June 2014|| Calliope Interchange{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 22 October 2015|| Rockhampton – Yeppen South{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 5 May 2017|| Cooroy to Curra Upgrade Section A{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| 9 November 2017|| Cooroy to Curra Upgrade Section C{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
|-
| May 2021|| Calliope River to Mount Larcom, improve safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-benaraby-rockhampton-calliope-river-to-mount-larcom-improve-safety |title=Bruce Highway (Benaraby - Rockhampton), Calliope River to Mount Larcom, improve safety |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829233858/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-benaraby-rockhampton-calliope-river-to-mount-larcom-improve-safety |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|August 2021|| Gentle Annie Road to St Arnauds Creek.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gentle-annie-road-to-st-arnauds-creek |title=Bruce Highway—Gentle Annie Road to St Arnauds Creek |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903041704/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gentle-annie-road-to-st-arnauds-creek |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|November 2021|| Wide Bay Highway intersection upgrade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-wide-bay-highway-intersection-upgrade |title=Bruce Highway—Wide Bay Highway intersection upgrade |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 December 2021 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903042439/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-wide-bay-highway-intersection-upgrade |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|January 2022|| Tinana overtaking lanes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-tinana-overtaking-lanes |title=Bruce Highway—Tinana overtaking lanes |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903042056/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-tinana-overtaking-lanes |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|15 October 2024|| Cooroy to Curra Section D (Gympie Bypass) opens.<ref name="Gympie Bypass"/>

|}

===Major upgrades: Rockhampton to Townsville===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Details
|-
| 10 May 1973|| Bowen – [[Don River Bridge, Bowen|Don River Bridge]]
|-
| January 1975|| Parkhurst – Ramsey Creek Bridge 
|-
| 23&nbsp;December&nbsp;1977|| Mackay – Bakers Creek Deviation 
|-
| 12 July 1980|| Mackay Deviation – [[Ron Camm]] Bridge 
|-
| 16 August 1980|| Rockhampton Deviation – [[Neville Hewitt Bridge]]
|-
| 29 October 1982|| Marlborough–Sarina alignment change.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://railknowledgebank.com/Presto/content/GetDoc.axd?ctID=MjE1ZTI4YzctZjc1YS00MzQ4LTkyY2UtMDJmNTgxYjg2ZDA5&rID=NzExNA==&pID=MTQ3Ng==&attchmnt=True&uSesDM=False&rIdx=MTU5NDU=&rCFU= |title=Qoeensland Roads (Page 18) |publisher=Main Roads Queensland |date=December 1984 |access-date=11 December 2023 |archive-date=6 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006130438/https://railknowledgebank.com/Presto/content/GetDoc.axd?ctID=MjE1ZTI4YzctZjc1YS00MzQ4LTkyY2UtMDJmNTgxYjg2ZDA5&rID=NzExNA==&pID=MTQ3Ng==&attchmnt=True&uSesDM=False&rIdx=MTU5NDU=&rCFU= |url-status=live }}</ref> (Project commenced in 1974)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2FHPR08000935b%22;src1=sm1 |title=Marlborough/Sarina coastal road to be a National Highway |publisher=Australian Parliament |date=2 August 1974 |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
| September 1984|| Thoopara – 3.4&nbsp;km deviation and new bridge over O'Connell River 
|-
| 1991|| Mackay City Gates – Realignment of Nebo Road at the City Gates with provision of an overpass to allow for future North Coast Railway realignment (railway realignment officially opened in 1993) 
|-
| July 1993|| Barratta – Collinsons Lagoon realignment 
|-
| December 1993|| Barratta – Middle and East Barratta Creek realignments 
|-
| 1994|| Thoopara – New deviation south of O'Connell River bridge.  Remnants of old highway known now as Magees Road and Thomsetts Road 
|-
| 20 April 1994|| Yaamba/Milman Deviation – new alignment with higher-level bridges at Alligator and Plentiful Creeks in response to 1991 Flood 
|-
| September 1994|| Townsville – 1.7km duplication of University Road from Angus Smith Drive to Mark Reid Drive
|-
| January 1996|| Townsville – Duplication of Nathan Street from Bergin Road to Angus Smith Drive (includes [[Sir Charles Newton Barton|Charles N. Barton]] Bridge Duplication).  Upon project completion, alignment of National Highway 1 officially moved to University Road, Nathan Street and Duckworth Street.
|-
| May 1997|| Townsville – 3.2km duplication of University Road from Flinders Highway to Mark Reid Drive. 
|-
| December 1997|| Townsville – Duckworth Street duplication. 
|-
| 18 December 1998|| Mackay – Ron Camm Bridge duplication 
|-
| December 2009|| Mackay – Boundary Road to Farrellys Lane duplication and intersection upgrade 
|-
| 2012|| Mackay – Boundary Road to City Gates intersection upgrades 
|-
| October 2013|| Mackay – Farrellys Road to Temples Lane duplication and intersection upgrades 
|-
| February 2015|| Brandon – Sandy Corner to Collinsons Lagoon realignment for flood mitigation and cane rail overpass 
|-
| October 2015|| Townsville – Vantassel Street to Cluden Drive duplication, rail overpass and intersection upgrades 
|-
| August 2021 || Rockhampton Northern Access Upgrade: duplication of Yaamba Road from Yeppoon Road to Terranova Drive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/rockhampton-northern-access-upgrade |title=Rockhampton Northern Access Upgrade |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922065003/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/rockhampton-northern-access-upgrade |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| December 2021 || Mackay to Proserpine, Bruce Highway Safety Package (Leap to Careys Creek)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-mackay-to-proserpine-bruce-highway-safety-package-leap-to-careys-creek |title=Bruce Highway (Mackay to Proserpine) Bruce Highway Safety Package (Leap to Careys Creek) |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830063143/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-mackay-to-proserpine-bruce-highway-safety-package-leap-to-careys-creek |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| December 2021 || Rockhampton – St Lawrence, provide bicycle on and off-road paths.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-rockhampton-st-lawrence-provide-bicycle-on-and-off-road-paths |title=Bruce Highway (Rockhampton – St Lawrence) provide bicycle on and off road paths |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830070824/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-rockhampton-st-lawrence-provide-bicycle-on-and-off-road-paths |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| December 2021 || Rockhampton – St Lawrence, Carlton Street to Yeppoon Road, improve cycle facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-rockhampton-st-lawrence-carlton-street-to-yeppoon-road-improve-cycle-facilities |title=Bruce Highway (Rockhampton – St Lawrence), Carlton Street to Yeppoon Road, improve cycle facilities |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830071041/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-rockhampton-st-lawrence-carlton-street-to-yeppoon-road-improve-cycle-facilities |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|July 2022||Giru, Haughton River Floodplain Upgrade, construct bridges and approaches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-haughton-river-floodplain-upgrade-construct-bridges-and-approaches |title=Bruce Highway, Haughton River Floodplain Upgrade, construct bridges and approaches |publisher=Queensland Government |date=9 August 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903035311/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-haughton-river-floodplain-upgrade-construct-bridges-and-approaches |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

===Major upgrades: Townsville to Cairns===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Details
|-
| 1959|| Gordonvale/Aloomba Bypass Stage 1: Swan Creek to Riverstone Road, including Carl Wordsworth Bridge 
|-
| 1961|| Gordonvale/Aloomba Bypass Stage 2: Mackey's Creek to Riverstone Road, bypass of Gordonvale 
|-
| 1962|| Rollingstone Deviation 
|-
| 1963|| Gordonvale/Aloomba Bypass Stage 3: Swan Creek to Leumann Road, bypass of Aloomba 
|-
| 1966|| Gordonvale/Aloomba Bypass Stage 4: Leumann Road to Assman Road 
|-
| 28 September 1968|| Ingham Deviation – John Row Bridge at [[Herbert River]]
|-
| December 1968|| Bellenden Plains / Murray River Deviation – replaced in 2008 by Tully Alliance Project 
|-
| 1970|| Bellenden Ker Deviation: new alignment built to the west of the North Coast Railway line, includes new bridge over Harvey Creek 
|-
| 1971|| Cairns – Duplication of Mulgrave Road from Aumuller Street to Draper Street
|-
| October 1971|| Townsville – [[Black River (Queensland)|Black River]] Bridge 
|-
| 9 July 1973|| Innisfail Deviation – Centenary Bridge 
|-
| 1974|| Townsville – Partial realignment of Bruce Highway.  Alignment shifted off of Ingham Road<br>  onto Woolcock Street between Charters Towers Road and Kings Road
|-
| 1976|| Townsville – Partial realignment of Bruce Highway.  Woolcock street extended to Hugh Street and Dalrymple Road
|-
| 1976|| Cairns – Duplication of Mulgrave Road from McCoombe Street to Aumuller Street 
|-
| 1981|| Innisfail – [[Sir Francis Joseph McAvoy|Sir Joseph McAvoy]] Bridge 
|-
| 1982|| Cairns – Clarkes Creek to Gordon Creek duplication 
|-
| 10 November 1984|| Rollingstone Creek – High-level bridge 
|-
| 1986|| Townsville – Duplication of Woolcock Street from Hugh Street to Sturt Street
|-
| 1987|| Cairns – Sheehy Road to Skeleton Creek duplication 
|-
| 23 April 1987|| Cardwell Range Deviation (South) 
|-
| 4 December 1987|| Mutarnee – Ollera Creek Bridge and Mutarnee Deviation 
|-
| 1989|| Cairns – Gordon Creek to Sheehy Road duplication 
|-
| 17 October 1991|| Babinda Bypass Project Stage 1: Lloyd's Corner/Stager Road to Eastwood Street
|-
| December 1992|| Townsville - High-level bridge over Bohle River 
|-
| 1993|| Babinda Bypass Project: Eastwood Street to Nelson Road 
|-
| 1993|| Edmonton – Skeleton Creek to Robert Road duplication 
|-
| September 1993|| Townsville - Stony Creek to Bohle River duplication
|-
| 1994|| Babinda Bypass Project Stage 3: Nelson Road to Frenchmans Creek 
|-
| 1995|| Townsville - Duplication of Woolcock Street from Sturt Street to Charters Towers Road 
|-
| 1997|| Cairns - Duplication of Florence Street from McLeod Street to Draper Street 
|-
| March 1998|| Townsville Deviation – Woolcock Street extension from Duckworth Street to Bohle River.<br>  Alignment of National Highway 1 officially moved from Ingham Road upon project completion
|-
| 1999|| Edmonton Deviation – realignment and four-laning 
|-
| 2003|| Cairns – Ray Jones Drive to Sheehy Road six-laning 
|-
| 2004|| Cairns – Sheehy Road to Foster Road six-laning 
|-
| 2008|| Tully Alliance Project - New deviation from [[Tully State High School]] to Corduroy Creek.  <br> Includes new crossing over Tully and Murray Rivers, cane rail overpass replacing a level crossing at Silky Oak.
|-
| 17 April 2009|| Townsville Ring Road Stage 3 – National Highway A1 moved from Nathan and Duckworth Streets <br> onto Shaw Road, continuing into The Ring Road.
|-
| 20 April 2009|| Higher-level Mulgrave River Bridge – [[Desmond Trannore Bridge]]
|-
| June 2009|| Mount Low Overpass Townsville 
|-
| 1 November 2013|| Cardwell Range Deviation (North)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minister.infrastructure.gov.au/wt/releases/2013/november/wt017_2013.aspx |title=Cardwell Range Realignment Opens to Traffic |author=The Hon Warren Truss MP, Former Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development |date=1 November 2013 |publisher=Media Release WT017/2013 |access-date=20 January 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112735/http://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/wt/releases/2013/november/wt017_2013.aspx |archive-date=29 December 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| May 2014|| Cairns Southern Access Upgrade – Stage 1 
|-
| December 2016|| Townsville Ring Road Stage 4 – National Highway A1 officially moved from Shaw Road
|-
| August 2017|| Cairns Southern Access Upgrade – Stage 2: Foster Road to Robert Road six-laning 
|-
|July 2021|| Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 4), Kate Street to Aumuller Street, widen to six lanes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cairns-southern-access-corridor-stage-4-kate-street-to-aumuller-street |title=Bruce Highway, Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 4), Kate Street to Aumuller Street, widen to six lanes |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204150122/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cairns-southern-access-corridor-stage-4-kate-street-to-aumuller-street |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Late 2021|| Townsville–Ingham, Hechts Road to Easter Creek Safety Upgrade Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-townsville-ingham-hechts-road-to-easter-creek-safety-upgrade-project |title=Bruce Highway—(Townsville-Ingham) Hechts Road to Easter Creek Safety Upgrade Project |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903035921/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-townsville-ingham-hechts-road-to-easter-creek-safety-upgrade-project |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| November 2023|| Townsville Ring Road Stage 5 – Duplication of the Ring Road from Shaw Road to Riverway Drive.  New interchange constructed at Beck Road
|-
| December 2023|| Cairns Southern Access Upgrade - Stage 3: Petersen Road to Gillies Range Road/Riverstone Road duplication
|}

=== Projects ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+List of projects on the Bruce Highway
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Project
! scope="col" rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | Length (km)
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Construction dates
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Value
! scope="col" rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | Status
! scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | Description
! ! scope="col" rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | Distance from<br />Brisbane (km)
|-
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Start
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | End
|-
| scope="row" | Cooroy to Federal
| align="right" | 13.5
| data-sort-value="20130701" | July 2013<ref name=TMR-COO-FED>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Upgrade-Section-A-Cooroy-to-Federal.aspx|title=Bruce Highway Upgrade (Cooroy to Curra): Section A (Cooroy to Federal)|publisher=Queensland Government|date=16 July 2014|access-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017020652/http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Upgrade-Section-A-Cooroy-to-Federal.aspx|archive-date=17 October 2014}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="20161201" | May 2017<ref name=TMR-COO-FED/>
| $590 million<ref name=TMR-COO-FED/>
| data-sort-value="5" | Complete
| Section A of Cooroy to Curra. Four lane divided highway, new alignment.
| 126
|-
| scope="row" | Federal to Traveston
| align="right" | 12
| data-sort-value="20090901" | September 2009<ref name=TMR-FED-TRA>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Upgrade-Section-B-Federal-to-Traveston.aspx|title=Bruce Highway (Cooroy to Curra) Upgrade: Section B (Federal to Traveston)|publisher=Queensland Government|date=23 June 2014|access-date=18 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017020743/http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/B/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra-Upgrade-Section-B-Federal-to-Traveston.aspx|archive-date=17 October 2014}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="20121201" | December 2012<ref name=TMR-FED-TRA/>
| $513 million<ref name=TMR-FED-TRA/>
| data-sort-value="9" | Complete
| Section B of Cooroy to Curra. Four lane divided highway, new alignment.
| 140
|-
| scope="row" | Yeppen South 
| align="right" | 2.8
| data-sort-value="20131127" | 27 November 2013<ref name=TMR-YEPS>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/Y/Yeppen-South-Project.aspx|title=Yeppen South Project|publisher=Queensland Government|date=15 July 2014|access-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090617/http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/Y/Yeppen-South-Project.aspx|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="20160101" | 2016<ref name=TMR-YEPS/>
| $296 million<ref name=TMR-YEPS/>
| data-sort-value="5" | Complete
| New elevated crossing across the Yeppen Floodplain as additional carriageway
| 628
|-
| scope="row" | Yeppen North 
| align="right" | 1
| 
| data-sort-value="20131127" | 27 November 2013<ref name=TMR-YEPN>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/Y/Yeppen-North-Project.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424074424/http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/Y/Yeppen-North-Project.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2013|title=Yeppen North Project|publisher=Queensland Government|date=15 July 2014|access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref>
| $85 million<ref name=TMR-YEPN/>
| data-sort-value="9" | Complete
| Safety and traffic flow improvements
| 631
|-
| scope="row" | [[Mackay Ring Road]] (Stage 1)
| align="right" | 11.3
| data-sort-value="20170701" | Mid 2017<ref name=TMR-MCY1>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Featured-projects/Mackay-Ring-Road.aspx|title=Mackay Ring Road|publisher=Queensland Government|date=7 August 2014|access-date=18 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712172628/http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Featured-projects/Mackay-Ring-Road.aspx|archive-date=12 July 2014}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="20181231" | Late 2019<ref name=TMR-MCY1/>
| $560 million<ref name=TMR-MCY1/>
| data-sort-value="2" | In planning
| Two lane highway, new alignment.
| 963
|-
| scope="row" | [[Townsville Ring Road]] (Section 4)
| align="right" | 11
| {{N/a|TBA}}
| {{N/a|TBA}}
| $200 million<ref name=TMR-TSV4>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/T/Townsville-Ring-Road-Section-4.aspx|title=Townsville Ring Road (Section 4)|publisher=Queensland Government|date=15 August 2014|access-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327151114/http://tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/T/Townsville-Ring-Road-Section-4.aspx|archive-date=27 March 2015}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="2" | In planning
| 4 lane motorway, new alignment.
| 1366
|-
| scope="row" | Cairns Bruce Highway Upgrade (Sheehy Road to Ray Jones Drive)
| align="right" | 3.4
| data-sort-value="20100101" | 2010<ref name=TMR-SHR-RJD>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/C/Cairns-Bruce-Highway-Upgrade-Sheehy-Road-Forest-Gardens-to-Ray-Jones-Drive.aspx|title=Cairns Bruce Highway Upgrade – Sheehy Road (Forest Gardens) to Ray Jones Drive|publisher=Queensland Government|date=1 August 2014|access-date=18 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223101248/http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/C/Cairns-Bruce-Highway-Upgrade-Sheehy-Road-Forest-Gardens-to-Ray-Jones-Drive.aspx|archive-date=23 December 2014}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="20140401" | April 2014<ref name=TMR-SHR-RJD/>
| $150 million<ref name=TMR-SHR-RJD/>
| data-sort-value="9" | Complete
| New interchanges, widening of road
| 1696
|-
|Tiaro Bypass
| align="right" | 8
|TBA
|TBA
|$336 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gympie-maryborough-tiaro-bypass-construct-four-lane-bypass|title=Bruce Highway (Gympie – Maryborough), Tiaro Bypass, construct four lane bypass|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802145851/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gympie-maryborough-tiaro-bypass-construct-four-lane-bypass|url-status=live}}</ref>
|In planning
|4 lane motorway, new alignment
|229
|-
|Bowen Connection Road to Champion Street intersection<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-bowen-ayr-bowen-connection-road-to-champion-street-intersection-widen-pavement |title=Bruce Highway (Bowen – Ayr), Bowen Connection Road to Champion Street intersection, widen pavement |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829235719/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-bowen-ayr-bowen-connection-road-to-champion-street-intersection-widen-pavement |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 6
|March 2021
|Late 2022
|$22 million
|Under construction
|Widen pavement
|
|-
|Bowen – Ayr, West Euri to Arrow Creek, South of Plain Creek, North of Armstrong Creek, Between Arrow Creek and Slater Creek<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-bowen-ayr-construct-overtaking-lanes |title=Bruce Highway (Bowen – Ayr), construct overtaking lanes |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830000651/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-bowen-ayr-construct-overtaking-lanes |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|
|December 2022
|$42.39 million
|Under construction
|Construct overtaking lanes
|
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|Caboolture – Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-brisbane-gympie-caboolture-bribie-island-road-to-steve-irwin-way-upgrade |title=Bruce Highway (Brisbane - Gympie), Caboolture – Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way upgrade |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830001536/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-brisbane-gympie-caboolture-bribie-island-road-to-steve-irwin-way-upgrade |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 11
|November 2020
|Late 2023
|$662.5 million
|Under construction
|Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
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|Cooroy to Curra, Section D<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra-section-d |title=Bruce Highway (Cooroy to Curra) Section D |publisher=Queensland Government |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=29 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229233320/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra-section-d |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 26
|Late 2020
|October 2024
|$1 billion
|Complete
|4-lane divided highway
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|Gin Gin to Benaraby, south of Miriam Vale between Charnwood Road and Fairbairn Flats<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gin-gin-to-benaraby-improve-safety |title=Bruce Highway (Gin Gin to Benaraby), improve safety, construct overtaking lane and wide centre line treatment |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830010553/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gin-gin-to-benaraby-improve-safety |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 12
|April 2021
|December 2022
|$43.448 million
|Under construction
|Improve safety, construct overtaking lane and wide centre line treatment
|
|-
|Gympie – Maryborough, Gootchie Road to Sheehans Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gympie-maryborough-gootchie-road-to-sheehans-road-widen-pavement-and-improve-safety |title=Bruce Highway (Gympie – Maryborough), Gootchie Road to Sheehans Road, widen pavement and improve safety |publisher=Queensland Government |date=23 December 2021 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830011247/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-gympie-maryborough-gootchie-road-to-sheehans-road-widen-pavement-and-improve-safety |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|
|Late 2022
|$26.64 million
|Under construction
|Widen pavement and improve safety
|
|-
|Ingham – Innisfail, East Feluga Road and Feluga Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-ingham-innisfail-east-feluga-road-and-feluga-road-improve-intersection |title=Bruce Highway (Ingham - Innisfail), East Feluga Road and Feluga Road, improve intersection |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830011924/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-ingham-innisfail-east-feluga-road-and-feluga-road-improve-intersection |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|
|Late 2022
|$8.4 million
|Under construction
|Improve intersection
|
|-
|Ingham – Innisfail, Gairloch (5km north of Ingham)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-ingham-innisfail-gairloch-safety-improvements |title=Bruce Highway (Ingham – Innisfail), Gairloch safety improvements |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830012759/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-ingham-innisfail-gairloch-safety-improvements |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 13
|November 2021
|
|$40 million
|In planning
|Safety improvements
|
|-
|Ingham – Innisfail, Smiths Gap, near Friday Pocket Road approximately 2 km south of El Arish<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-ingham-innisfail-smiths-gap-construct-southbound-overtaking-lane-and-fauna-overpass |title=Bruce Highway (Ingham – Innisfail), Smiths Gap, construct southbound overtaking lane and fauna overpass |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830013528/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-ingham-innisfail-smiths-gap-construct-southbound-overtaking-lane-and-fauna-overpass |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|July 2020
|
|$13.8 million
|Under construction
|Construct southbound overtaking lane and fauna overpass
|
|-
|Innisfail Bypass<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-innisfail-cairns-innisfail-bypass-plan-and-preserve-corridor |title=Bruce Highway (Innisfail - Cairns), Innisfail Bypass, plan and preserve corridor |publisher=Queensland Government |date=22 August 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830062245/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-innisfail-cairns-innisfail-bypass-plan-and-preserve-corridor |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|July 2022
|February 2024
|$9 million
|In planning
|Plan and preserve corridor
|
|-
|Babinda, Munro street<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-innisfail-cairns-and-munro-street-babinda-intersection-upgrade |title=Bruce Highway (Innisfail — Cairns) and Munro street (Babinda) intersection upgrade |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830062106/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-innisfail-cairns-and-munro-street-babinda-intersection-upgrade |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|October 2020
|
|$7.23 million
|Under construction
|Intersection upgrade
|
|-
|Mackay – Proserpine, Jumper Creek, about 57km north of Mackay<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-mackay-proserpine-jumper-creek-upgrade-flood-immunity |title=Bruce Highway (Mackay – Proserpine), Jumper Creek, upgrade flood immunity |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830062732/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-mackay-proserpine-jumper-creek-upgrade-flood-immunity |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 1
|April 2022
|Mid 2023
|$23 million
|Under construction
|Upgrade flood immunity
|
|-
|Mackay – Proserpine, Knobels Road and Nebia Coningsby Road at Farleigh<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-mackay-proserpine-knobels-road-upgrade-intersection-and-approaches |title=Bruce Highway (Mackay – Proserpine), Knobels Road, upgrade intersection and approaches |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830063930/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-mackay-proserpine-knobels-road-upgrade-intersection-and-approaches |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 1
|June 2022
|Mid 2023
|$7 million
|Under construction
|Upgrade intersection and approaches
|
|-
|Maryborough – Gin Gin, Saltwater Creek and Deadmans Gully<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-maryborough-gin-gin-saltwater-creek-and-deadmans-gully-flood-immunity-upgrades |title=Bruce Highway (Maryborough – Gin Gin), Saltwater Creek and Deadmans Gully, flood immunity upgrades |publisher=Queensland Government |date=26 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830064357/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-maryborough-gin-gin-saltwater-creek-and-deadmans-gully-flood-immunity-upgrades |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 11
|July 2021
|Late 2022
|$103 million
|Under construction
|Flood immunity upgrades
|
|-
|Maryborough – Gin Gin, various locations including Wongi to Nulla Flats<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-maryborough-gin-gin-various-locations-including-wongi-to-nulla-flats-improve-safety |title=Bruce Highway (Maryborough – Gin Gin), various locations including Wongi to Nulla Flats, improve safety |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830064916/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-maryborough-gin-gin-various-locations-including-wongi-to-nulla-flats-improve-safety |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 16
|Early 2022
|Early 2023
|$9.35 million
|Under construction
|Improve safety
|
|-
|Proserpine – Bowen, Emu Creek to Drays Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-proserpine-bowen-emu-creek-to-drays-road-various-locations-widen-formation |title=Bruce Highway (Proserpine – Bowen), Emu Creek to Drays Road, various locations, widen formation |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830065529/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-proserpine-bowen-emu-creek-to-drays-road-various-locations-widen-formation |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 20
|
|December 2022
|$38.82 million
|Under construction
|Various locations, widen formation
|
|-
|Proserpine – Bowen, Ten Mile Creek to Yeates Creek<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-proserpine-bowen-ten-mile-creek-to-yeates-creek-improve-safety |title=Bruce Highway (Proserpine – Bowen) Ten Mile Creek to Yeates Creek, improve safety |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830065938/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-proserpine-bowen-ten-mile-creek-to-yeates-creek-improve-safety |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|August 2021
|December 2023
|$44.07 million
|Under construction
|Improve safety
|
|-
|Proserpine – Bowen, Bowen Connection Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-proserpine-bowen-bowen-connection-road-improve-intersection |title=Bruce Highway (Proserpine – Bowen), Bowen Connection Road, improve intersection |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830070340/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-proserpine-bowen-bowen-connection-road-improve-intersection |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|March 2021
|Late 2022
|$8.03 million
|Under construction
|Improve intersection
|
|-
|Rockhampton – St Lawrence, Neilsen Avenue to Plentiful Creek<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-rockhampton-st-lawrence-neilsen-avenue-to-plentiful-creek-improve-safety |title=Bruce Highway (Rockhampton – St Lawrence), Neilsen Avenue to Plentiful Creek, improve safety |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830071509/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-rockhampton-st-lawrence-neilsen-avenue-to-plentiful-creek-improve-safety |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|
|August 2022
|$32.25 million
|Under construction
|Improve safety
|
|-
|Pine River to Caloundra Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-pine-river-to-caloundra-road |title=Bruce Highway Planning Project—Pine River to Caloundra Road |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903014648/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-pine-river-to-caloundra-road |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|
|Late 2020
|$10 million
|Completed
|Planning Project
|
|-
|Deception Bay Road Interchange<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-deception-bay-road-interchange |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade—Deception Bay Road Interchange |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903015245/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-deception-bay-road-interchange |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|November 2020
|
|$163.3 million
|Under construction
|Upgrade
|
|-
|Deception Bay Road to Caboolture-Bribie Island Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-deception-bay-road-to-caboolture-bribie-island-road |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade—Deception Bay Road to Caboolture-Bribie Island Road |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903015828/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-deception-bay-road-to-caboolture-bribie-island-road |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|
|
|$2 million
|In planning
|Upgrade Planning
|
|-
|Maroochydore Road and Mons Road Interchanges<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-maroochydore-road-and-mons-road-interchanges |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade – Maroochydore Road and Mons Road Interchanges |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 August 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903020430/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-maroochydore-road-and-mons-road-interchanges |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|
|Mid 2023
|$301.25 million
|Under construction
|Upgrade interchanges
|
|-
|Sunshine Motorway to Maroochydore Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-sunshine-motorway-to-maroochydore-road |title=Bruce Highway Upgrade – Sunshine Motorway to Maroochydore Road |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903021042/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-sunshine-motorway-to-maroochydore-road |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|
|
|$500,000
|Future planning
|Upgrade planning
|
|-
|Pine River to Caloundra Road Smart Motorways (Stage 2)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-pine-river-to-caloundra-road-smart-motorways-stage-2 |title=Bruce Highway – Pine River to Caloundra Road Smart Motorways (Stage 2) |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903015834/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-pine-river-to-caloundra-road-smart-motorways-stage-2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|Early 2021
|2024
|$105 million
|Under construction
|Smart Motorways
|
|-
|Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 3), Edmonton to Gordonvale<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cairns-southern-access-corridor-stage-3-edmonton-to-gordonvale |title=Bruce Highway, Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 3), Edmonton to Gordonvale, construction |publisher=Queensland Government |date=1 September 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903032554/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cairns-southern-access-corridor-stage-3-edmonton-to-gordonvale |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 10.5
|
|Mid 2023
|$481 million
|Under construction
|Upgrade and duplication
|
|-
|Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 5), Foster Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cairns-southern-access-corridor-stage-5-foster-road-upgrade-intersection |title=Bruce Highway, Cairns Southern Access Corridor (Stage 5), Foster Road upgrade intersection |publisher=Queensland Government |date=22 December 2021 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903034040/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cairns-southern-access-corridor-stage-5-foster-road-upgrade-intersection |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|
|Early 2024
|$225 million
|In planning
|Upgrade intersection
|
|-
|Cooroy to Curra<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra |title=Bruce Highway—Cooroy to Curra |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903041014/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/bruce-highway-cooroy-to-curra |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 62
|
|Mid 2024
|$2,384.24 million
|Pre-construction
|Realignment and upgrade to 4 lanes
|
|-
|Burdekin River Bridge<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/burdekin-river-bridge-maintenance-and-rehabilitation-program |title=Burdekin River Bridge: maintenance and rehabilitation program |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026104915/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/burdekin-river-bridge-maintenance-and-rehabilitation-program |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|
|Mid 2022
|$96.9 million
|Under construction
|Maintenance and rehabilitation program
|
|-
|Mackay Northern Access Upgrade<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/mackay-northern-access-upgrade-construct-additional-lanes |title=Mackay Northern Access Upgrade, construct additional lanes |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908233839/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/mackay-northern-access-upgrade-construct-additional-lanes |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|
|August 2022
|$144.55 million
|Under construction
|Construct additional lanes
|
|-
|Gateway Motorway and the Bruce Highway Upgrade<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/gateway-motorway-and-bruce-highway-upgrades-north-brisbane-to-moreton-bay-region |title=Gateway Motorway and Bruce Highway Upgrades, North Brisbane to Moreton Bay Region |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=13 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913044546/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/gateway-motorway-and-bruce-highway-upgrades-north-brisbane-to-moreton-bay-region |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|Mid 2020
|
|$2.1 billion
|In planning
|{{plainlist|
* * Upgrading the Gateway Motorway (Bracken Ridge to Pine River). 
* * Upgrading the Bruce Highway (Gateway Motorway to Dohles Rocks Road). 
* * Upgrading Gympie Arterial Road (Strathpine Road to Gateway Motorway). 
* * Delivering north-facing ramps (northern connections) at Dohles Rocks Road interchange to the Bruce Highway.  
* * Building the North South Urban Arterial corridor between Dohles Rocks Road and Anzac Avenue.}}
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|-
|Townsville Northern Access Intersections Upgrade<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/townsville-northern-access-intersections-upgrade-bruce-highway-veales-road-to-pope-road |title=Townsville Northern Access Intersections Upgrade (Bruce Highway, Veales Road to Pope Road) |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=14 September 2022 |archive-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914021227/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/townsville-northern-access-intersections-upgrade-bruce-highway-veales-road-to-pope-road |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|May 2021
|Early 2023
|$107.65 million
|Under construction
|Intersections Upgrade (Veales Road to Pope Road)
|
|-
|Boogan Road, Mourilyan Upgrade<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/boogan-road-widen-and-strengthen-pavement |title=Boogan Road, widen and strengthen pavement |publisher=Queensland Government |date=15 July 2022 |access-date=17 September 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171917/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/projects/boogan-road-widen-and-strengthen-pavement |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="right" | 
|Late 2021
|December 2022
|$7.1 million
|Under construction
|Pavement widening and strengthening
|
|}

==Northern Australian Beef Roads Upgrade==
The [[Northern Australia Beef Roads Program]] announced in 2016 included the following project:

===Road train access to Rockhampton (stage 2)===
The project for upgrading between Gracemere saleyards and the Rockhampton abattoirs to provide access for Type 1 [[Road train|Road Trains]] was completed by early 2021 at a total cost of $30 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=067210-16QLD-NAB |title=Rockhampton Road Network – Road Train Access |publisher=Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications |date=8 April 2021 |access-date=31 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316104113/https://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/projects/ProjectDetails.aspx?Project_id=067210-16QLD-NAB |url-status=dead }}</ref> It involved about {{convert|29|km|mi}} of road improvements on four roads:
* [[Capricorn Highway]] – from Saleyards Road at Gracemere to the Bruce Highway roundabout at Rockhampton ({{convert|7.7|km|mi}}).
* Bruce Highway – from the Capricorn Highway roundabout to the Yaamba Road intersection ({{convert|8.3|km|mi}}).
* Rockhampton–Yeppoon Road – from the Bruce Highway intersection south-west to the Emu Park Road intersection ({{convert|2.4|km|mi}}.
* Rockhampton–Emu Park Road – from the Rockhampton–Yeppoon Road intersection to St Christophers Chapel Road at {{QLDcity|Nerimbera}} ({{convert|10.2|km|mi}}).

[[File:forestgardens.png|thumb|The Bruce Highway in [[Cairns]] southern suburbs at morning [[peak hour]].]]

==Highway towns==
[[File:Bruce Highway passing through Mirriwinni, 2018.jpg|thumb|Bruce Highway passing through Mirriwinni, Cairns Region, 2018]]
Travelling north, the following towns and small cities are found on (or very close to) the Bruce Highway.
{{clear}}
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=== Brisbane to Maryborough ===
* [[Narangba, Queensland|Narangba]]
* [[Burpengary]]
* [[Morayfield, Queensland|Morayfield]]
* [[Caboolture]]
* [[Elimbah, Queensland|Elimbah]]
* [[Beerburrum, Queensland|Beerburrum]]
* [[Glass House Mountains, Queensland|Glass House Mountains]]
* [[Beerwah, Queensland|Beerwah]]
* [[Landsborough, Queensland|Landsborough]]
* [[Woombye, Queensland|Woombye]]
* [[Nambour, Queensland|Nambour]]
* [[Bli Bli, Queensland|Bli Bli]]
* [[Yandina, Queensland|Yandina]]
* [[North Arm, Queensland|North Arm]]
* [[Eumundi]]
* [[Cooroy]]
* [[Pomona, Queensland|Pomona]]
* [[Cooran, Queensland|Cooran]]
* [[Traveston, Queensland|Traveston]]
* [[Gympie]]
* [[Gunalda]]
* [[Bauple, Queensland|Bauple]]
* [[Tiaro, Queensland|Tiaro]]
* [[Owanyilla, Queensland|Owanyilla]]
* [[Tinana, Queensland|Tinana]]
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===Maryborough to Rockhampton===
* [[Aldershot, Queensland|Aldershot]]
* [[Torbanlea]]
* [[Howard, Queensland|Howard]]
* [[Horton, Queensland|Horton]]
* [[Childers, Queensland|Childers]]
* [[Apple Tree Creek, Queensland|Appletree Creek]]
* [[Booyal, Queensland|Booyal]]
* [[Wallaville]]
* [[Gin Gin, Queensland|Gin Gin]]
* [[Miriam Vale, Queensland|Miriam Vale]]
* [[Bororen, Queensland|Bororen]]
* [[Benaraby, Queensland|Benaraby]]
* [[Calliope, Queensland|Calliope]]
* [[Mount Larcom, Queensland|Mount Larcom]]
* [[Ambrose, Queensland|Ambrose]]
* [[Raglan, Queensland|Raglan]]
* [[Marmor, Queensland|Marmor]]
* [[Bajool, Queensland|Bajool]]
* [[Gracemere, Queensland|Gracemere]]
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===Rockhampton to Mackay===
* [[The Caves, Queensland|The Caves]]
* [[Yaamba, Queensland|Yaamba]]
* [[Marlborough, Queensland|Marlborough]]
* [[Ogmore, Queensland|Ogmore]]
* [[St Lawrence, Queensland|St Lawrence]]
* [[Clairview, Queensland|Clairview]]
* [[Carmila, Queensland|Carmila]]
* [[Ilbilbie, Queensland|Ilbilbie]]
* [[Koumala, Queensland|Koumala]]
* [[Sarina, Queensland|Sarina]]
* [[Bakers Creek, Queensland|Bakers Creek]]
{{col-break}}

===Mackay to Townsville===
* [[Glenella, Queensland|Glenella]]
* [[Farleigh, Queensland|Farleigh]]
* [[Kuttabul, Queensland|Kuttabul]]
* [[Mount Ossa, Queensland|Mount Ossa]]
* [[Kolijo, Queensland|Kolijo]] & [[Calen, Queensland|Calen]]
* [[Yalboroo, Queensland|Yalboroo]]
* [[Bloomsbury, Queensland|Bloomsbury]]
* [[Proserpine, Queensland|Proserpine]]
* [[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen]] & [[Merinda, Queensland|Merinda]]
* [[Guthalungra, Queensland|Guthalungra]]
* [[Gumlu, Queensland|Gumlu]]
* [[Inkerman, Queensland|Inkerman]]
* [[Home Hill]]
* [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]]
* [[Brandon, Queensland|Brandon]]
{{col-break}}

===Townsville to Cairns===
* [[Deeragun, Queensland|Deeragun]]
* [[Yabulu, Queensland|Yabulu]]
* [[Bluewater, Queensland|Bluewater]]
* [[Rollingstone, Queensland|Rollingstone]]
* [[Mutarnee, Queensland|Mutarnee]]
* [[Bambaroo, Queensland|Bambaroo]]
* [[Toobanna, Queensland|Toobanna]]
* [[Ingham, Queensland|Ingham]]
* [[Cardwell, Queensland|Cardwell]]
* [[Tully, Queensland|Tully]]
* [[Midgenoo, Queensland|Midgenoo]]
* [[El Arish, Queensland|El Arish]]
* [[Silkwood, Queensland|Silkwood]]
* [[Moresby, Queensland|Moresby]]
* [[Mourilyan, Queensland|Mourilyan]]
* [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]]
* [[Mirriwinni, Queensland|Mirriwinni]]
* [[Babinda]]
* [[Bellenden Ker, Queensland|Bellenden Ker]]
* [[Deeral, Queensland|Deeral]]
* [[Fishery Falls, Queensland|Fishery Falls]]
* [[Aloomba, Queensland|Aloomba]]
* [[Gordonvale, Queensland|Gordonvale]]
* [[Wrights Creek, Queensland|Wrights Creek]]
* [[Mount Peter, Queensland|Mount Peter]]
* [[Edmonton, Queensland|Edmonton]]
* [[Bentley Park, Queensland|Bentley Park]]
* [[Mount Sheridan, Queensland|Mount Sheridan]]
* [[White Rock, Queensland (Cairns Region)|White Rock]]
* [[Woree, Queensland|Woree]]
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==Major intersections==
===M1===
To avoid unnecessary length this table does not show any bridges (see [[Bruce Highway#River crossings|River crossings]] below)
{{AUSinttop|exit|length_ref=<ref name="auto">{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-27.2961605,153.0176278/-16.9203555,145.770728/@-19.4892928,151.6172393,6z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d152.6556298!2d-25.4651169!3s0x6beb65e69cc352c9:0x1300eef158045c30!3m4!1m2!1d147.4059432!2d-19.5739121!3s0x6bd63bb801e91cf1:0x1300eef158e161a0!3m4!1m2!1d145.7433162!2d-16.9396782!3s0x6978640ed1f8e61d:0x1300eef157acaed0!1m0!3e0 |access-date=21 April 2014}}</ref>|exit_ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/73574 |title=Exit numbering system expanded on the Bruce Highway |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 February 2011 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=8 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209002842/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/73574 |archive-date=9 February 2018 }}</ref>}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAC=Brisbane
|location=Bald Hills
|km=0
|exit=127
|road={{AUshield|QLD|M1|QLD|M3|+|airport}} [[Gateway Motorway]] (M1) southeast{{QLDcity|p=on|Gold Coast}}, [[Brisbane Airport]] / <br />[[Gympie Arterial Road]] (M3) south – [[Brisbane]] 
|notes=Southern highway terminus; [[Interchange (road)#Two-way interchanges|partial Y interchange]]: no access between Gateway Motorway and Gympie Arterial Road|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|LGAspan=11
|location_special=[[Griffin, Queensland|Griffin]]–[[Murrumba Downs, Queensland|Murrumba Downs]] boundary
|km=2.2
|exit=130
|road=Dohles Rocks Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Murrumba Downs|Griffin}}
|notes=Half-[[diamond interchange]]: northbound exit and southbound entrance|LGA=[[City of Moreton Bay|Moreton Bay]]}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Kallangur, Queensland|Kallangur]]–[[Mango Hill, Queensland|Mango Hill]]–<br />[[North Lakes, Queensland|North Lakes]] [[tripoint]]
|km=5.0
|km2=7.1
|exit=133
|road={{AUshield|S|71}} [[Anzac Avenue]] (State Route&nbsp;71){{QLDcity|p=on|Petrie|Redcliffe}}
|notes=[[Parclo interchange]]|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=North Lakes–[[Dakabin, Queensland|Dakabin]]–[[Narangba, Queensland|Narangba]] [[tripoint]]
|km=9.7
|km2=11.1
|exit=138
|road=Boundary Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Dakabin|Deception Bay}}
|notes=[[Parclo interchange]]|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Deception Bay, Queensland|Deception Bay]]–[[Burpengary, Queensland|Burpengary]] boundary
|km=13.6
|km2=15.0
|exit=142
|road={{AUshield|S|26}} Deception Bay Road (State Route&nbsp;26) – east{{QLDcity|p=on|Deception Bay}} / <br /> west{{QLDcity|p=on|Burpengary|Narangba}}
|notes=[[Parclo interchange]] |LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=Burpengary
|km=17.9
|km2=19.1
|exit=146
|road={{AUshield|S|60}} Uhlmann Road (State Route 60) – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Burpengary|Morayfield}} / <br /> Uhlmann Road (no shield) – east{{QLDcity|p=on|Burpengary East}}
|notes=[[Diamond interchange]] |LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=Burpengary–[[Morayfield, Queensland|Morayfield]] boundary
|km=19.7
|km2=20.8
|exit=—
|road=Caboolture BP Travel Centre
|rcspan=2
|notes=none|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=Morayfield
|km=21.6
|km2=22.6
|exit=150
|road=Buchanan Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Morayfield}}
|notes=[[Diamond interchange#Dumbbell|Dumbbell interchange]]|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Caboolture
|lspan=2
|km=24.1
|exit=152A
|road=Lower King Street west / Bribe Island Road east{{QLDcity|p=on|Caboolture|Bribie Island}}
|notes=Parclo interchange; northern ramps merge with D'Aguilar Highway southern ramps|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|km=24.8
|km2=26.7
|exit=152B
|road={{AUshield|S|85}} [[D'Aguilar Highway]] (State Route 85){{QLDcity|p=on|Kilcoy}}
|notes=[[Interchange (road)#Trumpet interchange|Trumpet interchange]], southbound exit number is Exit 152|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=Caboolture–[[Elimbah, Queensland|Elimbah]] boundary
|km=29.0
|km2=30.3
|exit=157
|road=Pumicestone Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Elimbah|Toorbul|Donnybrook}}
|notes=[[Diamond interchange]]|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=Elimbah
|km=34.8
|km2=35.9
|exit=163
|road={{AUshield|T|24}} [[Glass House Mountains Road|Steve Irwin Way]] (Tourist Drive 24){{QLDcity|p=on|Beerwah|Glass House Mountains}}
|notes=|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=Sunshine Coast
|LGAspan=13
|location_special=[[Glass House Mountains, Queensland|Glass House Mountains]]–<br />[[Coochin Creek]] boundary
|km=42.8
|km2=43.7
|exit=171
|road=Johnston Road – Mobil Service Centre, [[Wild Horse Mountain]] Lookout
|notes=[[Diamond interchange]] |LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location_special=Beerwah–Coochin Creek boundary
|km=45.4
|exit=–
|road=Beerburrum East State Forest access
|notes=[[Intersection (road)|At-grade intersection]]: southbound entrance and exit only|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Beerwah, Queensland|Beerwah]]–Coochin Creek boundary
|km=50.9
|km2=52.2
|exit=179
|road=Roys Road – west – Beerwah / east – Coochin Creek
|notes=Diamond interchange. This interchange replaces [[at-grade intersection]]s with Roys and Bells Creek Roads that are now closed.
|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Meridan Plains, Queensland|Meridan Plains]]–[[Glenview, Queensland|Glenview]] boundary
|km=59.7
|km2=61.2
|exit=188
|road={{AUshield|S|6|T|24}} [[Glass House Mountains Road|Steve Irwin Way]] (State Route&nbsp;6 / Tourist Drive&nbsp;24) west / [[Caloundra Road]] (State Route&nbsp;6) east
|notes=[[Diverging diamond interchange]], northbound access to Frizzo Connection Road to access [[Aussie World]]|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Palmview
|km=62.8
|exit=190
|road=Frizzo Connection Road / Pignata Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Glenview|Palmview}}
|notes=[[Frontage road]], southbound exit only, access to [[Aussie World]]|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Tanawha, Queensland|Tanawha]]–[[Sippy Downs, Queensland|Sippy Downs]] boundary
|km=65.3
|km2=67.2
|exit=194
|road={{AUshield|S|70}} [[Sunshine Motorway]] (State Route&nbsp;70){{QLDcity|p=on|Buderim|Mooloolaba}}
|notes=[[Trumpet interchange]] |LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Forest Glen, Queensland|Forest Glen]]–[[Chevallum, Queensland|Chevallum]] boundary
|km=70.4
|km2=72.5
|exit=200
|road=Mons Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Forest Glen}}, Buderim
|notes=[[Frontage road]]s|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Woombye
|km=73.0
|km2=74.3
|exit=201
|road={{AUshield|S|8}} [[Maroochydore Road]] (State Route&nbsp;8) east / Nambour Connection Road west{{QLDcity|p=on|Nambour|Woombye|Maroochydore}}, [[Big Pineapple]]
|notes=[[Roundabout interchange]]|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Bli Bli, Queensland|Bli&nbsp;Bli]]–[[Nambour, Queensland|Nambour]] boundary
|km=80.4
|km2=80.9
|exit=208
|road={{AUshield|S|10|T|23|+|airport}} Nambour–Bli Bli Road (State Route&nbsp;10 east / Tourist Drive&nbsp;23 west){{QLDcity|p=on|Nambour|Bli Bli|Mapleton}}, [[Sunshine Coast Airport]]
|notes=Dumbbell interchange, formerly half-diamond|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location_special=Bli&nbsp;Bli–[[Parklands, Queensland|Parklands]]–[[Kulangoor, Queensland|Kulangoor]] tripoint
|km=82.5
|km2=83.5
|exit=210
|road=Nambour Connection Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Parklands}}
|notes=Partial parclo interchange: no northbound entrance ramp|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Yandina
|km=87.0
|km2=87.9
|exit=215
|road={{AUshield|S|11}} Yandina–Coolum Road (State Route&nbsp;11){{QLDcity|p=on|Yandina|Coolum Beach}}
|notes=Dumbbell interchange|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Eumundi
|lspan=1
|km=95.1
|km2=95.2
|exit=224
|road={{AUshield|S|12}} Eumundi–Noosa Road (State Route&nbsp;12 east){{QLDcity|p=on|Eumundi|Noosa|Kenilworth}}
|notes=Hybrid interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance only|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Eerwah Vale
|km=99.0
|exit=224
|road=Memorial Drive / Eumundi–Kenilworth Road&nbsp;– Eumundi, Noosa, Kenilworth
|notes=Hybrid interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance only|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAS=Noosa
|LGAspan=3
|location=Cooroy
|km=102.4
|km2=103.8
|exit=230
|road={{AUshield|S|6}} Myall Street (State Route&nbsp;6){{QLDcity|p=on|Cooroy|Noosa}}
|notes=Trumpet interchange|LGA=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA=
|location=Pomona
|km=108.7
|km2=110.6
|exit=237
|road=Cooroy Connection Road – southeast{{QLDcity|p=on|Pomoma|Kin Kin}} / <br /> Old Bruce Highway – northwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Pomoma|Noosa Heads}}
|notes=Dumbbell interchange}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|LGA=
|location=Federal
|km=116.5
|exit=244
|road=Old Bruce Highway{{QLDcity|p=on|Imbil}}
|notes=Northbound exit ramp only.
}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA=[[Gympie Region|Gympie]]
|LGAspan=5
|location=Traveston
|km=125.2
|km2=127.2
|exit=253
|road=Traveston Road – east{{QLDcity|p=on|Traveston}} / <br /> Old Bruce Highway – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Amamoor}}
|notes=Dumbbell interchange}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=Kybong
|km=136.8
|exit=262
|road=Cooroy-Gympie Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Kybong}}
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance only.
}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=East Deep Creek
|km=141.7
|exit=268
|road=Flood Road {{QLDcity|p=on|East Deep Creek}}
|notes=Dumbbell interchange
}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Victory Heights
|km=146.7
|exit=273
|road=Gympie Connection Road - west {{QLDcity|p=on|Gympie}} / <br/> Gympie Connection Road - east{{QLDcity|p=on|Tin Can Bay}}
|notes=Diamond interchange
}}
{{QLDint|exit
|type=trans
|location=Curra
|km=164.3
|exit=290
|road=Gympie-Curra Road - south {{QLDcity|p=on|Gympie}}
|notes=Northern terminus of M1. Southern terminus of A1.
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=incomplete,trans|col=7}}

===A1===
To avoid unnecessary length this table does not show any bridges (see [[Bruce Highway#River crossings|River crossings]] below)
{{AUSinttop|exit|length_ref=<ref name="auto"/>}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=Fraser Coast
|LGAspan=2
|location=Tinana
|km=225
|road={{AUshield|S|57}} [[Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road|Gympie Road]] (State Route&nbsp;57){{QLDcity|p=on|Maryborough|Hervey Bay}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=
|location_special=[[Maryborough West, Queensland|Maryborough West]] / <br /> Maryborough midpoint
|km=230
|road={{AUshield|S|86}} [[Maryborough–Biggenden Road]] (State Route&nbsp;86) – northwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Brooweena|Biggenden}} / <br /> Alice Street – southeast – Maryborough
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=Bundaberg
|LGAspan=3
|location=Childers
|km=287
|road={{AUshield|S|52}} [[Isis Highway]] (State Route&nbsp;52) south{{QLDcity|p=on|Biggenden}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=[[Apple Tree Creek, Queensland|Apple Tree Creek]]–[[North Isis, Queensland|North Isis]]<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/North+Isis+QLD+4660/@-25.17251,152.2340715,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6beb0883bc54db83:0x400eef17f20cd30!8m2!3d-25.1674308!4d152.2743917 |title=North Isis, Queensland |access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> boundary
|km=293
|road={{AUshield|S|3}} Isis Highway (State Route&nbsp;3) north{{QLDcity|p=on|Bundaberg|Bargara}}
|notes=Partially grade separated}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Gin Gin
|km=342
|road={{AUshield|S|3}} [[Bundaberg–Gin Gin Road]] (Gin Gin Road) (State Route&nbsp;3)&nbsp;– Bundaberg
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA=Gladstone
|LGAspan=3
|location_special=[[Benaraby, Queensland|Benaraby]]–[[Wurdong Heights, Queensland|Wurdong Heights]]<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Wurdong+Heights+QLD+4680/@-23.9640798,151.2498713,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bc2099196f8012b:0x400eef17f20cc80!8m2!3d-23.9777725!4d151.301338 |title= Wurdong Heights, Queensland|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> boundary
|km=489
|road={{AUshield|S|58}} [[Gladstone–Benaraby Road]] (State Route&nbsp;58){{QLDcity|p=on|Gladstone}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Calliope
|km=501
|road={{AUshield|S|60}} [[Dawson Highway]] (State Route&nbsp;60){{QLDcity|p=on|Calliope|Rolleston}}, Gladstone
|notes=Diamond interchange with additional looped ramp}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Mount Larcom
|km=535
|road={{AUshield|S|58}} [[Gladstone–Mount Larcom Road]] (State Route&nbsp;58)&nbsp;– Gladstone
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=Rockhampton
|LGAspan=4
|location_special=[[Gracemere, Queensland|Gracemere]]–[[Port Curtis]] boundary
|km=604
|road={{AUshield|QLD|A3}} [[Burnett Highway]] (A3){{QLDcity|p=on|Mount Morgan|Dululu}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location_special=Port Curtis–[[Fairy Bower, Queensland|Fairy Bower]]<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Fairy+Bower+QLD+4700/@-23.4019782,150.4507013,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bc3075e42c05cbb:0x500eef17f20ff60!8m2!3d-23.4144077!4d150.4643809 |title=Fairy Bower, Queensland |access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> boundary
|km=606
|road={{AUshield|QLD|A4}} [[Capricorn Highway]] (A4){{QLDcity|p=on|Gracemere|Emerald}}
|notes=Roundabout}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Rockhampton
|km=611
|road=Fitzroy Street to Rockhampton–Emu Park Road{{QLDcity|p=on|Emu Park}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Parkhurst
|km=619
|road={{AUshield|T|10}} [[Rockhampton–Yeppoon Road|Yeppoon Road]] (Tourist Drive&nbsp;10){{QLDcity|p=on|Yeppoon}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=Mackay
|LGAspan=3
|location=Sarina
|km=912
|road={{AUshield|S|5}} Sarina Homebush Road (State Route&nbsp;5) – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Homebush|Eton}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=
|location_special=[[Ooralea, Queensland|Ooralea]]–[[Paget, Queensland|Paget]]–[[West Mackay, Queensland|West Mackay]] tripoint<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Paget+QLD+4740/@-21.1895703,149.1547193,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6bdbd24a602afccb:0x500eef17f210460!8m2!3d-21.187089!4d149.1788204 |title=Ooralea-Paget-West Mackay tripoint |access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>
|km=942
|road={{AUshield|S|70}} [[Peak Downs Highway]] (State Route&nbsp;70){{QLDcity|p=on|Nebo|Eungella}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=
|LGAspan=
|location=Hampden
|km=972
|road={{AUshield|S|5}} Marian Hampden Road (State Route&nbsp;5) – south{{QLDcity|p=on|Marian|North Eton}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=Whitsunday
|LGAspan=2
|location=Hamilton Plains
|km=1070
|road={{AUshield|S|59}} Shute Harbour Road (State Route&nbsp;59) – north{{QLDcity|p=on|Airlie Beach|Shute Harbour}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=
|LGAspan=
|location=Bowen
|km=1136
|road={{AUshield|S|77}} Peter Delamothe Road (State Route&nbsp;77) – south{{QLDcity|p=on|Collinsville|Mount Coolon}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAC=Townsville
|LGAspan=6
|location=Stuart
|km=1322
|road={{AUshield|QLD|A6}} [[Flinders Highway, Queensland|Flinders Highway]] (A6) – southwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Charters Towers}} /<br /> Southern Port Road – north – [[South Townsville, Queensland|South Townsville]], [[Port of Townsville]]
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAC=
|location=Cluden
|km=1324
|km2=1325
|road={{AUshield|S|16}} Abbott Street (State Route 16) – north{{QLDcity|p=on|Idalia|Oonoonba|Townsville}} /<br /> Cluden Street – south – Stuart
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAC=
|location_special=Cluden, Idalia, [[Wulguru, Queensland|Wulguru]], <br /> [[Annandale, Queensland|Annandale]] quadpoint
|km=1326
|road=Stuart Drive – northwest – Townsville / southeast – Stuart
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAC=
|type=incomplete
|location_special=Annandale, [[Douglas, Queensland|Douglas]], <br /> [[Mount Stuart, Queensland|Mount Stuart]] tripoint
|km=1331
|road=Douglas–Garbutt Road (University Road) – northwest{{QLDcity|p=on|Garbutt}}
|notes=Junction of A1 and former Bruce Highway. <br /> (Southern end of [[Townsville Ring Road]]) <br /> No southbound exit to or entry from University Road.}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAC=
|location=Bohle Plains
|km=1339
|km2=1340
|road={{AUshield|S|72}} [[Hervey Range Developmental Road]] (State Route 72) – west{{QLDcity|p=on|Hervey Range}} / <br /> east{{QLDcity|p=on|Thuringowa Central}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAC=
|location_special=[[Deeragun, Queensland|Deeragun]] / <br /> [[Mount Low, Queensland|Mount Low]] boundary
|km=1350
|road=North Townsville Road (former Bruce Highway) – east – Townsville
|notes=Junction of A1 and former Bruce Highway. <br /> (Northern end of Townsville Ring Road)}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGAS=Johnstone
|location_special=[[Belvedere, Queensland|Belvedere]]–[[Goondi, Queensland|Goondi]] boundary
|km=1595
|road={{AUshield|S|25}} [[Palmerston Highway]] (State Route&nbsp;25){{QLDcity|p=on|Millaa Millaa|Atherton}}
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|LGA-R=Cairns
|LGAspan=2
|location=Gordonvale
|km=1655
|road={{AUshield|S|52}} [[Gillies Highway]] (State Route&nbsp;52){{QLDcity|p=on|Yungaburra}}, Atherton
|notes=}}
{{QLDint|exit
|location=Cairns
|km=1679
|road={{AUshield|R|1}} [[Captain Cook Highway]] (National Route&nbsp;1){{QLDcity|p=on|Mareeba|Mossman}}
|notes=Northern highway terminus}}
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==Route of former Bruce Highway through Townsville==

The former Bruce Highway diverts from the A1 at the Annandale, Douglas, Mount Stuart tripoint ({{Convert|1331|km}} from start – see Major intersections – A1) and rejoins at the Deeragun / Mount Low boundary ({{Convert|1350|km}} from start) It runs north as University Road, crossing the Ross River via the [[Charles N Barton]] Bridge and continuing north as Nathan Street. It crosses Ross River Road (State Route 72) and Dalrymple Road, continuing north as Duckworth Street. It then turns west into Woolcock Street, crossing Louisa Creek and the Bohle River before turning north-west to rejoin the A1 after crossing Saunders Creek and Stony Creek. Total distance is {{Convert|17|km}}, compared to almost {{Convert|19|km}} on the A1.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

==River crossings==
{{Bruce Highway river crossings}}
This diagram shows the crossings of all named rivers by the Bruce Highway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/river_maps.shtml |title=Queensland River Maps |publisher=Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831003543/http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/brochures/river_maps.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Queensland Electric Super Highway==
[[File:Electric Vehicle Charging Station Rockhampton.jpg|thumb|upright|Electric vehicle charging station in [[Rockhampton City]]]] To facilitate the use of [[electric vehicle]]s the Queensland Government has installed fast chargers in convenient, safe locations close to major highways where there are existing amenities such as cafes, restaurants and shops. This network is collectively described as the Queensland Electric Super Highway. For a limited time charging electric vehicles at these stations will be free. The majority of these are along the Bruce Highway, at the locations listed below (from south to north):<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/projects/electricvehicles/map |title=Queensland Electric Super Highway map |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=6 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131706/https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/projects/electricvehicles/map |archive-date=6 February 2018 }}</ref>
* Cooroy
* Maryborough
* Gin Gin
* Childers
* Miriam Vale
* Mt Larcom
* Rockhampton
* Marlborough
* Carmila
* Mackay
* Proserpine
* Bowen
* Ayr
* Townsville
* Cardwell
* Tully
* Cairns

Other locations are:
* [[Hamilton, Queensland|Hamilton]]
* [[Helensvale, Queensland|Helensvale]]
* [[Coolangatta, Queensland|Coolangatta]]
* [[Springfield, Queensland|Springfield]]
* [[Gatton, Queensland|Gatton]]
* [[Toowoomba, Queensland|Toowoomba]]

===Precise locations===
Only three of the [[charging station]]s are on the highway. They are at Cardwell, Marlborough and Carmila (Puma Service Stations) The others are some distance from the highway in car parks or other places as listed in the reference.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/regions-first-electric-recharge-station-revealed/3218325/ |title=Region's first electric recharge station revealed |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=31 August 2017 |work=The Chronicle |access-date=7 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207123017/https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/regions-first-electric-recharge-station-revealed/3218325/ |archive-date=7 February 2018 }}</ref> Note that the reference does not include the precise location of the Townsville charging station.

===Distances===
The greatest distance between charging stations used to be about 216&nbsp;km from Townsville to Tully. Other stages greater than 150&nbsp;km (which may have exceeded the range of some electric vehicles) were:
* Childers to Miriam Vale (about 155&nbsp;km)
* Miriam Vale to Rockhampton (about 170&nbsp;km)
* Mackay to Bowen (about 191&nbsp;km)
* Bowen to Townsville (about 202&nbsp;km)

===Phase 2===
The distance issues described above have been alleviated with phase 2 of the project which added more charging stations, for example at Gin Gin, Mt Larcom, Proserpine and Ayr.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.energymagazine.com.au/queenslands-electric-super-highway-takes-shape/ |title=Queensland Electric Super Highway Phase 2 |work=Energy Magazine |date=12 November 2020 |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124080602/https://www.energymagazine.com.au/queenslands-electric-super-highway-takes-shape/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Phase 3===
The network has been extended to the west, encompassing locations from the east coast to and between Cummamulla, Cloncurry, Longreach and Mount Isa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/251427/Queensland-Electric-Super-Highway-Map-phases-1,2-and-3.pdf |title=Queensland Electric Super Highway Phase 3 |publisher=Queensland Government |date=March 2022 |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121071552/https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/251427/Queensland-Electric-Super-Highway-Map-phases-1,2-and-3.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Bruce Highway Advisory Council==
In November 2024, the Bruce Highway Advisory Council was re-established.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/bruce-highway-advisory-council-re-established/ |title=Bruce Highway Advisory Council re-established - Infrastructure Magazine |access-date=26 November 2024 |archive-date=22 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122001953/https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/bruce-highway-advisory-council-re-established/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Australian Roads|Queensland}}
* [[Freeways in Australia]]
* [[Freeways in Australia#Brisbane region|Freeways in Brisbane]]
* [[Freeways in Australia#Sunshine Coast region|Freeways in Sunshine Coast]]
* [[Highways in Australia]]
* [[List of highways in Queensland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bruce Highway}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060514010132/http://www.hotkey.net.au/~krool/photos/qld/bruce.html Australian Towns, Cities & Highways – Bruce Highway]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100614012930/http://www.mainroads.qld.gov.au/en/Projects/A-Z-Search/A-E/Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra.aspx Bruce-Highway-Cooroy-to-Curra]
* [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barton-sir-charles-newton-12182 Sir Charles Newton Barton, Queensland Commissioner for Main Roads, 1960-1969]

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