The Burke Developmental Road is a

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(

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) developmental road. It links

Cloncurry Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cloncurry had a population of 2,719 people. Cloncurry is the administrative centre of the Shire of Cloncurry. Cloncurry is known as ...

and Normanton in a south–north direction, then turns to the north-east north of Normanton for before turning south-east till

Dimbulah Dimbulah is a town and locality in Far North Queensland, Australia, from Cairns by road, on the Atherton Tableland. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). In ...

, where it becomes the Mareeba Dimbulah Road.Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
/ref> The road crosses the Gilbert River. This bridge was named after two of the region's

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leaders, Lily and Jubilee Slattery. A major unsealed section begins about north of Normanton and continues until

Chillagoe Chillagoe is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Chillagoe had a population of 251 people. It was once a thriving mining town for a range of minerals, but is now reduced to a small z ...

. As of 2014, some sections totaling about are unsealed between Chillagoe and Dimbulah. It may become impassable during the wet season. In mid-2007, A$28 million worth of funding was allocated for the widening of the road.

Northern Australia Beef Roads upgrades

The

Northern Australia Beef Roads Program Northern Australia Beef Roads Program is a suite of projects designed to deliver targeted upgrades to key roads for transporting cattle in northern Australia. In 2016 the Australian Government announced 18 projects to be funded under this program. ...

announced in 2016 included two projects for the Burke Developmental Road.

Pavement strengthening

The project for progressive sealing works between Chillago and Almaden (Package One) was completed in early 2020 at a total cost of $4.7 million. The project for progressive sealing works between Chillago and Almaden (Package Two) was completed in early 2020 at a total cost of $2.7 million.

Other upgrades

Replace bridge

A project to replace the Butcher Creek bridge, at a cost of $10.7 million, was completed in December 2021.

Progressive sealing

A project to progressively seal sections of the road between Normanton and Dimbulah, at a cost of $14 million, was expected to complete in June 2022. Another project to progressively seal sections of the road between Almaden and Chillagoe, at a cost of $14.8 million, was to be completed by late 2022.

Major Intersections

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