Maroochydore Road (state route 8) is a major arterial road on the

Sunshine Coast, Queensland The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the district defined in 1967 as "the area contained in the Shires of Landsborough, Maroochy and Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island". Located north of the ce ...

that connects the major town/urban centre of

Maroochydore Maroochydore ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The town was subdivided from the Cotton Tree reserve by Surveyor Thomas O'Connor in 1903. The land was acquired from William Pettigrew who had a timber de ...

with the

Bruce 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 Na ...

Route description

Maroochydore Road is a 9.8 km, 4 lane state controlled road on the Sunshine Coast that connects

with the

, the region's main connection to

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

, Queensland's state capital. Maroochydore Road begins at the intersection of Beach Road and Horton Parade (state route 6) in the Maroochydore CBD and travels west providing an interchange with the

Sunshine Motorway The Sunshine Motorway is a thirty-three kilometre Australian motorway on the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, just north of Brisbane. It was initially a tolled motorway before these were removed in 1996 after excessive complaints regardin ...

(state route 70) and through the town of

Kuluin Kuluin is a suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kuluin had a population of 2363 people. History The locality takes its name from an Aboriginal word in the Kabi language meaning black swan. ...

. Maroochydore Road terminates at the intersection with the Bruce Highway in Forest Glen but the road itself continues as Nambour Connection Road, a state controlled road that leads to

Nambour Nambour is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 11,187 people. Geography Nambour is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the sub ...

Upgrades

Improve intersection

A project to improve the intersection at the eastern end of the road, at a cost of $1.861 million, was to be completed by early 2022.

Kunda Park intersection improvements

A project to improve an intersection at Kunda Park was in the planning stage in November 2021.

Major intersections

The entire road is in the Sunshine Coast local government area.

References

{{Road infrastructure in Queensland, state=collapsed Roads in Queensland Sunshine Coast Region