Roma–Condamine Road is a continuous road route in the
Maranoa and
Western Downs local government areas of
Queensland
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, Australia.
[ It is a state-controlled regional road (number 344), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).]
Route description
The road (known locally as Condamine Highway) starts at an intersection with the Carnarvon Highway
Carnarvon Highway is a state highway in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, linking the township of Rolleston in Queensland's Central Highlands Region, via the town of St George, eventually to Moree in northern New South Wales. It is ...
in the locality of in the Maranoa region, about south-east of the town of . It runs slightly south of east, crossing the south-western extremity of and passing the exit to Wallumbilla South Road (see below) to the north-east. It then follows the boundary between Wallumbilla South and before entering Warkon. Next it passes the exit to Yuleba-Surat Road to the south-west, runs north-east concurrent with that road, and passes its exit to the north-east.Leichhardt Highway
The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway, via a section of the Cunningham Highway.
It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 k ...
in the town of Condamine, where it ends.[
The road is fully sealed. A project to widen and strengthen sections of this road was completed in February 2022. A project to replace a timber bridge with a two-lane concrete bridge was completed in October 2021.
Some of the road were in a deteriorating condition as at May 2023, having about a wide bitumen strip with rough edges. A petition to have this problem rectified was presented to the Queensland Parliament on 3 April 2023.
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Wallumbilla South Road
Wallumbilla South Road is a state-controlled district road (number 3441) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).[ It runs from the ]Warrego Highway
The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 715 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint ...
in to Roma–Condamine Road at the / midpoint. This road has no major intersections.
History
Mount Abundance pastoral run was taken up in 1847, then abandoned but not relinquished in 1849 due to constant conflicts with local indigenous people. In 1856 it was sold and the new owner took up residence, considered to be the first European settler in the Roma district. Roma was established prior to 1863 when Queensland's first vine cuttings were planted. Brucedale pastoral station was established south-east of Roma, in what is now Tingun, prior to 1866.
In Tingun, Yalebone Station was established prior to 1885.
Wallumbilla South was the name of a pastoral run established in the 1860s.
Noorindoo was the name of a pastoral run established before 1858.
Warkon is the name of a pastoral run established in 1850. It was offered for sale in 2019 after 93 years of ownership by the one family.
Moraby was the name of a property established by 1860 and held in the one family for the following 148 years. In 1866 a hotel was opened in Moraby to cater for travellers on the road.
The town that is now Condamine was surveyed in 1859. It became a stopping place for bullock and horse teams on their way to the larger centres of Roma and .
In June 1938 the Condamine Highway (Roma–Condamine Road) was "nearly complete". This was before the road that is now the Warrego Highway was built, the reason being that soil conditions would make a road following the railway line
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...
to Roma a much more expensive undertaking.
Major intersections
All distances are from Google Maps.[
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See also
* List of numbered roads in Queensland
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References
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Roads in Queensland