Carnarvon Highway
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Carnarvon Highway Queensland–New South Wales |
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| Type | Highway |
| Length | 696 km (432 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
 A7Rolleston - Roma  A55Roma - St George  National Route 46St George - Qld/NSW border  No shieldQld/NSW border - Moree |
| Former route number |
 National Route 55 |
| North end |
 Dawson Highway (A7 / State Route 60), Rolleston, Queensland
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 Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) Moonie Highway (State Route 49)Balonne Highway (State Route 49)Castlereagh Highway (A55) Barwon Highway (State Route 85) |
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| South end |
 Newell Highway (A39) / Gwydir Highway (B76),Moree, New South Wales |
| Major settlements | Injune, Roma, Surat, St George, Mungindi |
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The Carnarvon Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia, linking Moree south of the NSW/QLD border, via the town of St George, eventually to the township of Rolleston. Formerly, north of Roma it was known as the Carnarvon Developmental Road. National Route 46 runs from Mungindi to the Castlereagh Highway just south of St George. From here, the A55 continues north, through St George and Surat to Roma. The A7 then continues north from Roma to Rolleston, which continues along the Dawson Highway and Gregory Highway to Emerald and Charters Towers.
It is the main access road to the Carnarvon National Park.
National Route 55 (NR55) was a former north-south route through central northern New South Wales and central Queensland, connecting the Newell Highway at Gilgandra with Walgett, St George, Roma, Emerald and Charters Towers. The highway was a strategic route to take B-doubles and other large vehicles (which cannot use the Bruce Highway) to the Queensland ports north of Rockhampton.
Today, NR55 no longer exists, having been replaced by the alpha-numeric designation A55 within Queensland during 2004 and the alpha-numeric designation B55 within New South Wales in 2013. A7 replaced the northern section of the (former NR55) Carnarvon Highway between Rolleston and Roma with the section between Roma and just south of St George being the part designated as A55. National Route 46, extends from just south of St George to Mungindi. National Route 46 was decommissioned in New South Wales in 2013, with no replacement route designated.
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