Leichhardt Highway

Leichhardt Highway Queensland

Leichhardt Highway (green on black)
Type	Highway
Length	613 km (381 mi)
Route number(s)	State Highway A5 Westwood - Goondiwindi North State Highway A5 / State Route 85 Goondiwindi North - Goondiwindi
Former route number	National Highway 39 National Route 39
South end	Newell Highway (A39) / Barwon Highway (State Route 85), Goondiwindi, Queensland NSW/Qld Border
	Cunningham Highway (National Route 42) Gore Highway (State Highway A39 / State Route 85) Moonie Highway (State Route 49) Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) Dawson Highway (State Route 60) Burnett Highway (State Highway A3)
North end	Capricorn Highway (A4), 7km south of Westwood, Queensland
Major settlements	Moonie, Miles, Guluguba, Wandoan, Taroom, Theodore, Banana, Dululu
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The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway.

It runs northward from Goondiwindi for more than 600 kilometres until its termination at the Capricorn Highway near the small town of Westwood.

It is named after Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who travelled a route in the 19th Century that roughly parallels today's highway.

Travelling from south to north:

Leichhardt Highway, looking south from Guluguba Cafe, 2014