Warrego Highway
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Warrego Highway Queensland |
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| Warrego Highway (green on black) | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 715 km (444 mi) |
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| SE end |
 Ipswich Motorway / Cunningham Highway, Ipswich, Queensland
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| NW end |
  Mitchell Highway, Charleville, Queensland
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| Major settlements | Toowoomba, Dalby, Miles, Roma, Mitchell, Morven |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland |
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National Highway A2
The Warrego Highway is located in southern Queensland, Australia. It connects coastal centres to the south western areas of the state, and is approximately 750 km in length. It takes its name from the Warrego River, which is the endpoint of the highway. The entire highway is part of the National Highway system linking Darwin and Brisbane: formerly National Highway 54, Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system much of Australia had adopted in the early-2000s and is now designated as National Highway A2.
The highway commences at the end of the M2 Ipswich Motorway, near Ipswich, and climbs the Great Dividing Range to Toowoomba. After reaching the top of the Toowoomba Range, the highway passes through the city via Cohoe, James, Tor and Bridge streets (although many smaller vehicles prefer to turnoff at the top of the range and use Margaret Street). The Warrego then crosses the Darling Downs, bypassing the town of Oakey and then passing through the towns of Dalby, Chinchilla and Miles, in the Western Downs. The highway continues through the towns of Roma and Mitchell in the Maranoa Region of South West Queensland. After Morven, the highway's thoroughfare continues down the Landsborough Highway, with the western turnoff continuing the Warrego Highway down to its terminus at Charleville.
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