Capricorn Highway

Capricorn Highway

Infobox Australian Road
road_name = Capricorn Highway
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caption = Formerly
length = 580
direction = West-East
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through = Jericho, Alpha, Emerald, Blackwater, Westwood
route = "Emerald - Emerald East:" )
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The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton with western Queensland. The highway is approximately 560 kilometres long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine. Formerly National Route 66, Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system much of Australia had adopted in the early-2000s and is now designated as A4. The highway runs parallel with the Tropic of Capricorn, hence its name.

Other towns situated along the highway include (from east to west):
Gracemere, Westwood, Duaringa, Dingo, Blackwater, Emerald, Bogantungan, Alpha and Jericho.

Running virtually east/west, the highway traverses the area known as the Central Highlands, and crosses the Great Dividing Range to the west of Bogantungan.

ee also

*Highways in Australia
*List of highways in Queensland


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