Length:

608 km

Termini:

Northern: Capricorn Hwy (A4), Westwood

Southern: Leichhardt Hwy (A39) and Barwon Hwy (SR85), Goondiwindi

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Goondiwindi, Moonie, The Gums, Condamine, Miles, Wandoan, Taroom, Banana, Dululu and Westwood

Current: A5

Multiplexed with: A2 A39 60

Former: 39

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

26A (Westwood to Taroom)

26B (Taroom to Miles)

26C (Miles to Goondiwindi)

General Information:

A5 heads north from just outside Goondiwindi through the remote western Darling Downs and cattle grazing regions past the intersection town of Moonie up to Miles where it meets the Warrego Highway. Heading north from Miles, the same remote cattle country is prominent as the highway bypasses Wandoan to reach the pleasant town of Taroom. Once past the Isla Gorge, the highway enters the Callide Valley, bypassing Theodore before reaching the junction town of Banana. It then services the small communities of Wowan and Dululu (where it touches the Burnett Hwy) to conclude near Westwood on the Capricorn Hwy. ³

State Route 60 (Dawson Hwy), for 600 m, Banana.

A2 (Warrego Hwy), for 700 m, Miles.

A39, for 20 km, Goondiwindi.

19 December 1990: Dawson River Bridge at Taroom opened by then Minister for Primary Industries Ed Casey. ²

2000: NR39 extended to the Capricorn Hwy. ³

14 October 2002: Bridges over Dawson River and Dawson River anabranch at Theodore opened. ²

2005: National Route 39 replaced by A5 with the implementation of the Strategic Tourism Route Numbering scheme. ⁴

Goondiwindi to Westwood

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Billa Billa approaching Mt Carmel Rd, January 2014.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Billa Billa, January 2014.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Moonie approaching Moonie Hwy (SR49), January 2014.

Image © Michael Greenslade