Mackay Ring Road | |
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| Map of Stage 1 of proposed ring road | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway (Under construction) |
| Length | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Ring road around | Mackay |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  Bruce Highway (National Highway A1), Bakers Creek |
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| Northeast end | Harbour Road |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Bakers Creek, Ooralea, Racecourse, Foulden, Glenella, Mount Pleasant, North Mackay, Mackay Harbour |
| Highway system | |
The Mackay Ring Road is a bypass route near Mackay, Queensland, Australia The proposed full length of the road is 21 kilometres (13 mi) long and will be built in 3 stages.[1] Stage 1 opened in September 2020.
Stage 1 is 11.34 kilometres (7.05 mi) in length and connects the Bruce Highway to the south of Mackay (at Stockroute Road) with the Bruce Highway to the north of Mackay (near Bald Hill Road). It includes a new bridge over the Pioneer River and an interchange with the Peak Downs Highway. It provides a bypass of Mackay for Bruce Highway traffic that is immune to flooding and free of signalised intersections.[1] Stage 1 of the project was expected to cost $540 million, 80% of the funding was from the Commonwealth and the remaining 20% from Queensland.[2]
Stage 2 is 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) in length. It will connect Stage 1 near the Bruce Highway at Glenella to Harbour Road at Mackay Harbour. The route will follow the Mackay Harbour Railway (Port Rail Line).
Stage 3 is 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in length. An additional connection from Stage 2 to the Port and Slade Point Road.
It was expected that many vehicles would bypass the city once completed.
A project to extend the ring road to Bald Hill Road, at a cost of $497.3 million, was in detailed design in November 2021.[3]
A project to provide access to Mackay Port, at a cost of $350 million, was in planning in July 2022,[4]
