14-514: Highway 139 may refer to: [REDACTED] Toowoomba Athol Road QLD Toowoomba Athol Road The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland , Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway , it is a part of the National Highway 's Melbourne to Brisbane link. It is signed as National Highway A39. The highway
28-559: A cost of $ 17 million is planned to be completed by mid-2023. A project to plan safety upgrades on the Gore Highway and the Toowoomba - Athol Road, at a cost of $ 400,000, was completed in December 2021. The Toowoomba Athol Road is a 17.1 km (10.6 mi) former section of the Gore Highway that runs south-west from the city of Toowoomba in Queensland , Australia. With the opening of
42-509: Is concurrent with State route 85 from Goondiwindi to Athol, and with State route 82 from Milmerran to Pampas . The highway has two different speed zones. From Athol to Millmerran (60 kilometres (37 mi) south west) it is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). Between Millmerran and Goondiwindi the maximum permitted speed is 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph). The Roads of Strategic Importance initiative, last updated in March 2022, includes
56-576: Is named after two brothers, St. George Richard Gore and Ralph Thomas Gore who established the Yandilla pastoral run in the area (between Pittsworth and Milmerran ), through which the road traverses. It was elevated to National Highway status in February 1993, and replaced the Cunningham Highway as the main route between Goondiwindi and Brisbane. Interstate traffic was rerouted through Toowoomba and
70-530: Is now part of Toowoomba Athol Road. The Toowoomba Bypass was completed in September 2019 and bypasses the urban area of Toowoomba and provides a better crossing of the Great Dividing Range . The Warrego Highway (A2) was rerouted via the bypass between Helidon Spa (in the east) and an interchange at Charlton (in the west). The Gore Highway (A39) was rerouted via the bypass between Charlton and Athol, and
84-534: The Toowoomba Bypass in 2019 the Gore Highway was redirected to part of it, and the bypassed section of the highway was renamed Toowoomba Athol Road and assigned the route number A139. The road commences at an intersection with the Toowoomba Connection Road (A21) on the midpoint of the Toowoomba suburbs of Newtown and Harristown . It runs south-west through the residential suburb of Harristown and
98-542: The Warrego Highway as it presented a less steep gradient than via Warwick and Cunninghams Gap , shortening travel time especially for trucks. It was initially designated State Route 85 until February 1993 when National Highway 85 was proclaimed, splitting State Route 85 into two. In 2005 it was given the National Highway A39 designation. The Toowoomba Bypass was completed in September 2019. It bypasses
112-464: The original section of Gore Highway from Toowoomba to Athol was renamed Toowoomba Athol Road (A139). Athol, Queensland Athol is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Athol had a population of 139 people. The Gore Highway passes through Athol, with an intersection of the following road segments in the locality. To the north-east
126-472: The Gore Highway is now part of the Toowoomba Bypass , while to the east is the former Gore Highway alignment, now known as the Toowoomba Athol Road (A139). To the south-west is the unchanged portion of the Gore Highway. Westbrook Provisional School opened on 25 July 1887. In 1903, it was renamed Athol Provisional School and became Athol State School on 1 October 1910. It closed on 20 July 1962. It
140-416: The following projects for the Gore Highway. A lead project to upgrade Queensland sections of the Toowoomba to Seymour corridor, including the Gore Highway and surrounding state and council roads, at an estimated cost of $ 62.5 million, was to commence in 2020 and is scheduled for completion in mid-2028. A project for surface rehabilitation of a section of the Gore Highway between Pittsworth and Millmerran at
154-462: The headwaters of Gowrie Creek, this area was known as The Swamp/s or the Drayton Swamp, and later as Toowoomba. When preparing the detailed survey of Drayton in 1850, Burnett added a cemetery to the north of the village, midway between Drayton town and the Drayton Swamp suburban allotments, on slightly elevated land close to the road connecting the two settlements. This road, later named Anzac Avenue,
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#1733085566977168-481: The rural suburbs of Drayton and Westbrook to the rural locality of Athol , where it ends at an intersection with the Gore Highway. It is concurrent with State Route 85. There are no major intersections on this road. In 1849 government surveyor James Charles Burnett prepared a design for the town of Drayton and chose a site 3–4 miles (4.8–6.4 km) to the north-east for suburban allotments of 27–40 acres (11–16 ha). Located where two swampy creeks converged as
182-458: The urban area of Toowoomba and provides a better crossing of the Great Dividing Range . Gore Highway (A39) was rerouted via the bypass between Athol (in the south) and the Warrego Highway (A2) interchange at Charlton . The original section of Gore Highway to Toowoomba was renamed Toowoomba Athol Road (A139). The highway passes through Queensland's Darling Downs region. Typical of the scenery are grazing cattle, orchards and grain farmland. It
196-604: Was located on the north-east corner of Athol School Road and Berghofer Road ( 27°36′15″S 151°45′01″E / 27.6043°S 151.7504°E / -27.6043; 151.7504 ( Athol State School (former) ) ). In the 2011 census , Athol had a population of 277 people. In the 2016 census , Athol had a population of 134 people. In the 2021 census , Athol had a population of 139 people. There are no schools in Athol. The nearest government primary schools are Biddeston State School in neighbouring Biddeston to
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