Capricorn Highway

The Capricorn Highway is located in Central Queensland, Australia, and links the city of Rockhampton with western Queensland.[1] The highway is 575 kilometres long, and joins the Landsborough Highway at Barcaldine.[2] 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.

Capricorn Highway Queensland
General information
Type	Highway
Length	575 km (357 mi)
Route number(s)	A4 (Entire Route) Duplexes: A7 (Emerald - Emerald East)
Former route number	National Route 66
Major junctions
West end	Landsborough Highway (National Highway A2), Barcaldine
	Gregory Highway (State Highway A7) Leichhardt Highway (State Highway A5)
East end	Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1), Rockhampton
Location(s)
Major settlements	Jericho, Alpha, Emerald, Blackwater, Gogango, Westwood
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland

Other towns situated along the highway include (from east to west): Gracemere, Kabra, Gogango, 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 between Alpha and Jericho.

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  Capricorn Highway (green on black)