BundabergâÂÂGin Gin Road is a state-controlled district road (number 176) in the Bundaberg region of Queensland, Australia. It runs from BundabergâÂÂBargara Road (Quay Street) in Bundaberg Central to the Bruce Highway in Gin Gin, a distance of . It is signed as State Route 3.
BundabergâÂÂGin Gin Road starts at an intersection with BundabergâÂÂBargara Road (Quay Street) in . It runs northwest with no route number as Burnett Bridge over the Burnett River. In it crosses Perry Street at an offset intersection and continues north as Queen Street. It turns northwest as BundabergâÂÂGin Gin Road, passing the northeastern end of the Isis Highway (Hinkler Avenue, State Route 3) where it becomes Mount Perry Road and assumes the State Route 3 shield before turning west.
The road continues to the west until it passes the exit to Moore Park Road to the northwest. It then turns southwest, enters , and turns northwest as Gin Gin Road. Passing the exit to BundabergâÂÂMiriam Vale Road (Rosedale Road) to the northwest it again turns west. Next it crosses Splitters Creek and enters before turning southwest. It crosses Sharon and enters before reaching the exit to The Cedars Road (Hill End Road) to the south. Continuing generally southwest the road runs through where it passes the exit to Bucca Road to the northeast. It then passes through before running between and , then entering Gin Gin and ending at an intersection with the Bruce Highway.
As a numbered State Route this road is part of the main route from Bundaberg to central and northern Queensland, although the BundabergâÂÂMiriam Vale Road provides a shorter route (by about ) to the north.
European settlement of the Burnett River region began in 1848 when Gregory Blaxland Jnr (son of the explorer Gregory Blaxland) together with William Forster brought their flocks of sheep up from their squatting leases on the Clarence River. The pastoral run they selected extended along the river valley all the way from what is now Gin Gin to the coast and they called it Tirroan. The modern town of Gin Gin is located close to where the original homestead was constructed. In 1877, of land were resumed from the Gin Gin (formerly Tirroan) pastoral run. The land was offered for selection for the establishment of small farms on 17 April 1877.
In 1867, timber-getters and farmers, John and Gavin Steuart, established the Woondooma property which consisted of a few houses and a wharf on the northern banks of the Burnett River where Bundaberg North now stands. An official survey of the area was undertaken in 1869 by John Charlton Thompson, and the town of Bundaberg was gazetted across the river on the higher, southern banks. Burnett Bridge, the first steel bridge across the river, was constructed in 1900.
Until May 1940, when a low level bridge was constructed over the Burnett River at , this road was part of the Bruce Highway.
This road intersects with the following state-controlled roads:
Moore Park Road is a state-controlled district road (number 1761), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from BundabergâÂÂGin Gin Road in to Murdochs Road in , a distance of This road has no intersections with other state-controlled roads.
BundabergâÂÂMiriam Vale Road is a state-controlled district road (number 179), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from BundabergâÂÂGin Gin Road in to the Bruce Highway in , a distance of . It consists of three locally named roads; Rosedale Road, Tableland Road, and Fingerboard Road. This road has no intersections with other state-controlled roads. It is part of the shortest route from Bundaberg to .
The Cedars Road is a state-controlled district road (number 1703), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from BundabergâÂÂGin Gin Road in to the Isis Highway in , a distance of , crossing the Burnett River by a low-level single-lane bridge. This road has no major intersections.
All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the Bundaberg local government area.