The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for 403 km between Gladstone and Springsure where it terminates. From Gladstone to Rolleston it is signed as State Route 60, and then A7 onwards to Springsure. It continues west for another 247km as Dawson Developmental Road to Tambo on the Landsborough Highway. North of Springsure, A7 becomes the Gregory Highway.Many of the towns along the Dawson Highway are coal-mining establishments.