Outback Highway

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Outback Highway

Queensland
Kennedy Development Road.jpg
The Kennedy Development Road between Middleton and Boulia, 2011
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West end
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East end
Coordinates
General information
Type Track
Length2,719 km (1,690 mi) [1]
Major junctions
West end Laverton Leonora Road
Laverton, Western Australia
 
East endAUS Alphanumeric Route A2.svg Landsborough Highway
Winton, Queensland
Location(s)
Region Goldfields-Esperance
Central Australia
Central West Queensland
via Warburton , Yulara, Alice Springs , Boulia
Restrictions
Permits5 required
Fuel supply Laverton 28°37′27″S122°23′47″E / 28.624120°S 122.396416°E / -28.624120; 122.396416
Tjukayirla Roadhouse 27°09′19″S124°34′29″E / 27.155334°S 124.574817°E / -27.155334; 124.574817
Warburton ( 26°07′55″S126°34′08″E / 26.131861°S 126.569026°E / -26.131861; 126.569026
Warakurna Roadhouse 25°02′34″S128°18′12″E / 25.042906°S 128.303417°E / -25.042906; 128.303417
Kaltukatjara 24°52′25″S129°05′00″E / 24.873483°S 129.083220°E / -24.873483; 129.083220
Atitjere 22°59′03″S134°56′08″E / 22.984045°S 134.935457°E / -22.984045; 134.935457
Tobermorey Roadhouse 22°16′28″S137°58′25″E / 22.274469°S 137.973721°E / -22.274469; 137.973721

The Outback Highway or Outback Way is a series of roads and dirt tracks linking Laverton, Western Australia and Winton, Queensland. At 2,719 km (1,690 mi), it crosses Central Australia (colloquially known as the Outback), passing through Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. [2]

Contents

Proposed upgrade

It has been proposed as a development to provide an inland route between southern Western Australia and northern Queensland as an alternative to the National Highway 1 along either coast. [3]

Roads that make up the highway are:

Support for the project is strong amongst local government areas along the route and elsewhere. [4] The project has secured over $400 million in funding; 80% Federal funding and 20% from the Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland governments. As at June 2021 there is 1200km to seal.

Major intersections

State/TerritoryLGALocation [1] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Western Australia Laverton Laverton 00.0 Laverton–Leonora Road   Leonora Western terminus of highway
Continues east as Great Central Road
Warburton 554344 Connie Sue Highway   Rawlinna
Ngaanyatjarraku Warakurna/Giles 781485Old Gunbarrel HighwayCarnegie Concurrency with Gunbarrel Highway
807501 Gunbarrel Highway   Pipalyatjara
Western Australia – Northern Territory border870540Western Australia – Northern Territory borderContinues east as Great Central Road
Continues west as AUS Alphanumeric Route C4.svg Tjukaruru Road
Northern Territory MacDonnell Region Kaltukatjara 878546Lungkata Road  Kaltukatjara
unincorporated area Yulara 1,107688Yulara Drive  Yulara Continues east as AUS Alphanumeric Route C4.svg Tjukaruru Road
Continues east as AUS Alphanumeric Route B4.svg Lasseter Highway
MacDonnell Region Erldunda 1,351839AUS Alphanumeric Route A87.svg Stuart Highway (A87 south)  Coober Pedy, Port Augusta, Adelaide Continues west as AUS Alphanumeric Route B4.svg Lasseter Highway
Continues north as AUS Alphanumeric Route A87.svg Stuart Highway
Alice Springs Alice Springs 1,546961AUS Alphanumeric Route B8.svg Ross Highway (B8) – Arltunga Historical Reserve
1,550960AUS Alphanumeric Route B6.svg Larapinta Drive (B6)  Hermannsburg, Mereenie
MacDonnell Region Burt Plain 1,570980AUS Alphanumeric Route C5.svg Tanami Road (C5)  Tanami
1,6201,010AUS Alphanumeric Route A87.svg Stuart Highway (A87 north)  Tennant Creek, Katherine, Darwin Continues south as AUS Alphanumeric Route A87.svg Stuart Highway
Continues north as AUS Alphanumeric Route C12.svg Plenty Highway
Northern Territory – Queensland border2,1161,315Northern Territory – Queensland borderContinues west as AUS Alphanumeric Route C12.svg Plenty Highway
Continues east as Donohue Highway
Queensland Boulia Boulia 2,3631,468Australian national route 83.svg Diamantina Developmental Road (National Route 83) – Mount Isa, Bedourie, Birdsville Continues west as Donohue Highway
Continues east as Australian state route 62.svg Kennedy Developmental Road
Winton Winton 2,7191,690AUS Alphanumeric Route A2.svg Landsborough Highway (A2)  Cloncurry, Longreach Eastern terminus of highway
Continues west as Australian state route 62.svg Kennedy Developmental Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Google (28 May 2022). "Outback Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. Morris, Nathan (3 October 2016). "The Outback Way: What a sealed road from WA to Queensland will mean for regional communities". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. BSD Consultants.(1998) Outback Highway feasibility study : final report / prepared for Main Roads Western Australia, Northern Territory Department of Transport and Works, and Main Roads Queensland ; prepared by BSD Consultants Pty. Ltd. Subiaco, WA "March 1998"
  4. "Councils back outback highway push". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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