Roper Highway

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Roper Highway

Roper Highway 0316.svg
Roper Highway (depicted in blue)
General information
TypeRural road
Length206 km (128 mi)
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route B20.svg B20
(Mataranka – Ngukurr)
Major junctions
SW endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Stuart Highway , Mataranka
NE end Ngukurr
Location(s)
Major settlements Elsey, Roper Valley, Roper Bar, Ngukurr

The Roper Highway is a road in the Northern Territory of Australia that begins from a point on the Stuart Highway 7 kilometres south of Mataranka, and runs east along the Roper River via Roper Bar to Ngukurr. [1] Its length is 206 kilometres. From Ngukurr the road continues for approximately 153 kilometres to Numbulwar on the Gulf of Carpentaria as the Numbulwar Road. [2] The section of the highway between Roper Bar and Ngukurr is also known as the Ngukurr Access. [3]

See also

Australia road sign W5-29.svg   Australian Roadsportal

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References

  1. Transport Infrastructure Planning Division, NT Govt.
  2. Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 96–97. ISBN   978-1-86500-456-3.
  3. Department of Transport (April 1998). "Map of all NT Roads" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.