Outback Highway

Outback Highway

Western Australia
–Queensland
Outback Highway; Western Australia–Queensland
	The Kennedy Development Road between Middleton and Boulia, 2011
	West end East end
Coordinates	28°37′32″S 122°24′05″E / 28.625671°S 122.401344°E (West end); 22°23′26″S 143°02′28″E / 22.390557°S 143.041199°E (East end);
General information
Type	Track
Length	2,719 km (1,690 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Laverton Leonora Road; Laverton, Western Australia
	Gunbarrel Highway; Stuart Highway; Diamantina Developmental Road;
East end	Kaltukatjara 24°52′25″S 129°05′00″E / 24.873483°S 129.083220°E; Atitjere 22°59′03″S 134°56′08″E / 22.984045°S 134.935457°E; Tobermorey Roadhouse 22°16′28″S 137°58′25″E / 22.274469°S 137.973721°E

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]

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/Territory	LGA	Location^[1]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Western Australia	Laverton	Laverton	0	0.0	Laverton–Leonora Road – Leonora	Western terminus of highway Continues east as Great Central Road
	Laverton	Warburton	554	344	Connie Sue Highway – Rawlinna
	Ngaanyatjarraku	Warakurna/Giles	781	485	Old Gunbarrel Highway – Carnegie	Concurrency with Gunbarrel Highway
	Ngaanyatjarraku	Warakurna/Giles	807	501	Gunbarrel Highway – Pipalyatjara	Concurrency with Gunbarrel Highway
Western Australia – Northern Territory border			870	540	Western Australia – Northern Territory border	Continues east as Great Central Road Continues west as Tjukaruru Road
Kaltukatjara
	unincorporated area	Yulara	1,107	688	Yulara Drive – Yulara	Continues east as Tjukaruru Road Continues east as Lasseter Highway
	Adelaide	Continues west as Lasseter Highway Continues north as Stuart Highway
	Alice Springs	1,546	961	Ross Highway (B8) – Arltunga Historical Reserve
	Alice Springs	1,550	960	Larapinta Drive (B6) – Hermannsburg, Mereenie
	MacDonnell Region	Burt Plain	1,570	980	Tanami Road (C5) – Tanami
	MacDonnell Region	Burt Plain	1,620	1,010	Tennant Creek, Katherine, Darwin	Continues south as Stuart Highway Continues north as Plenty Highway
Northern Territory – Queensland border			2,116	1,315	Northern Territory – Queensland border	Continues west as Plenty Highway Continues east as Donohue Highway
Kennedy Developmental Road
Kennedy Developmental Road	Kennedy Developmental Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Route transition

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Google (28 May 2022). "Outback Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ 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. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ 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"
^ "Councils back outback highway push". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

External links

Outback Highway official website

[gmaps-1] 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. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. 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"

[cboh-4] "Councils back outback highway push". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

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Outback Highway

Proposed upgrade

Major intersections

See also

References

Further reading

External links