Barkly Highway
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Northern Territory, Queensland
The Barkly Highway is a highway in northern Australia. It is 755 km long and runs from Threeways in the Northern Territory to approximately 12 km east of Cloncurry in Queensland. He is the main route between Queensland and the Northern Territory and is located for several years in a very well-developed state.
Course
Northern Territory
The Barkly Highway begins in the Northern Territory in Threeways, where it branches off from the Stuart Highway ( N87 ). The turnoff is about 25 km north of Tennant Creek, 531 kilometers north of Alice Springs and 966 km south of Darwin.
The road runs east through mostly desert and savannah zones similar before he reached the first foothills of the Barkly Tablelands after a short time. After about 190 km of the highway runs through Barkly Homestead where the Tablelands Highway ( S11) branches off to the north. The Barkly Highway from there another 250 km to the east before it passes the Queensland border.
Queensland
Just 13 kilometers from the border with Camooweal is the first major town in Queensland, the Camooweal Caves National Park is located in the immediate vicinity. The Barkly Highway continues towards the southeast and around 190 km is with Mount Isa achieved the largest city in northwest Queensland. This is known as one of the area, the largest cities in the world and is a major center of the iron ore industry in Australia dar. A further 120 km to the east is the Barkly Highway about 12km east of Cloncurry its endpoint. In Cloncurry the Burke Developmental Road ( R83 ) branches towards Normanton from the north. East of the city, the Barkly Highway divides the Flinders Highway ( A6), which leads to Townsville on the east coast of Queensland, and the Landsborough Highway ( A2) to Longreach in the southeast of Queensland
The highest point in the course of the highway is 456 m and the lowest at 193 m.
Source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. Page 12 99