Tablelands Highway

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Northern Territory

The Tablelands Highway is a highway east of the Australian Northern Territory. It connects the Barkly Highway ( N66 ) at Barkly Homestead with the Carpentaria Highway ( R1) at Cape Crawford.

Course

The road passes by the Barkly Tablelands in south-north direction. The shallow, warm blackboard country has virtually no rivers and streams that seep again not after a few hundred kilometers. One of these rivers is the Playford River in the southern section of the Tablelands Highway. The McArthur River in the northernmost section of the road, however, finds its way north into the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The dry grass land is used mainly for sheep farming and thus the Tablelands Highway connects the few stations on its 379 km long road. Larger settlements there is no distinction between Barkly Homestead and Cape Crawford.

The highest point in the course of the highway is 287 m and the lowest at 79 m.

Two lanes the road over its entire length and fixed.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. S. 99