Barkly Highway

Barkly Highway
Northern Territory–Queensland
Barkly Highway in Queensland
General information
Type Highway
Length 754 km (469 mi)
Route number(s)
  • National Highway 66 (Tennant Creek - NT/Qld Border; future route B66)
  • National Highway A2 (NT/Qld Border - Cloncurry)
Former
route number		 National Highway 66 (Entire route)
Major junctions
West end Stuart Highway, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
 
East end Landsborough Highway, Cloncurry, Queensland, duplexed with
Flinders Highway
Location(s)
Major settlements Camooweal, Mount Isa
Highway system

The Barkly Highway is a national highway of both Queensland and the Northern Territory.[1]

Description

The highway runs between Cloncurry and the junction with the Stuart Highway north of Tennant Creek, known as the "Threeways". The entire highway is part of the National Highway system: in the Northern Territory it is assigned National Route 66; the Queensland portion is designated as National Route A2.

An upgrade of the Queensland section of the highway between Mount Isa and Camooweal was completed in 2008 and despite floods of 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Queensland sections of road were in good condition (as of 2015).

The Northern Territory section has a speed limit of 130 km per hour along most of its length.[2] It is the main transport route between Queensland and the Northern Territory, consequently many road trains use it.

Approximate road distances (in kilometres) from Mount Isa westwards

List of towns along the Barkly Highway

Major intersections

StateLGALocationkm[3]miDestinationsNotes
Northern TerritoryBarklyWarumungu00.0 Stuart Highway (National Highway 87) - north  – Daly Waters
south  – Alice Springs		Barkly Highway western terminus - continues east as National Highway 66
Tablelands186116 Tablelands Highway (State Route 11) - north  – Cape Crawford
Northern Territory – Queensland
state border		433269Northern Territory – Queensland state borderBarkly Highway continues east as National Highway A2
QueenslandMount IsaCamooweal446277Camooweal Urandangie Road - south  – Urandangi
448278 Gregory Downs Camooweal Road - north-east  – Gregory, Burketown
Mount Isa635395 Boulia Mount Isa Highway (Diamantina Developmental Road) (National Route 83) - south  – Dajarra, BouliaBarkly Highway continues east as National Highway A2 duplexed with National Route 83.
Western concurrency terminus with National Route 83.
Leichhardt River635395Sir James Foots Bridge
CloncurryCloncurry754469 Burke Developmental Road (National Route 83) - north  – Normanton
Flinders Highway (Queensland Highway A6), duplexed with
Landsborough Highway (National Highway A2)  – Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Mckinlay		Eastern end of Barkly Highway. Eastern concurrency terminus with National Route 83.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

  1. ↑ Hema, Maps (2005). Australia’s Great Desert Tracks NE Sheet (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. ISBN 978-1865005461.
  2. ↑ "Northern Territory Information". Gondwananet.
  3. ↑ Google (24 Dec 2017). "Barkly Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 Dec 2017.

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