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Welcome to the Australian roads portal.

This portal is designed to give an overview of articles associated with the roads in Australia, predominantly with a focus on the roads themselves, but also on their history, associated infrastructure, and other related topics.

Work on the portal and its articles is managed at WikiProject Australian Roads. We are happy to support new editors who are interested in this subject area and to advise them on the creation and improvement of articles. – Join us!

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View along the highway near Paynes Find
View along the highway near Paynes Find

Great Northern Highway
Highway in Western Australia

Great Northern Highway is an Australian highway that links Western Australia's capital city Perth with its northernmost port, Wyndham. With a length of almost 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi), it is the longest highway in Australia, with the majority included as part of the Perth Darwin National Highway. The highway, which travels through remote areas of the state, is constructed as a sealed, predominantly two-lane single carriageway, but with some single-lane bridges in the Kimberley. Economically, it provides vital access through the Wheatbelt and Mid West to the resource-rich regions of the Pilbara and Kimberley. In these areas, the key industries of mining, agriculture and pastoral stations, and tourism are all dependent on the highway. (Full article...)

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DID YOU KNOW?

... that on 4 April 2010, 18-year-old pilot Patrick Humphries made world headlines by using the normally busy Brooker Highway as an emergency landing strip?
... that Guildford Road in Perth, Western Australia was supposed to be called the Great Eastern Highway?
... that local Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell called for the Brighton Bypass to be scrapped, stating that to continue construction "would be cultural vandalism, on an extreme scale"?

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