[Australia]: Department of Infrastructure and Transport Media Centre

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Overview​

The Department of Infrastructure and Transport is the Australian Government department responsible for providing advice on and delivering policies and programs for infrastructure and transport. The Department's key objectives are improved infrastructure across Australia through investment in and coordination of transport and other infrastructure and an efficient, sustainable, competitive, safe and secure transport system for all transport users through regulation, financial assistance and safety investigations. The portfolio also includes government agencies such as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the Federal Airports Corporation, the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator, Infrastructure Australia, the International Air Services Commission, the Australian Rail Track Corporation, the High Speed Rail Authority, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, the Office of Road Safety, the National Transport Commission and the National Intermodal Corporation. The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters as laid out in an Administrative Arrangements Order: Infrastructure planning and co-ordination Transport safety, including investigations Land transport Civil aviation and airports Maritime transport including shipping Major projects facilitation, including implementation of all non-Defence development projects

 

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REDESIGNATION AND EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM​

1 April 2007

Beginning the 1st of April, the National Highway System will undergo major changes to align with national infrastructure priorities as agreed upon by the federal government and the state and territory governments. The National Highway System is a system of roads within Australia that receives 100% of their funding from the federal government, with projects either being instigated and funded by the federal government or the federal government fully compensates state and territory governments for projects they undertake on National Highway System roads. The changes include: Broad adoption of the alphanumeric route system with the exception of: All of Western Australia. The Federal and Barton Highways between the Hume Highway and Canberra which are designated National Highways 23 and 25, respectively. Parts of the Savannah Way between Daly Waters, Northern Territory and Normanton, Queensland which is designated National Highway 1 rather than A1 due to their poor conditions. The Flinders Highway between Cloncurry and Townsville in Queensland which is designated National Highway 66. The Lasseter Highway between Erldunda and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory which is designated National Highway 85. The Calder Highway between Bendigo and Mildura in Victoria and connecting roads within Bendgo and Mildura which are designated National Highway 16. The Great Western Highway and Mitchell Highways between Sydney and Nyngan in New South Wales which are designated National Highway 38. The Mitchell Highway between Nyngan, New South Wales and Charleville, Queensland which is designated National Highway 71. Inclusion of the Spirit of Tasmania ferry between Geelong, Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania as a part of the National Highway System on a newly designated Melbourne to Hobart corridor. Inclusion of the entirety of Highway 1 into the National Highway System which adds additional corridors between Darwin and Cairns as well as Melbourne to Hobart in addition to providing alternative capital city corridors including Perth to Adelaide, Sydney to Brisbane, Sydney to Melbourne, Melbourne to Adelaide and Perth to Darwin which add many additional large regional cities to the National Highway System such as Geelong, Warrnambool, Mount Gambier, Esperance, Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Karratha, Gold Coast, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Wollongong, Sale, Bairnsdale, Traralgon, Moe and Morwell. Inclusion of additional regional corridors such as Perth to Bunbury, Melbourne to Mildura, Darwin to Townsville and Sydney to Darwin. Lasseter Highway added as a spur route, designated as National Highway 85, from the Stuart Highway (National Highway A87) on the Adelaide to Darwin corridor to link Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to the National Highway System. East Tamar Highway added as a spur route, designated as National Highway A8, from the Midland and Bass Highways (National Highways A1) in Launceston to link George Town and crucial ports and industrial zones on the Tamar River to the National Highway System. All capital cities will have urban connections to the National Highway System with the exception of Sydney and Brisbane (excluding Highway 1 roads) due to disagreements with the New South Wales and Queensland Governments to cap tolls on proposed National Highway System roads within those cities. All of the routes are viewable below:

Sydney <> Melbourne Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Hume Highway Sydney, NSW Albury, NSW 539km Sydney Goulburn Yass Gundagai Holbrook Albury Hume Freeway Wodonga, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 290km Wodonga Wangaratta Benalla Euroa Seymour Wallan Melbourne Western Ring Road Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 15km Melbourne Sydney <> Brisbane Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Pacific Motorway Sydney, NSW Newcastle, NSW 127km Sydney Central Coast Newcastle New England Highway Newcastle, NSW Warwick, Queensland 290km Newcastle Maitland Singleton Muswellbrook Tamworth Armidale Glen Innes Tenterfield Stanthorpe Warwick Cunningham Highway Warwick, Queensland Ipswich, Queensland 127km Warwick Ipswich Ipswich Motorway Ipswich, Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 14km Ipswich Brisbane Sydney <> Adelaide Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Hume Highway Sydney, NSW Tarcutta, NSW 392km Sydney Goulburn Yass Sturt Highway Tarcutta, NSW Gawler, SA 967km Wagga Wagga Narrandera Hay Balranald Robinvale Mildura Renmark Berri Barmera Waikerie Blanchetown Nuriootpa Gawler Gawler Bypass Gawler, SA Gawler, SA 3km Gawler Northern Expressway Gawler, SA Waterloo Corner, SA 23km Gawler Angle Vale North-South Motorway Waterloo Corner, SA Adelaide, SA 23km Adelaide Sydney <> Darwin Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Great Western Highway Sydney, NSW Bathurst, NSW 143km Sydney Katoomba Lithgow Bathurst Mitchell Highway Bathurst, NSW Nyngan, NSW 369km Bathurst Orange Molong Wellington Dubbo Narromine Nyngan Mitchell Highway Nyngan, NSW Charleville, Queensland 653km Nyngan Bourke Cunnamulla Charleville Mitchell Highway Charleville, Queensland Augathella, Queensland 78km Charleville Landsborough Highway Augathella, Queensland Cloncurry, Queensland 967km Barcaldine Longreach Winton Cloncurry Barkly Highway Cloncurry, Queensland Tennant Creek, NT 757km Cloncurry Mount Isa Camooweal Tennant Creek Stuart Highway Tennant Creek, NT Daly Waters, NT 375km Tennant Creek Elliott Daly Waters Stuart Highway Daly Waters, NT Darwin, NT 590km Daly Waters Mataranka Katherine Pine Crek Adelaide River Batchelor Humpty Doo Palmerston Darwin Sydney <> Melbourne (Highway 1 alternative) Continues from Sydney <> Brisbane (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Eastern Distributor Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 5km Sydney Southern Cross Drive Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 5km Sydney General Holmes Drive Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 2km Sydney General Holmes Drive Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 2km Sydney The Grand Parade Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 1km Sydney President Avenue Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 1.5km Sydney Princes Highway Sydney, NSW Waterfall, NSW 29km Sydney Princes Motorway Waterfall, NSW Nowra, NSW 112km Helensburgh Wollongong Kiama Bomaderry Nowra Princes Highway Nowra, NSW Morwell, Victoria 723km Nowra Ulladulla Batemans Bay Moruya Narooma Bega Merimbula Eden Orbost Bairnsdale Sale Traralgon Morwell Princes Freeway Morwell, Victoria Narre Warren, Victoria 114km Morwell Moe Warragul Drouin Pakenham Narre Warren Monash Freeway Narre Warren, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 34km Narre Warren Dandenong Melbourne CityLink Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 8km Melbourne Continues as Melbourne <> Adelaide (Highway 1 alternative)​ Sydney <> Brisbane (Highway 1 alternative) Continues from Sydney <> Melbourne (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Sydney Harbour Tunnel Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 3km Sydney Warringah Freeway Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 4km Sydney Gore Hill Freeway Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 3km Sydney Pacific Highway Sydney, NSW Sydney, NSW 14km Sydney Pacific Motorway Sydney, NSW Newcastle, NSW 127km Sydney Central Coast Newcastle John Renshaw Drive Newcastle, NSW Newcastle, NSW 1km Newcastle New England Highway Newcastle, NSW Newcastle, NSW 4km Newcastle Pacific Highway Newcastle, NSW Glenugie, NSW 435km Newcastle Forster Taree Port Macquarie Kempsey Nambucca Heads Coffs Harbour Grafton Pacific Motorway Glenugie, NSW Brisbane, Queensland 300km Grafton Ballina Byron Bay Mullumbimby Tweed Heads Coolangatta Gold Coast Brisbane Gateway Motorway Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 39km Brisbane Continues as Brisbane <> Cairns (Highway 1)​ Melbourne <> Brisbane Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Western Ring Road Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 15km Melbourne Hume Freeway Melbourne, Victoria Seymour, Victoria 75km Melbourne Wallan Seymour Goulburn Valley Freeway Seymour, Victoria Shepparton, Victoria 59km Seymour Shepparton Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton, Victoria Tocumwal, NSW 110km Shepparton Numurkah Cobram Tocumwal Newell Highway Tocumwal, NSW Goondiwindi, Queensland 1,062km Tocumwal Narrandera West Wyalong Forbes Parkes Dubbo Gilgandra Coonabarabran Narrabri Moree Goondiwindi Leichhardt Highway Goondiwindi, Queensland Goondiwindi, Queensland 21km Goondiwindi Gore Highway Goondiwindi, Queensland Athol, Queensland 184km Goondiwindi Millmerran Pittsworth Toowoomba Bypass Athol, Queensland Charlton, Queensland 14km Toowoomba Toowoomba Bypass Charlton, Queensland Helidon Spa, Queensland 27km Toowoomba Warrego Highway Helidon Spa, Queensland Ipswich, Queensland 97km Helidon Gatton Ipswich Ipswich Motorway Ipswich, Queensland Brisbane, Queensland 14km Ipswich Brisbane Melbourne <> Adelaide Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Western Ring Road Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 15km Melbourne Western Freeway Melbourne, Victoria Buangor, Victoria 166km Melbourne Melton Bacchus Marsh Ballan Ballarat Beaufort Western Highway Buangor, Victoria Victoria/SA Border 263km Ararat Stawell Horsham Dimboola Nhill Kaniva Dukes Highway Victoria/SA Border Tailem Bend, SA 189km Bordertown Keith Tintinara Coonalpyn Tailem Bend Princes Highway Tailem Bend, SA Murray Bridge, SA 25km Tailem Bend Murray Bridge South Eastern Freeway Murray Bridge, SA Adelaide, SA 74km Murray Bridge Callington Mount Barker Littlehampton Hahndorf Crafers-Bridgewater Adelaide Portrush Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 7km Adelaide Ascot Avenue Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 2km Adelaide Taunton Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 200m Adelaide Hampstead Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 4km Adelaide Grand Junction Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 5km Adelaide Melbourne <> Hobart (Highway 1) Continues from Sydney <> Melbourne (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: West Gate Freeway Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 14km Melbourne Princes Freeway Melbourne, Victoria Geelong, Victoria 47km Melbourne Werribee Geelong Geelong Ring Road Geelong, Victoria Geelong, Victoria 7km Geelong Geelong-Devonport Ferry Geelong, Victoria Devonport, Tasmania 448km Geelong Bass Strait Devonport Bass Highway Devonport, Tasmania Launceston, Tasmania 94km Devonport Latrobe Elizabeth Town Deloraine Westbury Launceston Midland Highway Launceston, Tasmania Bridgewater, Tasmania 177km Launceston Perth Campbell Town Ross Oatlands Brighton Bridgewater Brooker Highway Bridgewater, Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania 17km Bridgewater Claremont Glenorchy Hobart Melbourne <> Mildura Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: CityLink Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 13km Melbourne Calder Freeway Melbourne, Victoria Kangaroo Flat, Victoria 130km Melbourne Sunbury Gisborne Macedon Woodend Kyneton Castlemaine Bendigo High Street Kangaroo Flat, Victoria Bendigo, Victoria 7km Bendigo Don Street Bendigo, Victoria Bendigo, Victoria 1km Bendigo Eaglehawk Road Bendigo, Victoria Bendigo, Victoria 200m Bendigo Marong Road Bendigo, Victoria Marong, Victoria 12km Bendigo Calder Highway Marong, Victoria Irymple, Victoria 380km Bridgewater on Loddon Inglewood Wedderburn Charlton Wycheproof Sea Lake Ouyen Red Cliffs Irymple Fifteenth Street Irymple, Victoria Mildura, Victoria 5km Irymple Mildura Melbourne <> Adelaide (Highway 1 alternative) Continues from Sydney <> Melbourne (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: West Gate Freeway Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 14km Melbourne Princes Freeway Melbourne, Victoria Geelong, Victoria 47km Melbourne Werribee Geelong Geelong Ring Road Geelong, Victoria Geelong, Victoria 24km Geelong Princes Highway Geelong, Victoria Colac, Victoria 62km Geelong Winchelsea Colac Princes Highway Colac, Victoria Murray Bridge, SA 692km Colac Camperdown Terang Warrnambool Port Fairy Portland Heywood Dartmoor Mount Gambier Millicent Kingston SE Meningie Tailem Bend Murray Bridge South Eastern Freeway Murray Bridge, SA Adelaide, SA 74km Murray Bridge Callington Littlehampton Mount Barker Hahndorf Crafers-Bridgewater Adelaide Glen Osmond Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 2.5km Adelaide Fullarton Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 600m Adelaide City Ring Route Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 17km Adelaide Continues as Perth <> Adelaide (Highway 1 alternative)​ Brisbane <> Darwin Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Ipswich Motorway Brisbane, Queensland Ipswich, Queensland 14km Brisbane Ipswich Warrego Highway Ipswich, Queensland Helidon Spa, Queensland 97km Ipswich Gatton Helidon Toowoomba Bypass Helidon Spa, Queensland Charlton, Queensland 27km Toowoomba Warrego Highway Charlton, Queensland Morven, Queensland 515km Toowoomba Oakey Dalby Chinchilla Miles Roma Landsborough Highway Morven, Queensland Cloncurry, Queensland 1,050km Barcaldine Longreach Winton Cloncurry Barkly Highway Cloncurry, Queensland Tennant Creek, NT 757km Cloncurry Mount Isa Camooweal Tennant Creek Stuart Highway Tennant Creek, NT Daly Waters, NT 375km Tennant Creek Elliott Daly Waters Stuart Highway Daly Waters, NT Darwin, NT 590km Daly Waters Mataranka Katherine Pine Crek Adelaide River Batchelor Humpty Doo Palmerston Darwin Brisbane <> Cairns (Highway 1) Continues from Sydney <> Brisbane (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Bruce Highway Brisbane, Queensland Gympie, Queensland 164km Brisbane Caboolture Sunshine Coast Gympie Bruce Highway Gympie, Queensland Cairns, Queensland 1,510km Gympie Maryborough Gladstone Rockhampton Mackay Proserpine Bowen Ayr Townsville Cardwell Tully Innisfail Gordonvale Cairns Mulgrave Road Cairns, Queensland Cairns, Queensland 5km Cairns Florence Street Cairns, Queensland Cairns, Queensland 500m Cairns Continues as Darwin <> Cairns (Highway 1)​ Perth <> Adelaide Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Great Eastern Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 9km Perth Great Eastern Highway Bypass Perth, WA Perth, WA 5km Perth Roe Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 3km Perth Great Eastern Highway Perth, WA Coolgardie, WA 535km Perth Mundaring Northam Kellerberrin Merredin Southern Cross Coolgardie Coolgardie-Esperance Highway Coolgardie, WA Norseman, WA 164km Coolgardie Kambalda West Norseman Eyre Highway Norseman, WA WA/SA Border 720km Norseman Balladonia Cocklebiddy Madura Eucla Eyre Highway WA/SA Border Port Augusta, SA 944km Yalata Ceduna Wudinna Kimba Iron Knob Port Augusta Augusta Highway Port Augusta, SA Port Wakefield, SA 209km Port Augusta Stirling North Port Germein Port Pirie Crystal Brook Snowtown Lochiel Port Wakefield Port Wakefield Highway Port Wakefield, SA Waterloo Corner, SA 73km Port Wakefield Dublin Two Wells Virginia Port Wakefield Road Waterloo Corner, SA Adelaide, SA 12km Adelaide Salisbury Highway Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 4km Adelaide Perth <> Darwin Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Great Eastern Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 9km Perth Great Eastern Highway Bypass Perth, WA Perth, WA 5km Perth Roe Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 3km Perth Roe Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 4km Perth Great Northern Highway Perth, WA Port Hedland, WA 1,574km Perth Ellenbrook Bullsbrook Muchea Chittering Bindoon New Norcia Dalwallinu Mount Magnet Cue Meekatharra Newman Port Hedland Great Northern Highway Port Hedland, WA Wyndham, WA 1,563km Port Hedland Bidyadanga Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Halls Creek Warmun Durack Wyndham Victoria Highway Wyndham, WA WA/NT Border 87km Wyndham Kununurra Victoria Highway WA/NT Border Katherine, NT 470km Timber Creek Katherine Stuart Highway Katherine, NT Darwin, NT 316km Katherine Pine Crek Adelaide River Batchelor Humpty Doo Palmerston Darwin Perth <> Bunbury Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Canning Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 5km Perth Kwinana Freeway Perth, WA Perth, WA 4km Perth Kwinana Freeway Perth, WA Ravenswood, WA 62km Perth Kwinana Baldivis Mandurah Forrest Highway Ravenswood, WA Lake Clifton, WA 38km Mandurah Pinjarra Lake Clifton Forrest Highway Lake Clifton, WA Bunbury, WA 54km Lake Clifton Australind Bunbury Bunbury Bypass Bunbury, WA Bunbury, WA 3km Bunbury Perth <> Adelaide (Highway 1 alternative) Continues from Perth <> Darwin (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Canning Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 5km Perth Kwinana Freeway Perth, WA Perth, WA 4km Perth Leach Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 6km Perth Stock Road Perth, WA Perth, WA 10km Perth Rockingham Road Perth, WA Kwinana Beach, WA 11km Perth Kwinana Patterson Road Kwinana Beach, WA Rockingham, WA 5km Kwinana Rockingham Ennis Avenue Rockingham, WA Port Kennedy, WA 13km Rockingham Baldivis Port Kennedy Mandurah Road Port Kennedy, WA Mandurah, WA 23km Port Kennedy Secret Harbour Mandurah Old Coast Road Mandurah, WA Lake Clifton, WA 42km Mandurah Dawesville Lake Clifton Forrest Highway Lake Clifton, WA Bunbury, WA 54km Lake Clifton Australind Bunbury Bunbury Bypass Bunbury, WA Bunbury, WA 3km Bunbury South Western Highway Bunbury, WA Walpole, WA 243km Bunbury Boyanup Donnybrook Balingup Bridgetown Manjimup Walpole South Coast Highway Walpole, WA Esperance, WA 591km Walpole Denmark Albany Jerramungup Ravensthorpe Munglinup Esperance Coolgardie-Esperance Highway Esperance, WA Norseman, WA 202km Esperance Salmon Gums Norseman Eyre Highway Norseman, WA WA/SA Border 720km Norseman Balladonia Cocklebiddy Madura Eucla Eyre Highway WA/SA Border Port Augusta, SA 944km Yalata Ceduna Wudinna Kimba Iron Knob Port Augusta Augusta Highway Port Augusta, SA Port Wakefield, SA 209km Port Augusta Stirling North Port Germein Port Pirie Crystal Brook Snowtown Lochiel Port Wakefield Port Wakefield Highway Port Wakefield, SA Waterloo Corner, SA 73km Port Wakefield Dublin Two Wells Virginia Port Wakefield Road Waterloo Corner, SA Adelaide, SA 16km Adelaide Main North Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 6km Adelaide Continues as Melbourne <> Adelaide (Highway 1 alternative)​ Perth <> Darwin (Highway 1 alternative) Continues from Perth <> Adelaide (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Great Eastern Highway Perth, WA Perth, WA 15km Perth Morrison Road Perth, WA Perth, WA 1km Perth Great Northern Highway Perth, WA Muchea, WA 38km Perth Ellenbrook Bullsbrook Muchea Brand Highway Muchea, WA Geraldton, WA 367km Muchea Gingin Port Denison-Dongara Geraldton North West Coastal Highway Geraldton, WA Port Hedland, WA 1,298km Geraldton Northampton Denham Carnarvon Coral Bay Onslow Karratha Roebourne Port Hedland Great Northern Highway Port Hedland, WA Wyndham, WA 1,563km Port Hedland Bidyadanga Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Halls Creek Warmun Durack Wyndham Victoria Highway Wyndham, WA WA/NT Border 87km Wyndham Kununurra Victoria Highway WA/NT Border Katherine, NT 470km Timber Creek Katherine Stuart Highway Katherine, NT Darwin, NT 316km Katherine Pine Crek Adelaide River Batchelor Humpty Doo Palmerston Darwin Continues as Darwin <> Cairns (Highway 1)​ Adelaide <> Darwin Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Main North Road Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA 6km Adelaide Port Wakefield Road Adelaide, SA Waterloo Corner, SA 16km Adelaide Port Wakefield Highway Waterloo Corner, SA Port Wakefield, SA 73km Virginia Two Wells Dublin Port Wakefield Augusta Highway Port Wakefield, SA Port Augusta, SA 209km Port Wakefield Lochiel Snowtown Crystal Brook Port Pirie Port Germein Stirling North Port Augusta Stuart Highway Port Augusta, SA Daly Waters, NT 2,129km Port Augusta Woomera Glendambo Coober Pedy Marla Indulkana Kulgera Erldunda Alice Springs Ti Tree Tennant Creek Elliott Daly Waters Lasseter Highway (spur route) Erldunda, NT Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, NT 244km Erldunda Curtin Springs Yulara Stuart Highway Daly Waters, NT Darwin, NT 590km Daly Waters Mataranka Katherine Pine Crek Adelaide River Batchelor Humpty Doo Palmerston Darwin Canberra <> Sydney Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Federal Highway Canberra, ACT Goulburn, NSW 80km Canberra Goulburn Hume Highway Goulburn, NSW Sydney, NSW 166km Goulburn Sydney Canberra <> Melbourne Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Barton Highway Canberra, ACT Yass, NSW 52km Canberra Murrumbateman Yass Hume Highway Yass, NSW Albury, NSW 282km Yass Gundagai Holbrook Albury Hume Freeway Wodonga, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 290km Wodonga Wangaratta Benalla Euroa Seymour Wallan Melbourne Western Ring Road Melbourne, Victoria Melbourne, Victoria 15km Melbourne Hobart <> Burnie Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Brooker Highway Hobart, Tasmania Bridgewater, Tasmania 17km Hobart Glenorchy Claremont Bridgewater Midland Highway Bridgewater, Tasmania Launceston, Tasmania 177km Bridgewater Brighton Oatlands Ross Campbell Town Perth Launceston East Tamar Highway (spur route) Launceston, Tasmania George Town, Tasmania 50km Launceston Hillwood Bell Bay George Town Bass Highway Launceston, Tasmania Burnie, Tasmania 142km Launceston Westbury Deloraine Elizabeth Town Latrobe Devonport Leith Ulverstone Penguin Burnie Darwin <> Cairns (Highway 1) Continues from Perth <> Darwin (Highway 1 alternative)​ Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Stuart Highway Darwin, NT Daly Waters, NT 590km Darwin Palmerston Humpty Doo Batchelor Adelaide River Pine Creek Katherine Mataranka Daly Waters Carpentaria Highway (Savannah Way) Daly Waters, NT Borroloola, NT 380km Daly Waters Borroloola Wollogorang Road (Savannah Way) Borroloola, NT QLD/NT Border 262km Borroloola Westmoreland Road (Savannah Way) QLD/NT Border Doomadgee, Queensland 133km Hells Gate Roadhouse Doomadgee Doomadgee Road (Savannah Way) Doomadgee, Queensland Tirrana Roadhouse, Queensland 71km Doomadgee Wills Developmental Road (Savannah Way) Tirrana Roadhouse, Queensland Burketown, Queensland 26km Burketown Nardoo-Burketown Road (Savannah Way) Burketown, Queensland Leichhardt Falls, Queensland 74km Burketown Burketown-Normanton Road (Savannah Way) Leichhardt Falls, Queensland Normanton, Queensland 147km Normanton Burke Developmental Road (Savannah Way) Normanton, Queensland Normanton, Queensland 2km Normanton Gulf Developmental Road (Savannah Way) Normanton, Queensland Forty Mile, Queensland 443km Normanton Croydon Georgetown Kennedy Highway (Savannah Way) Forty Mile, Queensland Cairns, Queensland 244km Mount Garnet Ravenshoe Herberton Atherton Mareeba Kuranda Smithfield Cairns Captain Cook Highway Cairns, Queensland Cairns, Queensland 9km Cairns Sheridan Street Cairns, Queensland Cairns, Queensland 4km Cairns Continues as Brisbane <> Cairns (Highway 1)​ Darwin <> Townsville Route Number: Road Name: Start: End: Distance: Major Settlements: Stuart Highway Darwin, NT Daly Waters, NT 590km Darwin Palmerston Humpty Do Batchelor Adelaide River Pine Creek Katherine Mataranka Daly Waters Stuart Highway Daly Waters, NT Tennant Creek, NT 375km Daly Waters Elliott Tennant Creek Barkly Highway Tennant Creek, NT Cloncurry, Queensland 757km Tennant Creek Camooweal Mount Isa Cloncurry Flinders Highway Cloncurry, Queensland Townsville, Queensland 765km Cloncurry Julia Creek Richmond Hughenden Charters Towers Townsville Bruce Highway Townsville, Queensland Townsville, Queensland 3km Townsville