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Cairns road network is a group of roads that provide access to the urban areas of Cairns in Queensland, Australia, and enable travel between the communities. Most of the roads retain their original road or street names, and are not well known by their official names.
It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A). [2] [3] [4] The highway is used to connect the CBD of Cairns to the Northern Beaches, a collection of suburbs that comprise the northern section of Cairns. It is also used by many tourists travelling to the town of Port Douglas, north of Cairns.
Gulf Developmental Road is an Australian highway linking the Cairns and Normanton regions in northern Queensland, Australia. It is the only sealed ( asphalt ) road linking these two regions, and is designated Highway 1 in the Queensland part of the national Highway 1 network .
Its official name is Gillies Range Road, and it was originally known as the Cairns Range Road. View from Heales Lookout at 2,000 feet (610 m) on the Gillies Highway, circa 1935. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 642). [2] [3] The highway is known for its 263 corners, and 800 m elevation change in only 19 km of road. [1]
All roads within the Highway 1 system are allocated a road route numbered 1, M1, A1, or B1, depending on the state route numbering system. In Queensland, the highway is designated as National Route 1 from the NT border to Cairns, Route A1 from Cairns to Kybong, and then Route M1 down to the NSW border.
The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia.It runs as National Route 1 for approximately 243 km from Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Developmental Road in the vicinity of Forty Mile Scrub and Undara Volcanic national parks (at Minnamoolka, about 40 kilometres south of Mount Garnet). [1]
The Savannah Way is a route of highways and major roads across the tropical savannahs of northern Australia, linking Cairns in Queensland with Broome in Western Australia. Promoted as a self-drive tourist route, it joins Cairns, Normanton , Borroloola , Katherine , Kununurra , Fitzroy Crossing , Derby and Broome. [ 1 ]
The Cairns Western Arterial Road is a numbered state route in the Cairns Region of Queensland, Australia. The road provides a primary access route across the Brinsmead Gap for suburbs west of the Whitfield Range, and is one of two major crossings over the Barron River. In 2007, it was estimated that 24,000 vehicles per day used the road. [1]