Location Name - Port Hedland - Road heading south
Great Northern Highway
South Hedland 6722

County/Council: Town of Port Hedland
Region: Pilbara
Location ID: 10100054


Website:
http://www.visitporthedland.com/contact.html (Port Hedland Visitor Centre)
http://Port Hedland to South Hedland (Drive from Port Hedland to South Hedland (YouTube))
http://www.porthedland.wa.gov.au/ (Port Hedland Town Council)

 
Categories:
AUTOS / VEHICLES - *
CITIES / TOWNS / SUBURBS - *
CITIES / TOWNS / SUBURBS - Outback Towns
INDUSTRIAL - *
INDUSTRIAL - Abandoned Structures
INDUSTRIAL - Dumps/ Tips / Recycling Facilities
INDUSTRIAL - Warehouses
LAKES / RIVERS - *
LANDSCAPES - *
LANDSCAPES - Dry Lakes / Flats
ROADS / HIGHWAYS - *
ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Dirt / Unpaved Roads
ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Flat / Straight Roads
ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Rural / Country Roads
TRAINS / RAILS / MASS TRANSIT - *
TRAINS / RAILS / MASS TRANSIT - Rail Yards / Freight Yards
TRAINS / RAILS / MASS TRANSIT - Tracks / Junctions
TRAINS / RAILS / MASS TRANSIT - Train Stations / Depots / Subways
TRAINS / RAILS / MASS TRANSIT - Trains
LANDSCAPES - Bushland / Scrub
ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Red Dirt
LANDSCAPES - Red Dirt
MINING - *
MINING - Iron Ore
MINING - Mine Camps
LANDSCAPES - Power lines
ROADS / HIGHWAYS - Power lines
LAKES / RIVERS - Salt Lake

Description:
Great Northern Highway 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 is constructed as a sealed, predominantly two-lane single carriageway, but with some single-lane bridges in the Kimberley. Great Northern Highway travels through remote areas of the state, and is the only sealed road link between the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia. 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. Port Headland is a 2 hour flight north of Perth or a 18 hour drive.

Jurisdictions::
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation, Town of Port Hedland, Main Roads Western Australia, Pilbara Development Commission

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