Great Northern Highway

Great Northern Highway Western Australia
Map of Western Australia with Great Northern Highway highlighted in red
Type	Highway
Length	3,194.66 km (1,985 mi)
Gazetted	10 March 1944
Route number(s)	National Highway 95 (Middle Swan – Mundabullangana) National Highway 1 (Mundabullangana – Victoria Highway) National Route 1 (Midland – Muchea)
Tourist routes	Swan Valley Tourist Drive (Tourist Drive 203, Perth) Geikie–Windjana Tourist Way (Tourist Drive 350, Geikie Gorge National Park – Fitzroy Crossing) Chittering Valley Tourist Way (Tourist Drive 359, Bullsbrook) Midlands Tourist Way (Tourist Drive 360, Upper Swan – Walebing)
Southwest end	Morrison Road, (National Routes 1), Midland, Perth
	Reid Highway (State Route 3) Roe Highway (National Highway 95 / State Route 3) Brand Highway (National Route 1) Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road (State Route 123) Goldfields Highway North West Coastal Highway (National Route 1) Victoria Highway (National Highway 1)
Northeast end	Harbour Road, Wyndham
Major settlements	Bullsbrook, New Norcia, Dalwallinu, Mount Magnet, Meekatharra, Newman, Port Hedland, Broome Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek
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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.

In Perth, the highway begins in Midland near Great Eastern Highway, and further north intersects the Reid and Roe highways, which together form Perth's ring road. There are also three rural highways that spur off Great Northern Highway. Brand Highway and North West Coastal Highway provide an alternative coastal route between Muchea and Port Hedland, while Victoria Highway carries the National Highway route and interstate traffic into the Northern Territory. Various road routes are allocated to sections of Great Northern Highway, including the Highway 1 routes National Route 1 and National Highway 1, as well as National Highway 95.

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