Roper Highway Explained

Type:rural road
Road Name:Roper Highway
State:nt
Length:206
Direction A:SW
Direction B:NE
End A: Stuart Highway, Mataranka
End B:Ngukurr
Route: B20
(Mataranka – Ngukurr)

The Roper Highway is a road in the Northern Territory of Australia that begins from a point on the Stuart Highway 7 kilometres south of Mataranka, and runs east along the Roper River via Roper Bar to Ngukurr.[1] Its length is 206 kilometres. From Ngukurr the road continues for approximately 153 kilometres to Numbulwar on the Gulf of Carpentaria as the Numbulwar Road.[2] The section of the highway between Roper Bar and Ngukurr is also known as the Ngukurr Access.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas Transport Infrastructure Planning Division, NT Govt.
  2. Australia Road and 4WD Atlas. Hema . Maps. 2007 . Hema Maps. Eight Mile Plains Queensland. 978-1-86500-456-3. 96-97.
  3. Web site: Northern Territory Government . Department of Transport . Map of all NT Roads . April 1998 . PDF . 13 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130505181212/http://www.transport.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/6429/ntmapallroads.pdf . 5 May 2013 . dead . dmy-all.