Lasseter Highway
Appearance
Lasseter Highway | |
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Map of central Australia with Lasseter Highway highlighted in red | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 244 km (152 mi) |
Route number(s) | A4 |
Major junctions | |
West end | Tjukaruru Road, Uluru-Katatjuta National Park |
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East end | Stuart Highway (A87), Erldunda |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Yulara, Curtin Springs, Mount Ebenezer |
Highway system | |
Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 km (152 mi) highway in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway at Erldunda.[2] The highway is named after Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter, who claimed to have discovered a fabulously rich gold reef (Lasseter's Reef) west of Kata Tjuta.[3]
Junctions
Location | km[4] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Yulara | 0 | 0.0 | Tjukaruru Road (C4) | Route 4 continues to Kata Tjuta then to the Western Australian border becoming the Great Central Road | |
Yulara Drive | |||||
1.5 | 0.93 | Giles Street | |||
Petermann | 95 | 59 | Mulga Park Road | ||
180 | 110 | Luritja Road (State Route 3) | |||
Ghan | 288 | 179 | Stuart Highway (A87) – Adelaide, Darwin | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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Looking east along the Lasseter Highway toward Erldunda
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Lasseter Highway at Mount Conner Lookout near Lake Amadeus, March 2010
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Driving on the Lasseter Highway near the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory.
See also
References
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- ^ Department of Transport (April 1998). "Map of all NT Roads" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Brooks, Sally (2 September 2011). "Photo essay" (PDF). Centralian Advocate. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Lasseter Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 18 January 2017.