Buntine Highway
Buntine Highway –Northern Territory | |
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Map of north-western Australia with Buntine Highway highlighted in red | |
| General information | |
| Type | Rural road |
| Length | 581 km (361 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Former route number |  National Route 80 (Nicholson – Top Springs) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Duncan Road, Nicholson, Western Australia |
| Buchanan Highway (National Route 80) | |
| East end |  Victoria Highway (National Highway 1), Delamere, Northern Territory[1] |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Kalkarindji, Top Springs |
The Buntine Highway is a 581-kilometre highway in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It runs from the Victoria Highway via Top Springs and Kalkarindji and then to Nicholson, Western Australia.[2] The section from the Victoria Highway to Kalkaringi is a single-lane sealed road with a few dual-lane sections; the remaining section is unsealed.[3] Funding for maintenance is provided by the Northern Territory government.[4]
The highway was named in 1996 after Noel Buntine who established a livestock transportation business known as Buntine Roadways in the 1950s in northern Australia.[1]
Upgrades
[edit]The Northern Australia Roads Program announced in 2016 included the following project for the Buntine Highway.
Road upgrading
[edit]The project for pavement strengthening, widening and sealing on priority sections is to be complete in mid 2022 at a total cost of $48.1 million.[5]
Major intersections
[edit] | This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. (December 2021) |
The only major intersection on this road is with the Buchanan Highway (National Route 80) at Top Springs.
See also
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- Highways in Australia
- List of highways in the Northern Territory
- List of highways in Western Australia
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Place Names Register Extract for "Buntine Highway"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- ^ "Funding for NT roads". 24 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Buntine Highway Road Upgrading - Project Development and Delivery Phase". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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