Captain Cook Highway
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 Bruce HighwayCairns ( QLD ) ( 16 ° 55 ′ S , 145 ° 46 ′ E ) |
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 Mossman Mount Molloy Road Mossman Daintree Road Mossman ( QLD ) ( 16 ° 28 ′ S , 145 ° 23 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 75 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Captain Cook Highway is a relatively short trunk road in the tropical north of the Australian state of Queensland . It runs for 75 km in a south-north direction and connects Cairns with Mossman and the Daintree National Park .
course
The Captain Cook Highway begins in the center of Cairns. There it forms a continuation of the Bruce Highway (NA1) coming from Brisbane in the south . From this it also takes over the signs as National Highway 1 in its southern section and is therefore part of the route that circles the Australian continent .
About 12 km north of Cairns, in Smithfield , the Kennedy Highway branches off in a westerly direction. From this point on, the Captain Cook Highway is signposted as State Road 44 (S44). It continues in a north-westerly direction. It follows the course of the country's coast and winds between the coast on the one hand and tropical rainforest on the other side of the road. This makes the route particularly popular with tourists. After about 49 km you will find the junction for the port city of Port Douglas . Mossman is 14 km further north. This is where the Captain Cook Highway meets the Mossman-Daintree Road and ends. From Mossman, roads continue north to Cooktown and the Cape York Peninsula, as well as to the nearby Daintree National Park with the famous Cape Tribulation .
The highest point on the highway is 119 m, the lowest is 2 m. The maximum gradient on the mountainous highway is more than 15%.
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 14
Individual evidence
- ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Captain Cook Highway . Retrieved April 19, 2012.