Coalfields Highway
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Start of the street: |
South Western Highway South of Roelands ( WA ) ( 33 ° 18 ' S , 115 ° 49' O ) |
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End of street: |
Albany Highway Arthur Road Arthur River ( WA ) ( 33 ° 20 ′ S , 117 ° 2 ′ E ) |
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Overall length: | 126 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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The Coalfields Highway , formerly Coalfields Road , is a trunk road in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia . It connects the South Western Highway at Roelands , northeast of Bunbury , with the Albany Highway and Arthur Road in Arthur River . It is called State Route 107 (S107) along its entire length .
course
The Coalfields Highway branches off south of Roelands from the South Western Highway (S20) to the east. It is the main connection road to the important mining town of Collie and runs through mining areas, agricultural areas and larger original wooded areas with Jarrah , Wandoo and Flood Gum forests. The Coalfields Highway then passes Darkan and ends at Arthur River on the Albany Highway (S30).
State Route 107 continues under different names via Wagin , Dumbleyung and Lake Grace to Newdegate and finally ends on the Brookton Highway (S40) in Lake King
The Wellington National Park and the Wellington reservoir located between Bunbury and Collie and can be reached via the Coalfields Highway.
source
- Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 80-81