Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road

Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road
Basic data
Operator:	Main Roads
Start of the street:	Brand Highway / North West Coastal Highway; Geraldton ( WA ); ( 28 ° 47 ′ S , 114 ° 37 ′ E )
End of street:	Great Northern Highway; Mount Magnet ( WA ); ( 28 ° 5 ′ S , 117 ° 50 ′ E )
Overall length:	335 km
States :	Western Australia

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road is an important connecting road in the west of the Australian state of Western Australia . It connects the Brand Highway and the North West Coastal Highway in the port city of Geraldton with the Great Northern Highway in the mining town of Mount Magnet .

course

Distances to places on Geraldton-Mount Magnet Road from Geraldton

The highway begins in the eastern Utakarra suburb of Geraldton on the country's west coast. Past the city's airport, it moves east-northeast over the hilly Moresby Ranges to the agricultural town of Mullewa . Via Yalgoo , where there is a refueling facility, it leads in an almost straight line to the Great Northern Highway, which it meets and ends on the southern outskirts of Mount Magnet.

Road condition and importance

The road designated as State Road 123 (S123) has two lanes over its entire length. It is an important route for the heavy mining and silo trucks that carry mining products and grain to the port and mining equipment on Mount Magnet.

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 84

Individual evidence

^ Shire of Greenough: Minutes of the Health Building & Town Planning Committee . October 17, 2000. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 22, 2007.

[1] Shire of Greenough: Minutes of the Health Building & Town Planning Committee . October 17, 2000. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 22, 2007.