Goldfields Highway

Goldfields Highway
94
Basic data
Operator:	Main Roads
Start of the street:	94 Widgiemootha Road Kambalda West ( WA ) ( 31 ° 13 ′  S , 121 ° 37 ′  E )
End of street:	Great Northern Highway Meekatharra ( WA ) ( 26 ° 35 ′  S , 118 ° 30 ′  E )
Overall length:	797 km
States :	Western Australia

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Goldfields Highway is a trunk road in the center of the Australian state of Western Australia . It connects the Widgiemootha Road in Kambalda West with the Great Northern Highway in Meekatharra .

course

The highway begins in Kambalda West as a continuation of the Widgiemootha Road (R94), which in turn branches off southwest of Kambalda to the northeast from the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway (N94). After 60 km the twin towns of Kalgoorlie-Boulder are reached. There the Great Eastern Highway (R94) flows from the west, while the Goldfields Highway leads as ALT 94 to the north via Menzies to Leonora . There the Laverton Leonora Road branches off to the east , which becomes the Great Central Road from Laverton .

The highway continues north via Leinster to Wiluna . There a road branches off to the east, which becomes the Gunbarrel Highway from Old Carnegie . The longest and toughest outback track in Australia, the Canning Stock Route , continues north, while the Goldfields Highway - now unpaved - runs a further 184 km to the west and ends on the Great Northern Highway in Meekatharra.

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 85