Great Southern Highway

Great Southern Highway
356
Basic data
Operator:	Main Roads
Start of the street:	Great Eastern Highway The Lakes ( WA ) ( 31 ° 52 ′  S , 116 ° 19 ′  E )
End of street:	Albany Highway southwest of Cranbrook ( WA ) ( 34 ° 19 '  S , 117 ° 31'  O )
Overall length:	367 km
States :	Western Australia
The Big Ram - the big ram in Wagin

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Great Southern Highway is a trunk road in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia . It runs through the Southern Wheatbelt Region and connects the Great Eastern Highway in The Lakes , east of the state capital Perth , with the Albany Highway near Cranbrook , about 85 km north of Albany on the south coast of Australia .

course

The Great Southern Highway begins in The Lakes about 50 km east of Perth city center. There it branches off the Great Eastern Highway (N94) to the east and leads to York . There he takes over the numbering of the York Road (S120) coming from the north as State Road 120, turns to the south-southeast and follows the railway line Perth-Albany and the upper reaches of the Avon River . At Brookton the trunk road crosses the Brookton Highway (S40) and continues on its way to Narrogin . In addition to state highway 120, the highway is also designated as tourist route 356.

From Narrogin, the Great Southern Highway runs parallel to the Albany Highway (S30) approximately 30 km east-northeast. The road runs through agricultural areas with large grain silos in most places along its route. In Wagin you can also admire a large ram, one of the many oversized figures in Australia. There the highway also crosses State Road 107, which is referred to as Arthur Road to the west and Wagin Dumbleyung Road to the east . The next major city is Katanning .

Behind Broomehill , the Great Southern Highway approaches the Albany Highway before it meets and ends at Cranbrook . The Albany Highway continues south to the city of the same name.

Great Southern Highway and surrounding highways

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 78, 79, 81