Peninsula Developmental Road

Peninsula Developmental Road
Basic data
Operator:	Dep. of Transport and Main Roads
Start of the street:	Mulligan Highway Lakeland QLD ( 15 ° 52 ′  S , 144 ° 51 ′  E )
End of street:	Culleen Point QLD ( 11 ° 58 '  S , 141 ° 54'  O )
Overall length:	658 km
States :	Queensland
Peninsula Developmental Road in Coen

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Peninsula Developmental Road is a trunk road in the tropical north of Queensland , Australia . It runs in a south-north direction and has a length of 685 kilometers. It is the only road connection to the Cape York Peninsula . It is unpaved along its entire length.

course

The Peninsula Developmental Road branches off the Mulligan Highway (S81) to the northwest in Lakeland .

It runs along the southwest edge of Lakefield National Park and then follows the east coast of the peninsula at a distance of about 50-60 kilometers. North of the Mungkan-Kandju National Park , Telegraph Road continues north towards Cape York . The Peninsula Developmental Road turns towards the west coast, which it reaches in Weipa , which is also the largest settlement on this road. From there it leads another 86 kilometers to the north and ends at Culleen Point , a cape on Port Musgrave .

The highest point on the highway is at 546 m, the lowest at 21 m.

From the Peninsula Developmental Road, many branch roads branch off to sheep breeding stations.

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 13 + 15

Individual evidence

1. ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Peninsula Developmental Road . Retrieved April 19, 2012.