Roper Highway

Roper Highway
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Basic data
Operator:	NT Roads
Start of the street:	Stuart Highway south of Mataranka ( NT ) ( 14 ° 59 ′  S , 133 ° 5 ′  E )
End of street:	Numbulwar ( NT ) ( 14 ° 16 ′  S , 135 ° 43 ′  E )
Overall length:	298 km
States :	Northern Territory

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Roper Highway is a 298 km long trunk road in the north of the Australian Northern Territory . It connects Mataranka on the Stuart Highway with the settlement of Ngukurr and Numbulwar in southeastern Arnhem Land , both former Aboriginal mission stations , on the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria . From its beginning on the Stuart Highway to the Roper Bar settlement , the Roper Highway is part of the Savannah Way .

course

The first paved road branches off south of Mataranka from the Sturt Highway (N1) and runs south of Elsey National Park to the east. It crosses the Strangways River , runs south of the eponymous Roper River through Aboriginal land ( Mangarrayi ) and reaches the Roper Valley station . After another 40 kilometers, the asphalt pavement stops and at Roper Bar the highway crosses the Roper River and the Wilton River . 33 kilometers further on is Ngukurr.

The last section of the route, just a dirt road, leads through the Arnhem Land to the east-northeast and may only be used with special permission from the authorities. It leads over the Numbulwar Road to Numbulwar on the estuary of the Rose River .

The highest point on the highway is 164 m, the lowest is 12 m.

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 96 + 97

Individual evidence

1. ↑ maps.bonzle.com - Roper Highway . Retrieved April 19, 2012.