Ross Highway

Ross Highway
Basic data
Operator:	NT Roads
Start of the street:	Stuart Highway Larapinta Drive Alice Springs ( NT ) ( 23 ° 44 ′ S , 133 ° 52 ′ E ); ; ;
End of street:	Arltunga Tourist Drive; Arltunga ( NT ) ; ( 23 ° 28 ' S , 134 ° 43' O )
Overall length:	110 km
States :	Northern Territory

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Ross Highway is a tourist route in the south of Australia's Northern Territory . It begins on the Stuart Highway in Alice Springs and traverses the eastern MacDonnell Ranges to the east of it to the settlement of Arltunga .

course

The initially paved, two-lane road branches off the Stuart Highway (N87) in the southern Ross district of Alice Springs. It runs east-northeast north of the Todd River to the Ross River , where a cul-de-sac branches off to the settlement of the same name on the river.

The last 36 km to the settlement of Arltunga on the Arltunga Historic Reserve are unpaved. From there, Arltunga Tourist Drive heads west-northwest, over the Hale River and back to the Stuart Highway.

The highest point on the highway is 718 m, the lowest is 509 m.

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 101

Individual evidence

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

[1] maps.bonzle.com - Ross Highway . Retrieved April 19, 2012.