- Kiunga-Tabubil Highway
Infobox PNG Road
road_name = Kiunga-Tabubil Highway
type = highway
province = wes
photo = Kiunga-whirlwind-cropped.png
caption = Kiunga, with theFly River in the foreground, right,Ningerum station, Tabubil and theOk Tedi River shown top left/left. The Kiunga-Tabubil Highway runs throughout the centre of this image.
length = 137
direction = North-South
start =Ok Tedi Mine
finish = Kiunga
est =
through = Tabubil,Ningerum
par =Ok Tedi River , Ok-Tedi Kiunga Pipeline
junctions = The Kiunga-Tabubil Highway is an all weather road that runs from the river port town of Kiunga throughNingerum and Tabubil to theOk Tedi Mine site, in the remote North Fly District of the Western Province ofPapua New Guinea . The road is around Convert|137|km|mi|0 long, but this changes as sections are rehashed.It is maintained by
Ok Tedi Mining Limited , who are the greatest beneficiaries of the road. The highway, for the most part, runs parallel with theOk Tedi River , which, due to the fact it is a high volume waterway resting on a sand bank, is an incredibly fast moving and volatile river. Parts of the highway are often consumed by the river and need to be rebuilt. The cost of maintaining this road is K1.5 million a year, in a region where people have an average annual income of about K50 a year. There is a copperslurry pipeline running along the full length of the road.
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