Duncan Road

Duncan Road
Formerly known as Duncan Highway
Length	443 km (275 mi)
Direction	Northeast-Southwest
From	Victoria Highway, Keep River National Park, Northern Territory near NT/WA border
via	Bungle Bungle National Park, Nicholson
To	Great Northern Highway, Halls Creek, Western Australia
Allocation	Nicholson - Halls Creek:
Major junctions	Buntine Highway

Duncan Road^[1] is a generally northeast-southwest former highway in the northeast of Western Australia and northwest of Northern Territory which links the Victoria Highway with Halls Creek. The highway is approximately 443 kilometres (275 mi) in length, is confusingly designated as National Route 80 from Nicholson to Halls Creek and snakes its way through the Western Australia / Northern Territory borders numerous times from Victoria Highway to Buntine Highway in a north-south direction.

It then heads westwards towards Halls Creek, and since the change of National Route 80 heading north to Timber Creek from its original alignment westwards, which has been replaced as National Route 96, National Route 80 has been retained in the West Australian section from Nicholson to Halls Creek.

History and present

The highway was decommissioned in July 1976. There are no facilities or fuel centres for the length of the 443 kilometre road.

See also

• Highways in Australia
• List of highways in the Northern Territory
• List of highways in Western Australia

References

1. ^ Duncan Highway - One of the most remote highways in Australia!, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved on 11 May 2008.