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Captain Cook Highway

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Type
  
Highway

Major cities
  
Port Douglas

Length
  
75 km

Captain Cook Highway

Route number(s)
  
State Route 44 (Mossman - Smithfield) National Route 1 (Smithfield - Cairns)

North end
  
Mossman-Daintree Road, Mossman

South end
  
Bruce Highway (National Highway A1), Cairns

Major settlements
  
Port Douglas, Palm Cove, Queensland, Smithfield, Queensland

Similar
  
Palm Cove - Queensland, Ellis Beach - Queensland, Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation - Queensland

Captain cook highway queensland


Captain Cook Highway is a short Queensland highway that starts in Cairns and ends in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, which continues to Daintree.

Contents

Map of Captain Cook Hwy, Queensland, Australia

Captain Cook Highway is used by many tourists to travel to Port Douglas north of Cairns. Apart from being a vital link between two tourist locations, Captain Cook Highway is a scenic highway that winds alongside the coast of the tropical seaside rainforest heading towards Port Douglas and Daintree National Park.

Captain cook highway coast road


Route description

The highway commences at the end of the A1 Bruce Highway, in Cairns. It runs north through Cairns to the suburb of Smithfield as National Route 1. From there it continues as State Route 44 through the beachside suburbs of Kewarra Beach and Palm Cove, and then follows the coast to Port Douglas. It then proceeds to Mossman where it terminates.

References

Captain Cook Highway Wikipedia


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