Type Highway | Length 797 km | |
Route number(s) Alternate National Route 94 (Kalgoorlie to Coolgardie-Esperance Highway) Northwest end Great Northern Highway (National Highway 95), Meekatharra Southeast end Coolgardie-Esperance Highway (National Highway 95), Widgiemooltha Major cities Kalgoorlie, Leonora, Menzies, Wiluna, Meekatharra, Kambalda Major settlements Wiluna, Leonora, Menzies, Kalgoorlie, Kambalda | ||
Goldfields Highway is a generally northwest-southeast highway in central Western Australia which links the Great Northern Highway at Meekatharra with Coolgardie-Esperance Highway south of Kalgoorlie. The highway is approximately 797 kilometres (495 mi) in length, and is designated as Alternate National Route 94 from Kalgoorlie to Coolgardie–Esperance Highway.
Map of Goldfields Hwy, Western Australia, Australia
A large 180-kilometre (110 mi) section of the highway, from Meekatharra to Wiluna, is not a sealed road As of 2016. A project to upgrade Goldfields Highway by sealing this portion, over a three-year period, is scheduled to start in the 2017/18 financial year. The project has $60 million of funding through Royalties for Regions.
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Goldfields Highway Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA