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Welcome to the Australian roads portal.

This portal is designed to give an overview of articles associated with the roads in Australia, predominantly with a focus on the roads themselves, but also on their history, associated infrastructure, and other related topics.

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Eyre Highway crosses the flat terrain of the Nullarbor
Eyre Highway crosses the flat terrain of the Nullarbor

Eyre Highway
Highway in South Australia and Western Australia

Eyre Highway is a 1,664-kilometre (1,034 mi) highway linking Western Australia and South Australia via the Nullarbor Plain. Signed as National Highways 1 and A1, it forms part of Highway 1 and the Australian National Highway network linking Perth and Adelaide. It was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first European to cross the Nullarbor by land, in 1840–1841. Eyre Highway runs from Norseman in Western Australia, past Eucla, to the state border. Continuing to the South Australian town of Ceduna, it crosses the top of the Eyre Peninsula before reaching Port Augusta. (Full article...)

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DID YOU KNOW?

... that the Canberra road Yarra Glen does not have one of the usual roadway suffixes because the name sounds better without them?
... that a committee in the 1920s raised the funds to turn a collection of tracks into Anzac Avenue, the longest World War I memorial road in Queensland?
... that Guildford Road in Perth, Western Australia was supposed to be called the Great Eastern Highway?

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