List of road routes in the Northern Territory

Road routes in the Northern Territory assist drivers navigating roads throughout the territory, by identifying important through-routes. The Northern Territory's National Highways are the main routes connecting Darwin to the adjacent states of Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia. National Routes spur off the National Highways, and are other routes of national importance, while the remaining significant routes are designated as State Routes.[1][2]

The Northern Territory's National Highways. Some other road routes are also shown.

According to the New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services, the Northern Territory has begun converting their numbered routes to alphanumeric routes, with a "progressive replacement" scheme that sees alphanumeric route markers introduced only when signs are replaced.[3]

National Highways and Routes

There are three national highways and three national routes in the Northern Territory.[1][2]

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Route	Planned alphanumeric route[4]	Component roads	From	To	Length	Notes
National Highway 1	A1	Victoria Highway Stuart Highway	WA–NT border (near Keep River National Park)	Daly Waters	743 km (462 mi)	Continues east from Daly Waters as National Route 1
		Stuart Highway	Katherine	Darwin	2,834 km (1,761 mi)	Partially signed as alphanumeric route A1; spur section connecting to Darwin
National Highway 66	B66	Barkly Highway	Tennant Creek	Qld–NT border (near Ranken)	754 km (469 mi)
National Highway 87	A87	Stuart Highway	Daly Waters	SA–NT border (near Kulgera)	2,834 km (1,761 mi)
National Route 1	B1	Carpentaria Highway	Daly Waters	Qld–NT border (near Wollogorang Airport)	380 km (236 mi)	Continues north from Daly Waters as National Highway 1
National Route 80	C80	Buchanan Highway	Victoria Highway (29.4 km (18 mi) south-east of Timber Creek	Birdum	393 km (244 mi)
National Route 96	B96	Buntine Highway	Delamere, NT	Duncan Road, Nicholson, WA	581 km (361 mi)

State Routes

State routes are numbered based on their position in the territory, generally increasing in number from south to north.[1]

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Route	Component roads	Planned Alphanumeric Replacement[5]	From	To	Length	Notes
State Route 2	Namatjira Drive		Larapinta Drive, Hugh	Larapinta Drive, Namatjira	156 km (97 mi)
State Route 3	Luritja Road		Lasseter Highway	Watarrka National Park	161 km (100 mi)
State Route 4	Lasseter Highway		Erldunda	Uluru	244 km (152 mi)
	Tjukaruru Road Great Central Road		Uluru	WA–NT border (near Kaltukatjara)	189 km (117 mi)
State Route 5	Tanami Road		Burt Plain	WA–NT border (near Tanami)	1,035 km (643 mi)
State Route 6	Larapinta Drive		Watarrka National Park	Alice Springs	325 km (202 mi)
State Route 8	Ross Highway Arltunga Road		Ross	Arltunga Historical Reserve, Hart	90 km (56 mi)
State Route 11	Tablelands Highway		Tablelands	Cape Crawford	375 km (233 mi)
State Route 12	Plenty Highway		Burt Plain	Qld–NT border (near Tobermorey)	496 km (308 mi)
State Route 14	Sandover Highway		Plenty Highway, Anmatjere	Qld–NT border (near Alpurrurulam)	561 km (349 mi)
State Route 16	Barkly Stock Route Tablelands Highway Calvert Road		Lake Woods	Calvert	251 km (156 mi)
State Route 20	Roper Highway		Mataranka	Roper Bar	206 km (128 mi)
State Route 21	Kakadu Highway		Pine Creek	Jabiru	209 km (130 mi)
State Route 23	Dorat Road		Adelaide River	Hayes Creek, Douglas-Daly	65 km (40 mi)
State Route 24	Central Arnhem Road		Venn	Bulman	663 km (412 mi)
State Route 28	Daly River Road Port Keats Road		Robin Falls	Wadeye	256 km (159 mi)
State Route 30	Batchelor Road Rum Jungle Road Litchfield Park Road		Coomalie Creek	Blackmore	145 km (90 mi)
State Route 34	Cox Peninsula Road		Noonamah	Cox Peninsula	79.5 km (49 mi)	Partially signed as alphanumeric route B34
State Route 36	Arnhem Highway		McMinns Lagoon	Kakadu National Park	227 km (141 mi)

See also

• List of highways in the Northern Territory

References

1. "250k Topographic Map" (Map). NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
2. Department of Transport (April 1998). "Map of all NT Roads" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
3. Roads and Maritime Services. "Questions and answers: A better way to navigate NSW roads" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.