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    Lasseter Highway

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    Lasseter Highway

    Northern Territory
    Map of central Australia with Lasseter Highway highlighted in red
    General information
    TypeHighway
    Length244 km (152 mi)
    Route number(s) A4
    Major junctions
    West end Tjukaruru Road, Uluru-Katatjuta National Park
     
    • Yulara Drive
    • Giles Street
    • Luritja Road (State Route 3)
    East end Stuart Highway (A87), Erldunda
    Location(s)
    Major settlementsYulara, Curtin Springs, Mount Ebenezer
    Highway system
    • Highways in Australia
    • National Highway • Freeways in Australia
    • Highways in the Northern Territory

    Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 km (152 mi) highway in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway at Erldunda.[2] The highway is named after Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter, who claimed to have discovered a fabulously rich gold reef (Lasseter's Reef) west of Kata Tjuta.[3]

    Junctions

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    Locationkm[4]miDestinationsNotes
    Yulara00.0 Tjukaruru Road (C4)Route 4 continues to Kata Tjuta then to the Western Australian border becoming the Great Central Road
    Yulara Drive
    1.50.93Giles Street
    Petermann9559Mulga Park Road
    180110 Luritja Road (State Route 3)
    Ghan288179 Stuart Highway (A87) – Adelaide, Darwin
    1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
    • Looking east along the Lasseter Highway toward Erldunda
      Looking east along the Lasseter Highway toward Erldunda
    • Lasseter Highway at Mount Conner Lookout near Lake Amadeus, March 2010
      Lasseter Highway at Mount Conner Lookout near Lake Amadeus, March 2010
    • Driving on the Lasseter Highway near the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory.
      Driving on the Lasseter Highway near the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory.

    See also

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    icon Australian Roads portal

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

    References

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    1. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
    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. ^ Brooks, Sally (2 September 2011). "Photo essay" (PDF). Centralian Advocate. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
    4. ^ "Lasseter Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
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