Duncan Road Formerly Duncan Highway –Northern Territory | |
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Map on north-western Australia with Duncan Road highlighted in red | |
| General information | |
| Type | Rural road |
| Length | 443 km (275 mi) |
| History | Constructed 1950–1956; Decommissioned 1976 |
| Former route number |  National Route 80 (Nicholson – Halls Creek) |
| Major junctions | |
| Southwest end |  Great Northern Highway (National Highway 1), Halls Creek, Western Australia |
 Buntine Highway (National Route 96) | |
| Northeast end | Victoria Highway (National Highway 1), Keep River National Park, Northern Territory (near WA border) |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Nicholson |
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Duncan Road[1] is a generally northeast-southwest former highway in the northeast of Western Australia and northwest of Northern Territory that links the Victoria Highway with Halls Creek. The road, approximately 443 kilometres (275 mi) in length, was designated as National Route 80 from its terminus at Halls Creek through to Nicholson. National Route 80 continued east into the Northern Territory along Buntine Highway (now National Route 96), while Duncan Road snakes its way north, crossing the state border numerous times between Buntine Highway and Victoria Highway.[2]
There are no facilities or fuel centres for the length of the 443 kilometre road.[3]
- ^ Hema, Maps (2006). Australia's Great Desert Tracks NC Sheet (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. ISBN 978-1-86500-163-0.
- ^ Duncan Highway - One of the most remote highways in Australia!, Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website. Retrieved 11 May 2008.[self-published source]
- ^ "Duncan Road". Shire of Halls Creek. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.