Mulligan Highway

Formerly Cooktown Developmental Road

Queensland
Mulligan Highway (green on black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length266 km (165 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 81 (Mareeba to Lakeland)
State Route 40 (Lakeland to Cooktown)
Major junctions
South end Kennedy Highway, (National Highway 1) Mareeba, Queensland
  Mareeba–Dimbulah Road (State Route 27)
Mossman–Mount Molloy Road (State Route 44)
Peninsula Developmental Road (State Route 81)
North end Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Queensland
Location(s)
Major settlementsMount Molloy, Lakeland
Highway system

The Mulligan Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 266 km between Mareeba and Cooktown, on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula where it terminates. It is signed as State Route 81 from Mareeba to Lakeland and State Route 40 from Lakeland to Cooktown.[1] It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 34A, 34B and 34C).[2][3]

Named after bushman James Venture Mulligan the sealed highway follows the old Cooktown Developmental Road and was completed in 2006. Since it was sealed, travelling time from Cairns to Cooktown has reduced from 6 to 3½ hours.

List of towns along the highway

Linked state-controlled roads

In addition to the Peninsula Developmental Road, the following state-controlled roads are linked to this road:

Mareeba–Dimbulah Road

Mareeba–Dimbulah Road

State Route 27 marker

LocationMulligan Highway, Mareeba to Burke Developmental Road, Dimbulah
Length44.5 km (27.7 mi)
Route number27

Mareeba–Dimbulah Road is a state-controlled regional road (number 664).[2][3] It starts at an intersection with Mulligan Highway (State Route 81) in Mareeba. It runs south-west as State Route 27, for 44.5 kilometres (27.7 mi) to Dimbulah, where it transitions to Burke Developmental Road. The road has no major intersections .[4]

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
MareebaMareeba00.0 Kennedy Highway (National Route 1) – south – Atherton / east – KurandaSouthern end of Mulligan Highway (State Route 81)
3.32.1 Mareeba Dimbulah Road (State Route 27) – south–west – Dimbulah
Mount Molloy43.527.0 Mossman Mount Molloy Road (State Route 44) – north – Mossman
CookLakeland187116 Peninsula Developmental Road (State Route 81) – north–west – LauraState Route 81 continues north-west as Peninsula Developmental Road.
Mulligan Highway continues north-east as State Route 40.
Cooktown266165Charlotte Street – north – Cooktown CBDNorthern end of Mulligan Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition

See also

References

  1. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  2. ^ a b "North Queensland Region map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Far North District map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ Google (18 July 2023). "Mareeba to Dimbulah" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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