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]

Lasseter Highway

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

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

See also

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  Australian Roads portal

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.