The Bamaga and Telegraph Roads link the
Peninsula Developmental Road
The Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) runs from Lakeland to Weipa. It is the main road transport link within Cape York Peninsula and to the rest of the Australian mainland.
The segment from Weipa Town to south of the town is within the Rio ...
(PDR), at a junction north of
Coen, with Airport Road in
Bamaga, Queensland
Bamaga ( , ) is a small town and locality about from the northern tip of Cape York in the north of Queensland, Australia. It is within the Northern Peninsula Area Region. It is one of the northernmost settlements in continental Australia and is ...
to the North. The southern part of the road, between PDR junction and Bramwell Junction (), is named Telegraph Road. The northern part of the road between Bramwell Junction and Bamaga () is named Bamaga Road.
The Bamaga and Telegraph Roads are also referred to as the Northern Peninsula Road.
List of towns, localities and points of interest along the highway
* Moreton Telegraph Station
* Bramwell Junction
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Jardine River
The Jardine River is the largest river of the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course
The headwaters of the river rise southwest of Helby Hill in the Great Dividing Range and flow in a north westerly direction parallel ...
(Jardine River Ferry)
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Injinoo
The Injinoo were an Indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula, and their name now applies to a tribal aggregation of remnants of various tribes of the Cape York Peninsula.
Country
The traditional lands of the Injinoo Community ext ...
Major intersections
This road has no major intersections.
Gallery
File:Bamaga Road Southbound from Jardine River (2012-11-20).jpg, Bamaga Road, also named Northern Peninsula Road, at Jardine River
See also
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List of highways in Queensland
Queensland, being the second largest (by area) state in Australia, is also the most decentralised. Hence the highways and roads cover most parts of the state unlike the sparsely populated Western Australia. Even Queensland's outback is well se ...
References
{{Road infrastructure in Queensland
Roads in Queensland
Far North Queensland