The Buntine Highway is a 581-kilometre highway in the
Northern Territory
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and
Western Australia
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. It runs from the
Victoria Highway
The Victoria Highway links the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia with the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory. The highway is a part of the Perth - Darwin National Highway link. It is signed as National Highway 1, and is par ...
via
Top Springs
Top Springs is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin at the junction of the Buchanan and Buntine highways.
Top Springs consists of land around the intersection of th ...
and
Kalkarindji
Kalkaringi (formerly Wave Hill Welfare Settlement, also spelt Kalkarindji ) is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia, located on the Buntine Highway about south of the territory capital of Darwin and located about south ...
and then to
Nicholson,
Western Australia
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. The section from the Victoria Highway to Kalkaringi is a single-lane sealed road with a few dual-lane sections; the remaining section is unsealed. Funding for maintenance is provided by the Northern Territory government.
The highway was named in 1996 after
Noel Buntine
Noel or Noël may refer to:
Christmas
* , French for Christmas
* Noel is another name for a Christmas carol
Places
*Noel, Missouri, United States, a city
*Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community
*1563 Noël, an asteroid
*Mount Noel, British ...
who established a
livestock transportation
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business known as Buntine Roadways in the 1950s in northern Australia.
Upgrades
The
Northern Australia Roads Program announced in 2016 included the following project for the Buntine Highway.
Road upgrading
The project for pavement strengthening, widening and sealing on priority sections is to be complete in mid 2022 at a total cost of $48.1 million.
Major intersections
The only major intersection on this road is with the
Buchanan Highway (National Route 80) at
Top Springs
Top Springs is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin at the junction of the Buchanan and Buntine highways.
Top Springs consists of land around the intersection of th ...
.
See also
*
Highways in Australia
*
List of highways in the Northern Territory
*
List of highways in Western Australia
References
Highways in Australia
Highways in the Northern Territory
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