Goldfields Highway

Goldfields Highway is a generally northwest-southeast highway in central Western Australia which links the Great Northern Highway at Meekatharra with Coolgardie-Esperance Highway south of Kalgoorlie.[1] The highway is approximately 797 kilometres (495 mi) in length, and is designated as Alternate National Route 94 from Kalgoorlie to Coolgardie–Esperance Highway.

Goldfields Highway

Western Australia
General information
TypeHighway
Length797 km (495 mi)
Route number(s) Alternate National Route 94 (Kalgoorlie to Coolgardie-Esperance Highway)
Major junctions
Northwest end Great Northern Highway (National Highway 95), Meekatharra
  Great Eastern Highway (Alternate National Route 94)
Southeast end Coolgardie-Esperance Highway (National Highway 95), Widgiemooltha
Location(s)
Major settlementsWiluna, Leonora, Menzies, Kalgoorlie, Kambalda
Highway system

A large 180-kilometre (110 mi) section of the highway, from Meekatharra to Wiluna, is not a sealed road as of 2016. A project to upgrade Goldfields Highway by sealing this portion, over a three-year period, was scheduled to start in the 2017/18 financial year with $60 million of funding through Royalties for Regions.[2][3] As of 2020, a small 5-kilometre-long (3 mi) section is being sealed.[4]

See also

 Australian Roads portal

References
  1. Goldfields-Esperance Region (PDF) (Map). Version 1.0. Cartography by Main Roads Western Australia. Main Roads Western Australia. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. Main Roads Western Australia (26 August 2016). "Goldfields Highway Upgrade – Goldfields Highway (Wiluna to Meekatharra Sealing)". Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. Redman, Terry; Nalder, Dean (15 August 2016). "Wiluna to Meekatharra highway upgrade" (Media Statements). Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. Stevens, Rhiannon; Moussalli, Isabel (20 July 2020). "Roadworkers sealing Western Australia's last dirt highway unite remote outback community". ABC News. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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