Mulligan Highway
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.[1]
Mulligan Highway Formerly Cooktown Developmental Road | |
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| Mulligan Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 266 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 settlements | Mount Molloy, Lakeland |
| Highway system | |
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
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Mareeba | Mareeba | 0 | 0.0 | Kennedy Highway (National Route 1) - south - Atherton / east - Kuranda | Southern end of Mulligan Highway (State Route 81) |
| 3.3 | 2.1 | Mareeba Dimbulah Road (State Route 27) - south-west - Dimbulah | |||
| Mount Molloy | 43.5 | 27.0 | Mossman Mount Molloy Road (State Route 44) - north- Mossman | ||
| Cook | Lakeland | 187 | 116 | Peninsula Developmental Road (State Route 81) - north-west - Laura | State Route 81 continues north-west as Peninsula Developmental Road. Mulligan Highway continues north-east as State Route 40. |
| Cooktown | 266 | 165 | Charlotte Street - north - Cooktown CBD | Northern end of Mulligan Highway | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
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