Highlands Highway

Highlands Highway
Route information
Length700 km (430 mi)
Existed1950s–present
Major junctions
East endLae
West endTari, Porgera
Location
CountryPapua New Guinea
Major citiesKainantu, Goroka, Mount Hagen, Mendi, Wabag
Highway system
Highlands Highway in Eastern Highlands Province
The sign marking the 2478 metre Daulo Pass

The Highlands Highway, sometimes known as the Okuk Highway,[1] is the main land highway in Papua New Guinea. It connects several major cities and is vital for the movement of people and goods between the populous Highlands region and the coast.

For most of its length the Highlands Highway is no more than a single carriageway two-lane road that is often hindered by potholes and land slips. It is also notorious, particularly in the Highlands region, for being the place of numerous armed hold-ups and robberies committed by local bandits called raskols.

  1. ^ "Morobe Province". Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority. Archived from the original on 24 July 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.