Kennedy Highway Kennedy Developmental Road | |
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Kennedy Hwy (yellow on black), Kennedy Developmental (green on black) | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 1,179.8 km (733 mi) |
Route number(s) | National Route 1 (Smithfield – Minnamoolka) State Route 62 (Minnamoolka – Boulia) |
Major junctions | |
NE end | Captain Cook Highway, (National Route 1) / State Route 44), Smithfield, Queensland |
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SW end | Diamantina Developmental Road, (National Route 83), Boulia, Queensland |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Mareeba, Ravenshoe, Hughenden, Winton |
Highway system | |
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The Kennedy Highway is a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. It runs as National Route 1 for approximately 243 km from Smithfield, on the northern outskirts of Cairns, to the Gulf Developmental Road in the vicinity of Forty Mile Scrub and Undara Volcanic national parks (at Minnamoolka, about 40 kilometres south of Mount Garnet).[1] South of this junction, the road continues as the Kennedy Developmental Road (State Highway 62) to Boulia about 936 kilometres away, via Hughenden. West of the junction, National Route 1 continues as the Gulf Developmental Road to Normanton.