Peninsula Developmental Road | |
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Map of the Cape York Peninsula, with Peninsula Developmental Road highlighted in green | |
| General information | |
| Type | Rural road |
| Length | 571 km (355 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  State Route 81 |
| Major junctions | |
| Southeast end | Lakeland |
| Bamaga Road (Telegraph Road) | |
| Northwest end | Weipa |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Coen |
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The Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) runs 571 km (355 mi) from Lakeland to Weipa.[1] It is the main road transport link within Cape York Peninsula and to the rest of the Australian mainland.
The segment from Weipa Town to 43 km (27 mi) south of the town is within the Rio Tinto[2] mine lease. The 43 km (27 mi) within the Rio Tinto mine lease boundary is not part of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads controlled road. The department excluded this 43 km (27 mi) section from its official PDR calculations.[3]
The segment from Lakeland to the Rio Tinto boundary is 466 km (290 mi) and is under Transport and Main Roads control.
- ^ Hema Maps (2010). Cape York Regional Map (11 ed.). Eight Mile Plains, Qld: Hema Maps. ISBN 978-1-86500-227-9.
- ^ "Weipa - Rio Tinto". riotinto.com. 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (12 January 2016). "Cape York Region Package". tmr.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.