Lasseter Highway

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Lasseter Highway
Northern Territory
Looking east along the Lasseter Highway toward Erldunda, Northern Territory
General information
Type Highway
Length 244 km (152 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 4
Major junctions
West end Tjukaruru Road, Uluru-Katatjuta National Park, Northern Territory
  Yulara Drive
Giles Street
Luritija Road
East end Stuart Highway, Erldunda, Northern Territory
Location(s)
Major settlements Yulara, Curtin Springs, Mount Ebenezer

Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 kilometre highway in the Northern Territory of Australia. It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway.[1] The highway is named after Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter, who claimed to have discovered a fabulously rich gold reef (Lasseter's Reef) west of Kata Tjuta.

See also

Portal icon Australian Roads portal

References

  1. Department of Transport (April 1998). "Map of all NT Roads" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2014. 


Lasseter Highway at Mount Conner Lookout near Lake Amadeus, March 2010


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