1
Great Northern Highway
3195 kilometres.
World’s longest and most remote paved road. Midland to Wyndham, WA.
2
Stuart Highway
2720 kilometres.
Port Augusta, SA to Darwin, NT.
3
Princes Highway
1898 kilometres.
Sydney to Adelaide via Melbourne.
4
Canning Stock Route
1850 kilometres.
Wiluna to Halls Creek, WA.
5
Eyre Highway
1668 kilometres.
Norseman, WA to Port Augusta, SA.
6
Bruce Highway
1652 kilometres.
Brisbane to Rockhampton. Biggest traffic carrier in Queensland.
7
Trans Access Road
1385 kilometres.
Kalgoorlie, WA to Glendambo, SA.
8
Gunbarrel Highway
1347 kilometres.
Carnegie Station, WA to Victory Downs, NT.
9
Diamantina Development Road
1344 kilometres.
Charlevill to Mt Isa, Qld.
10
Anne Beadell Highway
1340 kilometres.
Laverton, WA to Coober Pedy, SA.
11
North West Coastal Highway
1180 kilometres.
Geraldton to Port Hedland, WA.
12
Kennedy Highway
1126 kilometes.
Smithfield to Forty Mile Scrub 243 km then 937 km to Boulia, Qld.
13
Great Central Road
1126 kilometres.
Laverton, WA to Yulara, NT.
14
Mitchell Highway
1095 kilometres.
Great Western and Mid Western Highways, NSW to Landsborough Highway, Qld.
15
Newell Highway
1058 kilometres.
Longest highway in NSW. Goondiwindi, Qld to Tocumwal, NSW.
16
Tanami Road
1053 kilometres.
Alice Springs, NT to Halls Creek, WA.
17
Landsborough Highway
1049 kilometres.
Cloncurry to Morven, Qld.
18
Burke Development Road
1035 kilometres.
Dimbullah (SE of Cairns) to Cloncurry, Qld.
19
Barrier Highway
1013 kilometres.
Giles Corner (-34.231740, 138.738964), SA to Mitchell Highway, Nyngan (-31.554085, 147.179334), NSW.
20
Sturt Highway
947 kilometres.
Shortest, highest-standard route between Sydney and Adelaide. Gawler, SA to Tarcutta, NSW.
21
Gregory Highway
930 kilometres.
Quartz Blow Creek via Charters Towers, to Springsure, Qld.
22
New England Highway
880 kilometres.
Yarraman, Qld to Hexham, NSW.
23
Gary Junction Road
852 kilometres.
Tanami Road, NT to Gary Junction, WA. Note that this description differs slightly from the original alignment.
24
Hume Highway
840 kilometres.
Melbourne to Sydney.
25
Goldfields Highway
797 kilometres.
Meekatharra to Kambalda, WA.
26
Castlereagh Highway
790 kilometres.
Carnarvon Hwy at St George, Qld to Great Western Highway at Marrangaroo, NSW.
27
Pacific Highway
790 kilometres.
Brisbane, Qld to Sydney, NSW.
28
Flinders Highway
775 km
Townsville to Cloncurry, Qld.
29
Barkly Highway
754 km
Stuart Highway, NT to Landsborough Highway, Qld.
30
Victoria Highway
743 km
Intersection with Great Northern Highway, WA (-15 52 6.5S, 128 22 20) to Stuart Highway, Katherine, NT.
31
Warrego Highway
715 km
Ipswich to Charleville, Qld.
32
Carnarvon Highway
698
Rolleston, Qld to Moree, NSW.
33
Silver City Highway
683 km
Buronga to Warri Gate, NSW.
34
Central Arnhem Road
663 km
Stuart Hwy to Nhulunbuy, NT.
35
Murray Valley Highway
663 km
Sturt Highway, Euston NSW to Bringenbrong Bridge, Corryong, Vic.
36
Gibb River Road
660 km
Derby, WA to Great Northern Highway, WA.
37
Carnarvon Mullewa Road
658 km
Carnarvon, WA to Mullewa, WA.
38
Oxley Highway
653 km
Nevertire to Port Macquarie, NSW.
39
Connie Sue Highway
650 km
Rawlinna to Warburton, WA.
40
Kidman Way
643 km
Jerilderie, NSW to Normanton, Qld.
41
Oodnadatta Track
620 km
Marree to Marla, SA.
42
Leichhardt Highway
611 km
Goondiwindi to Capricorn Highway, Westwood, Qld.
43
Kidson Track
606 km
Great Northern Highway to Canning Stock Route, WA.
44
Kamilaroi Highway
605 km
Bourke to Willow Tree, NSW.
45
Talawana Track
596 km
Great Northern Highway to Canning Stock Route, WA.
46
Great Eastern Highway
593 km
The Causeway, Burswood to Kalgoorlie, WA.
47
South Coast Highway
592 km
Walpole to Esperance, WA.
48
Capricorn Highway
575 km
Rockhampton to Landsborough Highway, Barcaldine, Qld.
49
Cobb Highway
571 km
Barrier Highway, Wilcannia, NSW to Echuca , Vic.
50
Peninsular Development Road
571 km
Lakeland to Weipa, Qld.
51
Buntine Highway
570 km
Duncan Road, WA to Noel Buntine Memorial, Victoria Highway, Delamare NT.
Wikipedia distance of 581 km is incorrect. GPX file.
52
Gwydir Highway
568 km
Grafton to Castlereagh Highway, Walgett, NSW.
53
Sandover Highway
561 km
Plenty Highway (22 58 S 133 50 E) to Lake Nash (20 58 S 137 55), NT
54
Calder Highway
558 km
Mildura to Bendigo, Vic.
55
Burnett Highway
542 km
Bruce Highway, Gracemere to D’Aguilar Highway, Nanago, Qld.
56
Mid Western Highway
518 km
Bathurst to Hay, NSW.
57
Birdsville Track
517 km
Marree, SA to Birdsville, Qld.
58
South Western Highway
514 km
Armadale to Walpole, WA.
59
Wills Development Road
500 km
Julia Creek to Burketown, Qld.
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