# Outback Highway

The Outback Highway or Outback Way is a series of roads and dirt tracks linking Laverton, Western Australia and Winton, Queensland. At 2,719 km (1,690 mi), it crosses Central Australia (colloquially known as the Outback), passing through Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

## Proposed upgrade

It has been proposed as a development to provide an inland route between southern Western Australia and northern Queensland as an alternative to the National Highway 1 along either coast.
Roads that make up the highway are:
* Great Central Road
* Gunbarrel Highway
* Lasseter Highway
* Stuart Highway
* Plenty Highway
* Donohue Highway
* Kennedy Development Road
Support for the project is strong amongst local government areas along the route and elsewhere. The project has secured over $400 million in funding; 80% Federal funding and 20% from the Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland governments. As at June 2021 there is 1200 km to seal.

## Major intersections

| State/Territory | LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Western Australia | Laverton | Laverton | 0 | 0.0 | Laverton–Leonora Road – Leonora | Western terminus of highway Continues east as Great Central Road |
| Western Australia | Laverton | Warburton | 554 | 344 | Connie Sue Highway – Rawlinna | |
| Western Australia | Ngaanyatjarraku | Warakurna/Giles | 781 | 485 | Old Gunbarrel Highway – Carnegie | Concurrency with Gunbarrel Highway |
| Western Australia | Ngaanyatjarraku | Warakurna/Giles | 807 | 501 | Gunbarrel Highway – Pipalyatjara | Concurrency with Gunbarrel Highway |
| Western Australia – Northern Territory border | Western Australia – Northern Territory border | Western Australia – Northern Territory border | 870 | 540 | Western Australia – Northern Territory border | Continues east as Great Central Road Continues west as Tjukaruru Road |
| Northern Territory | MacDonnell Region | Kaltukatjara | 878 | 546 | Lungkata Road – Kaltukatjara | |
| Northern Territory | unincorporated area | Yulara | 1,107 | 688 | Yulara Drive – Yulara | Continues east as Tjukaruru Road Continues east as Lasseter Highway |
| Northern Territory | MacDonnell Region | Erldunda | 1,351 | 839 | Stuart Highway (A87 south) – Coober Pedy, Port Augusta, Adelaide | Continues west as Lasseter Highway Continues north as Stuart Highway |
| Northern Territory | Alice Springs | Alice Springs | 1,546 | 961 | Ross Highway (B8) – Arltunga Historical Reserve | |
| Northern Territory | Alice Springs | Alice Springs | 1,550 | 960 | Larapinta Drive (B6) – Hermannsburg, Mereenie | |
| Northern Territory | MacDonnell Region | Burt Plain | 1,570 | 980 | Tanami Road (C5) – Tanami | |
| Northern Territory | MacDonnell Region | Burt Plain | 1,620 | 1,010 | Stuart Highway (A87 north) – Tennant Creek, Katherine, Darwin | Continues south as Stuart Highway Continues north as Plenty Highway |
| Northern Territory – Queensland border | Northern Territory – Queensland border | Northern Territory – Queensland border | 2,116 | 1,315 | Northern Territory – Queensland border | Continues west as Plenty Highway Continues east as Donohue Highway |
| Queensland | Boulia | Boulia | 2,363 | 1,468 | Diamantina Developmental Road (National Route 83) – Mount Isa, Bedourie, Birdsville | Continues west as Donohue Highway Continues east as Kennedy Developmental Road |
| Queensland | Winton | Winton | 2,719 | 1,690 | Landsborough Highway (A2) – Cloncurry, Longreach | Eastern terminus of highway Continues west as Kennedy Developmental Road |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Route transition |||||||