Gulf Developmental Road
Gulf Developmental Road is an Australian highway linking the Cairns and Normanton regions in northern Queensland, Australia. It is the only sealed road linking these two regions, and is designated Highway 1 in the Queensland part of the national Highway 1 network.
Description
In the east, the Gulf Developmental Road begins at an unnamed junction on the southern edge of Forty Mile Scrub National Park, south-west of Cairns. It runs west before terminating at its junction with the Burke Developmental Road south of Normanton, a total distance of. It links Cairns and Normanton, and is the only sealed road linking these two regions. It is sealed for its full length, but as of 2018 there were many sections of the road which were only single-lane bitumen, with gravel shoulders, requiring vehicles to move partly onto the shoulders. These sections extend between points about west of Georgetown and west of Mount Surprise.Towns along the route include Mount Surprise, Georgetown and Croydon. There are no other communities along the route, but it passes through the ghost town of Cumberland.
The Gulf Developmental Road is designated Highway 1. It is not part of the National Highway network.