Mulligan Highway


The Mulligan Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 266 km between Mareeba and Cooktown, on the east coast of Cape [York Peninsula] where it terminates. It is signed as State Route 81 from Mareeba to and State Route 40 from Lakeland to Cooktown. It is a state-controlled regional road.
Named after bushman James [Venture Mulligan] the sealed highway follows the old Cooktown Developmental Road and was completed in 2006. Since it was sealed, travelling time from Cairns to Cooktown has reduced from 6 to 3½ hours.

List of towns along the highway

Linked state-controlled roads

In addition to the Peninsula Developmental Road, the following state-controlled roads are linked to this road:

Mareeba–Dimbulah Road

Mareeba–Dimbulah Road is a state-controlled regional road. It starts at an intersection with Mulligan Highway in Mareeba. It runs south-west as State Route 27, for to, where it transitions to Burke Developmental Road. The road has no major intersections.