Muirs Highway | |
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Muirs Highway at Rocky Gully | |
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 161 km (100 mi) |
Route number(s) | State Route 102 |
Major junctions | |
West end | South Western Highway (National Route 1), Manjimup, Western Australia |
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East end | Albany Highway (State Route 30), Mount Barker, Western Australia |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Lake Muir, Rocky Gully |
Highway system | |
Muirs Highway is a Western Australian highway linking Manjimup and Mount Barker, which is on the Albany Highway. It is signed as State Route 102 [1] and is 161 kilometres (100 mi) long. It provides a shorter distance between Manjimup and Albany. It is a lonely highway surrounded with karri and jarrah forests with no settlements in between except the small farming settlement of Rocky Gully.[ clarification needed]
It is primarily used as a freight route for plantation timber trucks and interstate long vehicles servicing the horticultural areas of the South West. The road is a two way, single carriageway bitumen surfaced highway. [2]
The Muirs Highway passes through several localities including Manjimup, Dingup, Nyamup, Strachan, Murtinup, Rocky Gully and Mount Barker. [2][ clarification needed]
Muirs Highway was named after brothers Thomas and John Muir, the first European settlers in the Warren district, who settled at Deeside in 1852 and built a rush hut there in 1856. [3]
Muirs Highway | |
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Muirs Highway at Rocky Gully | |
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 161 km (100 mi) |
Route number(s) | State Route 102 |
Major junctions | |
West end | South Western Highway (National Route 1), Manjimup, Western Australia |
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East end | Albany Highway (State Route 30), Mount Barker, Western Australia |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Lake Muir, Rocky Gully |
Highway system | |
Muirs Highway is a Western Australian highway linking Manjimup and Mount Barker, which is on the Albany Highway. It is signed as State Route 102 [1] and is 161 kilometres (100 mi) long. It provides a shorter distance between Manjimup and Albany. It is a lonely highway surrounded with karri and jarrah forests with no settlements in between except the small farming settlement of Rocky Gully.[ clarification needed]
It is primarily used as a freight route for plantation timber trucks and interstate long vehicles servicing the horticultural areas of the South West. The road is a two way, single carriageway bitumen surfaced highway. [2]
The Muirs Highway passes through several localities including Manjimup, Dingup, Nyamup, Strachan, Murtinup, Rocky Gully and Mount Barker. [2][ clarification needed]
Muirs Highway was named after brothers Thomas and John Muir, the first European settlers in the Warren district, who settled at Deeside in 1852 and built a rush hut there in 1856. [3]