Eyre Highway
Eyre Highway is a motorway road in Australia.
- Type: Motorway
- Country: Australia
- Length: 1,675 km
- Opened: 1941
Overview
The crossing of the Nullarbor Plain from Port Augusta to Norseman, first built for wartime transport in 1941 and fully sealed by 1976. Features the 146.6 km straight, the longest dead straight stretch of tar on the planet. Camels and road trains share the verge.
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