Captain Cook Highway
| Captain Cook Highway Queensland | |
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| Captain Cook Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 75 km (47 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
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| Major junctions | |
| North end | Mossman-Daintree Road, Mossman |
|
 Kamerunga Road (State Route 91) | |
| South end |
 Bruce Highway (National Highway A1), Cairns |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Port Douglas, Palm Cove, Smithfield |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Queensland | |
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Captain Cook Highway is a short Queensland highway that starts in Cairns and ends in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, which continues to Daintree.[1][2]
Captain Cook Highway is used by many tourists to travel to Port Douglas north of Cairns. Apart from being a vital link between two tourist locations, Captain Cook Highway is a scenic highway that winds alongside the coast of the tropical seaside rainforest heading towards Port Douglas and Daintree National Park.
Route description
The highway commences at the end of the A1 Bruce Highway, in Cairns. It runs north through Cairns to the suburb of Smithfield as National Route 1. From there it continues as State Route 44 through the beachside suburbs of Kewarra Beach and Palm Cove, and then follows the coast to Port Douglas. It then proceeds to Mossman where it terminates.
Major intersections
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairns | Cairns | 0 | 0.0 |  Bruce Highway (Florence Street) (National Route A1) - south-west - Woree / Sheridan Street - south-east - Cairns CBD / Florence Street - north-east - Cairns waterfront | Southern end of Captain Cook Highway (National Route 1) |
| Barron River | 6.9 | 4.3 | William Walter Mason Bridges | ||
| Cairns | Smithfield | 12.1 | 7.5 | Brinsmead Kamerunga Road (State Route 91) - south - Kamerunga | |
| 13.1 | 8.1 |  Kennedy Highway (National Route 1) - west - Kuranda | Captain Cook Highway continues north as State Route 44 | ||
| Douglas | Port Douglas | 61.1 | 38.0 | Port Douglas Road - north-east - Port Douglas | |
| Bonnie Doon / Shannonvale / Cassowary boundary | 71.2 | 44.2 |  Mossman Mount Molloy Road (State Route 44) - south - Mount Molloy | Captain Cook Highway continues west with no route number | |
| Mossman | 75.4 | 46.9 | Mill Street - east - Mossman CBD / Mossman Daintree Road (Foxton Avenue) - north-west - Daintree / Junction Road - north-east - Bonnie Doon | Northern end of Captain Cook Highway | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery
The highway at Craiglie near Port Douglas
See also
References
- ↑ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- ↑ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
External links
Media related to Captain Cook Highway at Wikimedia Commons
