Great Southern Highway

Great Southern Highway Western Australia

The Great Southern Highway at Pingelly, 2014

Map of south-west Western Australia with Great Southern Highway highlighted in red
General information
Type	Highway
Length	374 km (232 mi)
Route number(s)	State Route 120 (York – Cranbrook)
Major junctions
North end	Great Eastern Highway (National Highway 94), The Lakes
	Northam–York Road (State Route 120) Westdale Road Brookton–Corrigin Road (State Route 40) Brookton Highway (State Route 40) Wagin-Dumbleyung Road (State Route 107) Arthur Road (State Route 107)
South end	Albany Highway (State Route 30), Cranbrook
Location(s)
Major settlements	York, Beverley, Brookton, Narrogin, Wagin, Katanning
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Western Australia

Great Southern Highway is a highway in the Southern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, starting from Great Eastern Highway at The Lakes, 50 km from Perth, and ending at Albany Highway near Cranbrook. It is the primary thoroughfare for this part of Western Australia and runs parallel with the Perth-Albany railway for its entire length. It is signed as State Route 120 from York to Cranbrook, and was first named in 1949,^[1] although it was built well before that time.

Description

The highway initially travels east to the historic town of York, before following the Avon Valley and the railway roughly southwards until Narrogin. The highway then runs parallel with Albany Highway at a distance of about 30 km through Wagin and Katanning before curving to approach Albany Highway where it ends 4 km past Cranbrook. Many of the towns along this highway have prominent grain silos, and Narrogin, Wagin and Katanning have remained important population centres sustained by agriculture and its supporting industries.

Towns

Distances to towns along Great Southern Highway

Towns on this highway include:

References

↑ "Land Act 1933-1948 - Naming of Great Southern Highway (per 5852/48)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 8 April 1949. p. 1949:?.

Road infrastructure in Western Australia

Freeways	Graham Farmer Freeway Kwinana Freeway Mitchell Freeway

Metropolitan highways	Albany Highway Canning Highway Great Eastern Highway (Bypass) Leach Highway Reid Highway Roe Highway Stirling Highway Tonkin Highway Wanneroo Road West Coast Highway

Highways and major roads	Albany Highway Brand Highway Brockman Highway Brookton Highway Bussell Highway Coalfields Road Coolgardie–Esperance Highway Dampier Highway Derby Highway Eyre Highway Forrest Highway Geraldton–Mount Magnet Road Goldfields Highway Great Eastern Highway Great Northern Highway Great Southern Highway Indian Ocean Drive Mandjoogoordap Drive Muirs Highway North West Coastal Highway Old Coast Road South Coast Highway South Western Highway Vasse Highway Victoria Highway

Outback tracks	Anne Beadell Highway Buntine Highway Canning Stock Route Cape Leveque Road Connie Sue Highway Duncan Road Gary Highway Gary Junction Road Gibb River Road Great Central Road Gunbarrel Highway Kalumburu Road Sandy Blight Junction Road Talawana Track Tanami Road

Road routes in Western Australia

State Route 120

National Highways

National Routes

1
Alt 94

State Routes

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
12
13
14
18
19
20
21
22
26
27
30
Alt 30
31
36
40
41
50
51
52
53
55
56
60
61
64
65
66
71
72
75
76
77
78
81
82
83
84
85
87
102
104
107
115
116
120
123
136
138

Tourist Drives

List of road routes in Western Australia

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Great Southern Highway

Description

Towns

References

See also