Stuart Highway

Stuart Highway

Northern Territory
–South Australia
Stuart Highway; Northern Territory–South Australia
	The highway in the far north of South Australia
	Map of mainland Australia with the Stuart Highway highlighted in red
Coordinates	12.4546°S 130.8392°E (North end); 32.4802°S 137.7529°E (South end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	2,720 km (1,690 mi)
Route number(s)	A1 (2017–present); (Darwin–Daly Waters); A87 (2017–present); (Daly Waters–Port Augusta);
Former; route number	National Highway 1 (1974–2017); National Route 1 (1955–1974); (Darwin–Daly Waters); National Highway A87 (1998–2017); (NT/SA border–Port Augusta); National Highway 87 (1974–1998/2017); (Daly Waters–Port Augusta); National Route 87 (1955–1974); (Daly Waters–Port Augusta);
Major junctions
North end	Daly Street; Darwin
	Victoria Highway; Carpentaria Highway; Buchanan Highway; Barkly Highway; Larapinta Drive; Lasseter Highway; Olympic Dam Highway;
South end	Eyre Highway; Augusta Highway; Port Augusta, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Far North
Major settlements	Katherine, Daly Waters, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Coober Pedy
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in the Northern Territory; Highways in South Australia;

Stuart Highway is a major Australian highway. It runs from Darwin, in the Northern Territory, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta in South Australia; a distance of 2,720 km (1,690 mi). Its northern and southern extremities are segments of Australia's Highway 1. The principal north–south route through the central interior of mainland Australia, the highway is often referred to simply as "The Track".

The highway is named after Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart, who was the first European to cross Australia from south to north. The highway approximates the route Stuart took.

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