Coordinates: 34°22′59″S 116°27′01″E / 34.38311°S 116.45027°E / -34.38311; 116.45027

Muir Highway

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Muir Highway

File:Muirs Highway at Rocky Gully.jpg
Muir Highway at Rocky Gully
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General information
TypeHighway
Length161 km (100 mi)
Route number(s)File:Australian state route 102.svg State Route 102
Major junctions
West endFile:Australian national route 1.svg South Western Highway (National Route 1), Manjimup, Western Australia
 
  • Rocky Gully–Frankland Road
  • Denmark–Mount Barker Road
East endFile:Australian state route 30.svg Albany Highway (State Route 30), Mount Barker, Western Australia
Location(s)
Major settlementsLake Muir, Rocky Gully
Highway system

Muir Highway,[1] also called 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[2] and is 161 kilometres (100 mi) long. It provides a shorter distance between the cities of Bunbury and Albany. It is a lowly populated highway passing mostly through karri and jarrah with occasional areas of farmland.

One village, Rocky Gully lies on the highway, although it also passes through the localities of Dingup, Nyamup, Lake Muir, Strachan and Murtinup.

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.[3]

Muir 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.[4]

File:Muirs Hwy.png

Major intersections

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LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
ManjimupManjimup00.0File:Australian national route 1.svg South Western Highway (National Route 1)  – Bunbury, Bridgetown, Walpole, AlbanyWestern terminus at roundabout. Continues west as Pritchard Street
PlantagenetRocky Gully9559Rocky Gully–Frankland Road  – Frankland River, Kojonup
Mount Barker14993Denmark-Mount Barker Road  – Denbarker, Denmark
161100File:Australian state route 30.svg Albany Highway (State Route 30)  – Perth, Kojonup, Cranbrook, AlbanyEastern terminus at roundabout. Continues east as Woogenellup Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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