Mulligan Highway Formerly Cooktown Developmental Road | |
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| Mulligan Highway (green on black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 266 km (165 mi) |
| Route number(s) |  State Route 81 (Mareeba to Lakeland) State Route 40 (Lakeland to Cooktown) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |  Kennedy Highway, (National Highway 1) Mareeba, Queensland |
 Mareeba–Dimbulah Road (State Route 27)  Mossman–Mount Molloy Road (State Route 44) Peninsula Developmental Road (State Route 81) | |
| North end |  Charlotte Street, Cooktown, Queensland |
| Location(s) | |
| Major settlements | Mount Molloy, Lakeland |
| Highway system | |
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The Mulligan Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for approximately 266 km between Mareeba and Cooktown, on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula where it terminates. It is signed as State Route 81 from Mareeba to Lakeland and State Route 40 from Lakeland to Cooktown.[1] It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 34A, 34B and 34C).[2][3]
Named after bushman James Venture Mulligan the sealed highway follows the old Cooktown Developmental Road and was completed in 2006. Since it was sealed, travelling time from Cairns to Cooktown has reduced from 6 to 3½ hours.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- ^ "North Queensland Region map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Far North District map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2023.