| 词条 | Tanami Road |
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| type = road | road_name = Tanami Road | road_name2 = Tanami Track / McGuire Track | state = nt | state2 = wa | location = Tanami Road route map.png | loc_caption = Map of the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia with Tanami Road highlighted in red | location_alt = | length = 1035 | length_rnd = | length_ref = | est = | route = {{AUshield|S|5}} State Route 5 {{small|(Northern Territory)}} | former = | direction_a = South-east | end_a = {{AUshield|N|87}} Stuart Highway {{small|(National Highway 87), Burt Plain}} | exits = | direction_b = North-west | end_b = {{AUshield|N|1}} Great Northern Highway {{small|(National Highway 1), Mueller Ranges}} | region = Tanami desert | through = | restrictions = | permit = | fuel = Tilmouth Well | facilities = }} The Tanami Road, also known as the Tanami Track and the McGuire Track, runs between the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory and the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. Its southern junction is 19 km (12 mi) north of Alice Springs and the northern junction is 17 km (11 mi) south west of Halls Creek. It follows a cattle droving route northwest from the MacDonnell Ranges area of central Australia to Halls Creek in the Kimberley.[1] The Tanami Road is the most direct route from Alice Springs to the Kimberley, passing through the Tanami Desert. Along its route are Yuendumu[2] and The Granites gold mine owned by Newmont Mining. In the Northern Territory it passes through land owned by the Aboriginal Warlpiri people, and in Western Australia it passes through pastoral land. About 20% of the road is bitumen, the remainder is dirt and gravel and, although it is navigable by two-wheel drive vehicles, a four-wheel drive is recommended. Some parts of the road are prone to severe corrugations, making for an uncomfortable and slow drive at times.[3] The mid-way point, Rabbit Flat, formerly a public roadhouse, was closed indefinitely at the end of 2010, so planning for this journey must take the lack of fuel and supplies into account.[4] Tilmouth Well, located {{Convert|186|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Alice Springs between Alice Springs and Rabbit Flat,[5] provides fuel service 7 days a week.[4] Carrying adequate fuel and water supplies is essential. The astronomer Eugene Shoemaker, best known for his co-discovery of the comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, died in a car accident while travelling along the Tanami Road in 1997. See also{{portal-inline|Australian roads}}
References1. ^{{cite map |title=Australia's Great Desert Tracks NC Sheet|last=Hema |first=Maps|year=2006 |publisher=Hema Maps|location=Eight Mile Plains Queensland|isbn=978-1-86500-163-0}} 2. ^Yuendumu Mining Company N.L (1980). In The Tanami road : the Aboriginal-owned Yuendumu Mining Company N.L. submission to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works. Yuendumu Mining Company N.L, Darwin 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/tanami-road/4718100|title=Is the Tanami Road the worst highway in Australia?|author=Cathy Van Extel|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date={{date|2013-05-28|ISO}}|access-date={{date|2013-05-30|ISO}}|df=dmy-all}} 4. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/tanami-desert.html | title = The Tanami Desert, Australia | publisher = Outback Australia Travel Guide | access-date = {{date|2011-04-22|ISO}} | df=dmy-all }} 5. ^http://www.tilmouthwell.com/ Tilmouth Well Further reading
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