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Anne Beadell Highway : ウィキペディア英語版 | Anne Beadell Highway
The Anne Beadell Highway is an outback unsealed track linking Coober Pedy, South Australia, and Laverton, Western Australia, a total distance of . The track was surveyed and built by Len Beadell, Australian surveyor, who named it after his wife. The track passes through remote arid deserts and scrub territory of South Australia and Western Australia, which often have summer temperatures as high as . Sand dunes predominate for most of the track. ==Overview== The road was constructed to provide access for a series of surveys adding to the overall geodetic survey of unexplored parts of Australia. The information was required for rocket range projects at Woomera. Construction was completed in five stages, spanning nine years from 1953 to 1962. The first stage from Mabel Creek station near Coober Pedy, west towards Emu Field, was built in February and March 1953 to provide access for British atomic tests at Emu Field. The second stage was begun in July 1957 in the reverse direction, from Anne's Corner towards Emu Field, after Len Beadell had completed the Mount Davies Road from Mt. Davies to Anne's Corner connecting the Gunbarrel Highway to the south. The third stage was commenced in August 1961, running westward from Anne's Corner to Vokes Hill. The fourth stage proceeded west from Vokes Hill in April 1962, beyond Serpentine Lakes to the present Neale Junction. At Neale Junction in July 1962 the north-south Connie Sue Highway was constructed prior to the last stage of the Anne Beadell Highway, which was completed at Laverton on 17 November 1962. Beadell put considerable effort into rediscovering Vokes Hill while surveying the track, as a new device called a Tellurometer was being introduced. It used radio waves for distance measurement, thus requiring high points for operation.
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