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| direction_a = North | end_a = Great Eastern Highway (National Highway 94 / Alternate National Route 94), Coolgardie | direction_b = South | exits = | end_b = South Coast Highway (National Route 1), Esperance | through = }} The Coolgardie–Esperance Highway is a 365 km Western Australian highway between Coolgardie and Esperance. It runs in a north-south direction linking the WA's Eastern Goldfields to the coast.〔 The Coolgardie-Norseman stretch (National Highway 94) forms part of the Perth to Adelaide National Highway route and is the busier part of the highway with heavy interstate truck traffic. The interstate traffic continues eastwards via Eyre Highway from its junction in Norseman. From Coolgardie to Norseman it passes through arid mining country, mainly dotted with patches of gum trees, scrub and salt lakes. The Norseman-Esperance stretch is a part of Australia's Highway 1. The scenery changes to wheatbelt with thicker stands of gum trees along the way as the climate gets wetter towards the coast. ==History== The highway was unsealed until 1960, when a 3.7 metre wide (single-lane) seal was completed between Coolgardie and Esperance.〔Tricholo, P. (June 1980). Coolgardie-Esperance highway, Western Roads: official journal of the Main Roads Department, Western Australia, 5(2), p.13-16. Perth: Main Roads Department〕 In 1974 the road was upgraded further and a two lane seal completed was between Coolgardie and Norseman.〔 In 1980 a two lane seal was completed between Norseman and Danielle Siding, completing the two lane seal from Coolgardie to Esperance.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coolgardie–Esperance Highway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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