Road Photos & Information: Western Australia
Marble Bar Road (State Route 138)

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SR138 is an isolated rural road linking lower northern WA mining communities to the major towns of Port Hedland and Newman. More than 300 vehicles a day use the route, most of which is mining traffic. 2

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AD sign on Ripon Hills Road approaching the junction Marble Bar Road (SR138), 22 km east of Marble Bar. October 2008. Note the sign is missing the SR138 shields.

Image © Lee Coombs

1 Main Roads WA RRM Control Database
2 WA Government Media Office, "Floodway widening to improve North-West remote transport route" Media Statement, 12 December 2008.
3 WA Government Media Office, "Marble Bar Road Improvements to begin after the wet" Media Statement, 29 November 2001.
4 WA Government Media Office, "Gallop Government delivers on a 53-year-old promise" Media Statement, 06 February 2004.
5 WA Government Media Office, "Marble Bar Road to be fully sealed this year" Media Statement, 16 January 2003.
6 WA Government Media Office, "Local company wins $711,000 Marble Bar Road contract" Media Statement, 14 May 2004.
7 WA Government Media Office, "New floodways to reduce road closures on Marble Bar Road" Media Statement, 16 November 2004.
8 WA Government Media Office, "Contract awarded for drainage works and re-sheeting on Marble Bar Road" Media Statement, 21 June 2005.
9 WA Government Media Office, "Further improvements to Marble Bar Road" Media Statement, 07 July 2006.

Last updated: 08 Nov 2019 01:09

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