Spy has received complaints from a number of drivers showing the terrible state of this Northern Territory highway.
In one email sent in by a driver, “And they’ve got the cheek to call this a highway,” were the accompanying words.
The “dirt” in question is the Tablelands Highway in the Northern Territory, which many drivers have told Spy is a challenge to get along.
The Tablelands Highway is a 375km single lane sealed road and runs from Barkly Homestead on the Barkly Highway to Cape Crawford near Borroloola on the Carpentaria Highway.
Whilst it is sealed, it is very narrow with wider dirt shoulders on each side.
It is unfenced and roaming stock are also a problem.
There is an unwritten rule for users. If there is a vehicle coming the other way, particularly a road train, slow right down and get completely off the road.
For those who have never been on the route, check out the pic above sent to me by a driver who frequently has to use the road.
That used to be a good road back in the eighties all the way to the Heartbreak Hotel .
The beef development roads were about 100 inches wide .