Captain Cook Highway

Captain Cook Highway

Queensland
Captain Cook Highway; Queensland
	The highway at Craiglie near Port Douglas
	Captain Cook Highway (green on black)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	75 km (47 mi)
Route number(s)	(Cairns – Kennedy Highway Junction/Smithfield Shopping Centre roundabout; State Route 44 (Smithfield – Mossman);
Major junctions
South end	Bruce Highway (Queensland Highway A1), Cairns
	Cairns Western Arterial Road (State Route 91) / Smithfield Bypass (Kudakai Crossland Connection); Kennedy Highway (National Route 1); Mossman-Mt Molloy Rd (State Route 44) ;
North end	Mossman-Daintree Road, Mossman
Location(s)
Major settlements	Smithfield, Palm Cove, Port Douglas
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in Queensland;

The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland which originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A).

The Captain Cook Highway is used to connect the CBD of Cairns to the Northern Beaches; a collection of suburbs which comprise the northern section of Cairns. It is also used by many tourists travelling to the town of Port Douglas, north of Cairns. Apart from being a vital link between two tourist locations, the Captain Cook Highway is a scenic highway that winds alongside the coast of the tropical seaside rainforest heading towards Port Douglas and Daintree National Park.

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