Description
The highway begins in Lae and travels through the Markham Valley and the province of Morobe. A branch continues through the Ramu Valley in Madang Province and ends at the coast at the provincial capital of Madang. From the Markham Valley the Highlands Highway runs up and over the approximately 1500 metre high Kassam Pass and into the Eastern Highlands Province. It passes over the wall of Yonki Dam and then travels through the towns of Kainantu and Henganofi to the provincial capital, Goroka. From here it travels up and then over the 2,478 m (8,130 ft) high Daulo Pass and crosses into Simbu Province and through to its capital of Kundiawa.
After Kundiawa the highway reaches the Wahgi valley, which marks the start of the Western Highlands Province. It continues through to the provincial capital of Mount Hagen and then at a village called Togoba, it splits. A southern branch continues on to the Southern Highlands province and its capital of Mendi before going on to Tari. The other branch goes to Enga province and its capital of Wabag before ending at the mining town of Porgera.
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