 Over the next 260 kilometres ( 160 mi ) , the road crosses the Robe River , near the turnoff to Pannawonica , the Fortescue River , adjacent to the Fortescue River Roadhouse , and Maitland River , before it reaches Karratha Roadhouse . The roadhouse is located at the turnoff to Karratha , the nearby town of Dampier , and the <unk> Peninsula . Forty kilometres ( 25 mi ) east , Roebourne is the gateway to Wickham , Point Samson , and the ghost town of Cossack . The highway continues east 125 kilometres ( 78 mi ) to the locality of Whim Creek , crosses the Yule River after a further 55 kilometres ( 34 mi ) , and finishes 20 kilometres ( 12 mi ) beyond at Great Northern Highway , 30 kilometres ( 19 mi ) south @-@ west of Port Hedland and South Hedland . 
