The 85-kilometre (53 mi) road was built by the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania with funding from the Australian Government to service the construction of the Gordon and the Serpentine dams, leading to the flooding of Lake Pedder.

[1][2] In 1963 the Tasmanian Government successfully approached the Commonwealth for a $5 million grant to finance road construction from Maydena to the Middle Gordon River.

In a submission never released to the public, the Hydro-Electric Commission described the provision of road access as a matter of urgency Construction of the road commenced in January 1964.

It is the main means of vehicular access for tourist buses and other transport to view the man made dams from the Lake Pedder damming.

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