[2][3] North West Coastal Highway and the main roads in the region are important for multiple aspects of the Gascoyne's economy.
These include industrial activities, particularly gold and salt mining; defence purposes; freight movement, including livestock, as there is no deep-water port in the region; and tourist traffic travelling to National Parks, such as Cape Range, Kennedy Range and Mount Augustus, and the World Heritage sites of the Shark Bay and the Ningaloo Marine Park.
The highway leaves the Gascoyne at Exmouth Gulf, continuing north-east into the Pilbara region.
[2] Robinson Street is a major urban road in the Gascoyne town of Carnarvon.
From the centre of town, it travels north-east to North West Coastal Highway at a T junction.