Birdseye Highway | |
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Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 198 km (123 mi) [1] |
Route number(s) | ![]() |
Major junctions | |
West end | ![]() Elliston, South Australia |
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East end | ![]() Cowell, South Australia |
Location(s) | |
Region | Eyre Western [2] |
Major settlements | Lock, Cleve |
Highway system | |
Birdseye Highway is an east–west road across Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It was named for Sylvia Birdseye who drove the first bus service to the area from Adelaide for 43 years, starting in 1928, [3] and is the first highway in South Australia to be named for a woman. [4]
Birdseye Highway connects Elliston on Flinders Highway on the west coast, through Cleve and Lock to Cowell on the Lincoln Highway near the Spencer Gulf coast. [5]
LGA [6] | Location [1] [5] | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Elliston | Elliston | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Western terminus of highway and route B91 |
Mount Wedge | 30 | 19 | Kyancutta-Mount Wedge Road – Kyancutta | ||
Lock | 89 | 55 | ![]() | ||
Cleve | Cleve | 163 | 101 | Cleve Road (north) –
Kimba Arno Bay Road (south) – Arno Bay | |
Franklin Harbour | Cowell | 198 | 123 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of highway and route B91, 6 km west of Cowell |
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Birdseye Highway | |
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Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 198 km (123 mi) [1] |
Route number(s) | ![]() |
Major junctions | |
West end | ![]() Elliston, South Australia |
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East end | ![]() Cowell, South Australia |
Location(s) | |
Region | Eyre Western [2] |
Major settlements | Lock, Cleve |
Highway system | |
Birdseye Highway is an east–west road across Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It was named for Sylvia Birdseye who drove the first bus service to the area from Adelaide for 43 years, starting in 1928, [3] and is the first highway in South Australia to be named for a woman. [4]
Birdseye Highway connects Elliston on Flinders Highway on the west coast, through Cleve and Lock to Cowell on the Lincoln Highway near the Spencer Gulf coast. [5]
LGA [6] | Location [1] [5] | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Elliston | Elliston | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Western terminus of highway and route B91 |
Mount Wedge | 30 | 19 | Kyancutta-Mount Wedge Road – Kyancutta | ||
Lock | 89 | 55 | ![]() | ||
Cleve | Cleve | 163 | 101 | Cleve Road (north) –
Kimba Arno Bay Road (south) – Arno Bay | |
Franklin Harbour | Cowell | 198 | 123 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of highway and route B91, 6 km west of Cowell |
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