Birdseye Highway
Birdseye Highway | |
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Coordinates |
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 207 km (129 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) | ![]() |
Major junctions | |
east end | ![]() Cowell, South Australia |
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west end | ![]() Elliston, South Australia |
Location(s) | |
LGA(s) | |
Major settlements | Cleve, Lock |
Highway system | |
The Birdseye Highway is an east–west road across Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
Geography[]
The Birdseye Highway connects Cowell on the Lincoln Highway near the Spencer Gulf coast through Cleve and Lock to Elliston on the Flinders Highway on the west coast.
Name[]
The Birdseye Highway is named for Sylvia Birdseye who drove the first bus service to the area from Adelaide for 43 years, starting in 1928.[2] It was the first highway in South Australia to be named for a woman.[3]
Major junctions[]
LGA[4] | Location[5] | km[1] | mi | Destinations[4] | Notes |
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Franklin Harbour | Cowell | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | 6 km west of Cowell, eastern terminus of route B91 |
Cleve | Cleve | 35 | 22 | Cleve Road - Kimba / Arno Bay Road - Arno Bay | |
Elliston | Lock | 109 | 68 | ![]() | |
Elliston | 200 | 120 | ![]() | Western terminus of route B91 | |
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References[]
- ^ a b Google (1 October 2014). "Birdseye Highway driving directions" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Birdseye Highway & Memorial". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "BIRDSEYE, Sylvia Jessie Catherine". HerStory Archive. National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ a b A.J. Millazzo, Delegate of the Commissioner of Highways (28 February 2011). "Naming of State Rural Roads - Eyre Peninsula" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Property Location Browser". Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
Categories:
- Highways in South Australia
- Eyre Peninsula