Wilkins Highway

Wilkins Highway

South Australia
Wilkins Highway; South Australia
	west end east end
Coordinates	33°16′01″S 138°09′11″E / 33.267°S 138.153°E (west end); 33°24′40″S 138°53′35″E / 33.411°S 138.893°E (east end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	85 km (53 mi)
Route number(s)	(1998-present); (Warnertown-Jamestown); (1998-present); (Jamestown-Hallett);
Major junctions
west end	Augusta Highway; Warnertown, South Australia
	Main North Road; RM Williams Way;
east end	Barrier Highway; (Hallett, South Australia
Location(s)
Major settlements	Gladstone; Caltowie; Jamestown;
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in South Australia; ; ;

The Wilkins Highway is an east–west route across the Mid North region of South Australia. It runs from the Augusta Highway south of Port Pirie east to the Barrier Highway, at the town of Hallett near where Sir Hubert Wilkins was born.

Major intersections[]

LGA^[2]	Location^[2]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations^[1]^[2]	Notes
Port Pirie Regional Council	Warnertown	0	0.0	Augusta Highway – Warnertown	Western terminus of route B79
Port Pirie Regional Council	Warnertown	6	3.7	Beetaloo Valley Road/Hughes Gap Road – Crystal Brook
Northern Areas Council		11	6.8	Possum Park Road – Laura
	Gladstone	19	12	Horrocks Highway – Laura, Clare
	Caltowie	36	22	– Laura	eastbound traffic turns right; westbound traffic turns left
	Jamestown	49	30	RM Williams Way (B80) – Spalding, Orroroo RM Williams Way (concurrency B79 north) – Peterborough	Route B79 continues west along Wilkins Highway Western terminus of route B78
Regional Council of Goyder	Hallett	85	53	Barrier Highway – Burra, Broken Hill, New South Wales	Eastern terminus of route B78
Route transition

^ ^a ^b ^c Google (18 September 2014). "Driving the Wilkins Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c A.J.Miazzo (16 December 2013). "Naming of State Rural Roads - Mid North" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 869. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

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Expressways	South Eastern Freeway Port River Expressway Northern Expressway North–South Motorway (incomplete, under construction) Southern Expressway
Interstate highways	Barrier Highway Dukes Highway Eyre Highway Mallee Highway Princes Highway Stuart Highway Sturt Highway
State highways	Augusta Highway Gawler Bypass Horrocks Highway Main South Road Port Wakefield Road Riddoch Highway Victor Harbor Road
Arterial roads	Adelaide–Mannum Road Barossa Valley Way Birdseye Highway Browns Well Highway Cameron Highway Copper Coast Highway Flinders Highway Flinders Ranges Way Glenelg Highway Gorge Road Goyder Highway Horrocks Highway Karoonda Highway Lincoln Highway Ngarkat Highway Onkaparinga Valley Road Playford Highway RM Williams Way Southern Ports Highway Spencer Highway St Vincent Highway Strathalbyn Road Strathalbyn–Goolwa Road The Outback Highway Thiele Highway Tod Highway Wellington Road Wilkins Highway Wimmera Highway Yorke Highway
Outback tracks	Anne Beadell Highway Birdsville Track Colson Track Gunbarrel Highway Maralinga to Emu Road Mount Davies Road Oodnadatta Track Strzelecki Track Vokes Hill Corner to Cook Road
Transport in South Australia; List of road routes in South Australia

Wilkins Highway South Australia
west end east end
Coordinates	33°16′01″S 138°09′11″E / 33.267°S 138.153°E / -33.267; 138.153 (west end) 33°24′40″S 138°53′35″E / 33.411°S 138.893°E / -33.411; 138.893 (east end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	85 km (53 mi)^[1]
Route number(s)	(1998-present) (Warnertown-Jamestown) (1998-present) (Jamestown-Hallett)
Major junctions
west end	Augusta Highway Warnertown, South Australia
	Main North Road RM Williams Way
east end	Barrier Highway (Hallett, South Australia
Location(s)
Major settlements	Gladstone Caltowie Jamestown
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia