Birdseye Highway

Birdseye Highway

South Australia
Map
Birdseye Highway is located in South Australia
West end
West end
East end
East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length198 km (123 mi)[1]
Route number(s) B91 (1998–present)
Major junctions
West end Flinders Highway
Elliston, South Australia
  Tod Highway
East end Lincoln Highway
Cowell, South Australia
Location(s)
RegionEyre Western[2]
Major settlementsLock, 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]

Route

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]

Major junctions

LGA[6]Location[1][5]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
EllistonElliston00.0 Flinders Highway (B100) – Streaky Bay, CedunaWestern terminus of highway and route B91
Mount Wedge3019Kyancutta-Mount Wedge Road – Kyancutta
Lock8955 Tod Highway (B90) – Kyancutta, Cummins
CleveCleve163101Cleve Road (north) – Kimba
Arno Bay Road (south) – Arno Bay
Franklin HarbourCowell198123 Lincoln Highway (B100) – Cowell, Whyalla, Port AugustaEastern terminus of highway and route B91, 6 km west of Cowell
  •       Route transition

References

  1. ^ a b c "Birdseye Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Birdseye Highway & Memorial". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. ^ "BIRDSEYE, Sylvia Jessie Catherine". HerStory Archive. National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.