Browns Well Highway

Browns Well Highway

South Australia
Browns Well Highway is located in South Australia
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length104 km (65 mi)[1]
Gazetted2008[2]
Route number(s) B57 (1998–present)
Major junctions
North end Karoonda Highway
Loxton, South Australia
 Cameron Highway
South end Mallee Highway
Pinnaroo, South Australia
Location(s)
RegionMurray and Mallee[3]
Major settlementsParuna
Highway system

Browns Well Highway is a road connecting Loxton, South Australia through the Murray Mallee to Pinnaroo in South Australia.[4] It was named in 2008 after the Browns Well district for areas traversed by the highway.[5]

Railways were evenly spaced across the Mallee before road transport improved. The Browns Well highway crosses the Loxton railway line on the outskirts of the town, the former Barmera railway line at Paruna about 34 km along the route, and the former Peebinga railway line 64 km along the route. It crosses the Pinnaroo railway line in Pinnaroo near the southern terminus of the highway. These all provided reliable transport to pioneer settlers in the region, including transporting grain and produce through Tailem Bend to markets.

Major intersections

LGA[5]Location[1][4]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Loxton WaikerieLoxton00.0 Bookpurnong Road (B55) – Waikerie, Kingston On Murray, BerriNorthern terminus of highway and route B57
Paruna3421Cameron Highway – Alawoona
Peebinga6138Butchers Soak Road – Peebinga
Southern MalleePinnaroo10465 Mallee Highway (B12) – Tailem Bend, Lameroo, OuyenSouthern terminus of highway, route B57 continues south along Mallee Highway for 7km to Ngarkat Highway
  •       Route transition

References

  1. ^ a b c "Browns Well Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices 1 to 16 AGM 6th June 2008" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.


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