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 | |
|---|---|
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  West end East end | |
| Coordinates | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 198 km (123 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  B91 (1998–present) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Flinders HighwayElliston, South Australia |
 Tod Highway | |
| East end | Lincoln Highway Cowell, South Australia |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Eyre Western[2] |
| Major settlements | Lock, Cleve |
| Highway system | |
Route
editBirdseye 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
edit| LGA[6] | Location[1][5] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliston | Elliston | 0 | 0.0 | Flinders Highway (B100) – Streaky Bay, Ceduna | Western terminus of highway and route B91 |
| Mount Wedge | 30 | 19 | Kyancutta-Mount Wedge Road – Kyancutta | ||
| Lock | 89 | 55 | Tod Highway (B90) – Kyancutta, Cummins | ||
| Cleve | Cleve | 163 | 101 | Cleve Road (north) – Kimba Arno Bay Road (south) – Arno Bay | |
| Franklin Harbour | Cowell | 198 | 123 | Lincoln Highway (B100) – Cowell, Whyalla, Port Augusta | Eastern terminus of highway and route B91, 6 km west of Cowell |
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References
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- ^ a b c "Birdseye Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "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 "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.