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]
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 198 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) | |
Region | Eyre Western[2] |
Major settlements | Lock, Cleve |
Highway system | |
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]
LGA[6] | Location[1][5] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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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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