Lincoln Highway, South Australia

Summary

Lincoln Highway is a highway in South Australia which links the cities of Port Augusta and Port Lincoln located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula over a distance of 315 kilometres (196 miles).[1] Lincoln Highway – along with Flinders Highway – presents an alternative but somewhat longer coastal route between Ceduna and Port Augusta, compared to the more direct route along Eyre Highway. It is designated route B100.

Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway, South Australia is located in South Australia
Northeast end
Northeast end
Southwest end
Southwest end
Coordinates
  • 32°37′08″S 137°34′11″E / 32.618899°S 137.569620°E / -32.618899; 137.569620 (Northeast end)
  • 34°43′05″S 135°51′14″E / 34.717987°S 135.853880°E / -34.717987; 135.853880 (Southwest end)
General information
TypeHighway
Length315 km (196 mi)[1]
Route number(s) B100 (1999–present)
Former
route number
Alt National Route 1 (1978–1999)
Major junctions
Northeast end Eyre Highway
Lincoln Gap, South Australia
  Birdseye Highway
Southwest end Flinders Highway
Port Lincoln, South Australia
Location(s)
RegionEyre Western[2]
Major settlementsWhyalla, Cowell, Port Neill, Arno Bay, Tumby Bay, Louth Bay, North Shields
Highway system

Route edit

After leaving Port Augusta, the highway passes through hot and arid saltbush-covered and scrub terrain.[3]: 15  It soon passes through the largest and most significant town along the route, which is the steel city of Whyalla. Continuing southwest it connects with such coastal towns as Cowell, Port Neill and Arno Bay which have good fishing spots. The terrain here is interspersed with broad-acre grain cropping in suitable localities, and the scenery gets greener the more it heads southwest towards Port Lincoln.

Sealed with bitumen, it has many straight stretches with few steep inclines or declines, and for the most part has a 110 km/h speed limit. It has one lane in each direction, with few overtaking lanes.[3]: 8  The highway runs along the eastern coast of the Eyre Peninsula but just so far inland as to allow only glimpses of the Gulf in certain places.

Port Lincoln itself is a prosperous fishing port and an important grain terminal serving the Eyre Peninsula wheatbelt.

History edit

The first Europeans to traverse most of this route, in April 1840, were Governor Gawler and John Hill, who explored on horseback from Port Lincoln to the Middleback Range near the location of the site of Whyalla.

The South Australian government decreed "the road from Port Augusta to Port Lincoln will be known as the Lincoln Highway", taking effect on 1 July 1938.[4]

Major junctions edit

LGA[5]Location[1][6]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Pastoral Unincorporated AreaLincoln Gap00.0  Eyre Highway – Port Augusta, KimbaNortheastern terminus of highway and route B100
WhyallaWhyalla4729Iron Knob Road – Iron Knob
Middleback Range7245Middleback Road – Iron Baron
Franklin HarbourCowell161100  Birdseye Highway (B91) – Cleve, Lock
CleveArno Bay198123Arno Bay Road – Cleve, Kimba
Tumby BayTumby Bay269167Bratten Way – Cummins
Port LincolnPort Lincoln315196  Flinders Highway (B100) – Elliston, CedunaSouthwestern terminus of Lincoln Highway, route B100 continues south
  •       Route transition

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Google (30 May 2022). "Lincoln Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Eyre Peninsula". RAA Regional Road Assessment. Royal Automobile Association. February 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ "NEW MAIN ROADS SCHEDULE". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 15 June 1938. p. 25. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.