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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type        = highway
| road_name   = Copper Coast Highway
| state       = SA
| length      = 57.8
| length_ref  = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-34.1620183,138.155587/-33.9320165,137.6282846/@-34.0264915,137.9372954,11.82z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0 |title=Copper Coast Highway |accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref>
| direction_a = East
| direction_b = West
| coordinates_a = {{coor|34.1620|S|138.1556|E|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
| coordinates_b = {{coor|33.9320|S|137.6283|E|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
| pushpin_label_position_a = bottom
| pushpin_label_position_b = top 
| est         = 
| route       = {{AUshield|SA|B85}} B85 {{small|(1998–present)}}
| end_a       = {{AUshield|SA|A1}} '''[[Augusta Highway]]'''<br />{{AUshield|SA|A1}} '''[[Port Wakefield Highway]]'''<br />{{small|[[Port Wakefield, South Australia]]}}
| end_b       = {{AUshield|SA|B89}} '''[[Spencer Highway]]'''<br>{{small|[[Wallaroo, South Australia]]}}
| exits       = {{AUshield|SA|B86}} [[Yorke Highway]]
| region      = [[Yorke and Mid North]]<ref name="SARegions">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=20 |title=Location SA Map viewer with regional layers |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>
| through     = {{SAcity|Kulpara|Paskeville|Kadina}}
}}
'''Copper Coast Highway''' is a highway in [[South Australia]] which branches off from the [[Augusta Highway|Augusta]] and [[Port Wakefield Highway]]s 2&nbsp;km north of [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]], and heads northwest across the top of [[Yorke Peninsula]] to [[Kadina, South Australia|Kadina]], ending at the [[Spencer Gulf]] town of [[Wallaroo, South Australia|Wallaroo]].

==Improvements==
In 2016, the [[Government of South Australia|state government]] proposed to restructure the intersection on the Copper Coast Highway at the north end of the [[Yorke Highway]] to provide a large roundabout instead of Yorke Highway terminating at a tee-junction.<ref>{{cite map |url=http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/271591/16-1298_CopperCoast_CCP_RevFPage1.pdf |title=Copper Coast Highway Intersection with Yorke Highway - for illustrative purposes only |date=August 2016 |access-date=24 August 2016 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826073329/http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/271591/16-1298_CopperCoast_CCP_RevFPage1.pdf |archivedate=26 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The roundabout is intended to reduce delays at the end of holiday periods when many people try to drive back towards Adelaide at the same time, and will permit [[road train]]s to operate between [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]] and [[Ardrossan, South Australia|Ardrossan]] which had previously not been permitted due to limitations of that intersection. Subsidiary works improved the Yorke Highway north of Ardrossan with a widened bridge, sealed shoulders and overtaking lanes.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.premier.sa.gov.au/index.php/peter-malinauskas-news-releases/1004-new-roundabout-to-help-ease-holiday-traffic-on-yorke-peninsula |title=New roundabout to help ease holiday traffic on Yorke Peninsula |work=News release |author=Peter Malinauskas |date=10 August 2016 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]]}}</ref> Road trains up to {{convert|36.5|m}} were previously permitted to operate on the [[Augusta Highway]] through Port Wakefield north towards [[Port Pirie]] and beyond, and from Ardrossan south to [[Port Giles]], but were not permitted to operate north of Ardrossan to the Augusta Highway,<ref>{{cite map |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/ravnet/ |title=RAVNet |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |accessdate=24 August 2016}}</ref> limiting the capacity to transport grain or minerals. Work commenced on the roundabout in October 2017 and it was completed in January 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.northernargus.com.au/story/5156006/traffic-fix-sends-mayors-round-the-twist/ |newspaper=[[The Northern Argus]] |date= 9 January 2018 |title=Traffic fix sends mayors round the twist |first=Greg |last=Mayfield |accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref>

A proposal by the [[Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)|Liberal Party of Australia]] before the [[2018 South Australian state election|2018 state election]] was that if it was elected it would build a single lane overpass at the Port Wakefield end of the Copper Coast Highway to reduce traffic conflicts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.saliberal.org.au/cutting_out_crash_corner_at_port_wakefield |date=29 January 2018 |title=Cutting out crash corner at Port Wakefield |publisher=[[Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)]] |accessdate=27 March 2018}}</ref> The party won the election and upgraded the planning to completely grade-separate the intersection.<ref name="DPTI">{{cite web |url=https://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/road_projects/port_wakefield_overpass_and_township_duplication |title=Port Wakefield Overpass and Highway Duplication |publisher=[[Department for Infrastructure & Transport|Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure]] |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> The contract for detailed design and construction of duplication of the highway through Port Wakefield and a grade-separated intersection with the [[Augusta Highway|Augusta]] and [[Port Wakefield Highway]]s was let in March 2020 to the Port Wakefield to Port Augusta Alliance (a consortium of [[CIMIC Group|CPB Contractors]], [[Aurecon]] and [[GHD Group]], also responsible for the duplication of [[Joy Baluch AM Bridge]] in [[Port Augusta]]),<ref name="DIT">{{cite web |url=https://dit.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/road_projects/port_wakefield_overpass_and_township_duplication |title=Port Wakefield Overpass and Highway Duplication |publisher=[[Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure]] |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/640531/03-01_Port_Wakefield_and_Joy_Baluch_upgrades_are_signed_sealed_and_soon_to_be_delviered.pdf |date=1 March 2020 |first=Michael |last=McCormack |author-link=Michael McCormack (Australian politician) |title=PORT WAKEFIELD AND JOY BALUCH UPGRADES ARE SIGNED, SEALED AND SOON TO BE DELIVERED |via=[[Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure]] |access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> with the government announcing an overpass for the intersection with the Augusta and Port Wakefield Highways in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p1CrVPEpeuc | title=New overpass to open at notorious Port Wakefield traffic nightmare spot &#124; 7NEWS - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> Project construction commenced in late 2020, with completion expected in 2022;<ref name="DIT" /> the overpass opened in December 2021, four months ahead of schedule.<ref name="PWoverpass">{{cite web |url=https://www.cpbcon.com.au/en/news-and-media/2022/cpb-contractors-delivers-port-wakefield-overpass-four-months-ahead-of-schedule |title=CPB Contractors delivers Port Wakefield Overpass four months ahead of schedule |publisher=[[CPB Contractors]] |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>

==Major intersections and towns==
{{AUSinttop|LGA_ref=<ref name="SALGAs">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=11 |title=Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>|location_ref=<ref name="gmaps" /><ref name="SAlocs">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=19 |title=Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}}
{{SAint
|LGA=[[Wakefield Regional Council|Wakefield]]
|LGAspan=2
|location=Port Wakefield
|type=trans
|km=0.0
|road={{AUshield|SA|A1}} [[Augusta Highway]] (A1 north){{SAcity|p=on|Snowtown|Port Augusta}}<br />{{AUshield|SA|A1}} [[Port Wakefield Highway]] (A1 south){{SAcity|p=on|Adelaide}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of highway and route B85
}}
{{SAint
|location=Port Arthur
|km=6.0
|road={{AUshield|SA|B86}} [[Yorke Highway]] (B86){{SAcity|p=on|Ardrossan}}
|notes=Road-train capable roundabout
}}
{{SAint
|LGADC=Barunga West
|location=Kulpara
|km=17.2
|road=Upper Yorke Road{{SAcity|p=on|Maitland|Bute}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|LGA-Co=Copper Coast
|LGAspan=5
|location=Paskeville
|lspan=3
|km=30.0
|road=Prices Road{{SAcity|p=on|Ninnes}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|km=33.9
|road=Ninnes Road{{SAcity|p=on|Lochiel}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|km=35.1
|road=Thrington Road{{SAcity|p=on|Moonta}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|location=Kadina
|km=48.8
|road=Port Broughton Road (north){{SAcity|p=on|Port Broughton}}<br />Mines Road (south){{SAcity|p=on|Moonta}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|location=Wallaroo
|type=trans
|km=57.8
|road={{AUshield|SA|B89}} [[Spencer Highway]] (B89){{SAcity|p=on|Port Broughton|Moonta}}
|notes=Western terminus of highway and route B85
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=trans|conv=no}}

==References==
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{{Road infrastructure in South Australia}}

[[Category:Yorke Peninsula]]
[[Category:Highways in South Australia]]


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