Birdseye Highway
Appearance
Birdseye Highway | |
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Coordinates |
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 207 km (129 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) | B91 |
Major junctions | |
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Location(s) | |
LGA(s) | |
Major settlements | Cleve, Lock |
Highway system | |
The Birdseye Highway is an east-west road across Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
Geography
The Birdseye Highway connects Cowell on the Lincoln Highway near the Spencer Gulf coast through Cleve and Lock to Elliston on the Flinders Highway on the west coast.
Name
The Birdseye Highway is named for Sylvia Birdseye who drove the first bus service to the area from Adelaide for 43 years, starting in 1928.[2] It was the first highway in South Australia to be named for a woman.[3]
Major junctions
LGA[4] | Location[5] | km[1] | mi | Destinations[4] | Notes |
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Franklin Harbour | Cowell | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | 6 km southwest of Cowell |
Cleve | Cleve | 35 | 22 | Cleve Road to Kimba and Arno Bay Road to Arno Bay | |
Elliston | Lock | 109 | 68 | ![]() | |
Elliston | 200 | 120 | ![]() | ||
References
- ^ a b "Birdseye Highway driving directions" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "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 A.J. Millazzo, Delegate of the Commissioner of Highways (28 February 2011). "Naming of State Rural Roads - Eyre Peninsula" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Property Location Browser". Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2014.