Goyder Highway

For other uses, see Goyder.

Goyder Highway South Australia
Goyder Highway northwest of Morgan
West end East end
Coordinates	33.326255°S 138.184198°E / -33.326255; 138.184198 (West end) 34.235411°S 140.524380°E / -34.235411; 140.524380 (East end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	266 km (165 mi)
Route number(s)	B64 (1998–present)
Former route number	National Route 64 (1955–1998)
Major junctions
West end	Augusta Highway Crystal Brook, South Australia
	Main North Road RM Williams Way Barrier Highway Worlds End Highway Thiele Highway
East end	Sturt Highway Monash, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Yorke and Mid North, Murray and Mallee
Major settlements	Crystal Brook, Spalding, Burra, Morgan
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia

Goyder Highway (B64) is a west–east link through the Mid North region of South Australia connecting Spencer Gulf to the Riverland. It is part of the most direct road route from Port Augusta (and areas beyond including Eyre Peninsula, Western Australia and the Northern Territory) to much of Victoria and southern New South Wales.

History

Goyder Highway is named after George Goyder, a government surveyor who first identified and mapped Goyder's Line which indicates the northern limit of climatic suitability for intensive agriculture in South Australia. Goyder's Line is near the highway from Crystal Brook to past Burra.

Route

Goyder Highway northeast of Morgan

Goyder Highway starts from the Augusta Highway at Crystal Brook running east then southeast. It is briefly concurrent with Horrocks Highway near Gulnare, RM Williams Way near Spalding and Barrier Highway near Burra. The highway descends from the Mount Lofty Ranges onto the plains of the Murray–Darling basin. It passes the end of Thiele Highway at Morgan and continues upstream on the north side of the Murray River to meet Sturt Highway between Barmera and Monash.

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Port Pirie	Crystal Brook	0.0	0.0	Augusta Highway (A1) – Port Augusta, Port Wakefield	Western terminus of highway and route B64
		4.0	2.5	Cunningham Street (northeast) – Crystal Brook Eyre Road (southeast), to Huddleston Road – Gladstone	Cross road
		4.5	2.8	Gadd Avenue (Venning Road) (southwest) – Merriton Darbon Terrance (Frith Road) (northwest) – Crystal Brook	Cross road
Northern Areas	Gulnare	29	18	Horrocks Highway (B82 north) – Gladstone, Quorn	Concurrency with route B82
		31	19	Horrocks Highway (B82 south) – Clare, Giles Corner, Gawler
	Spalding	47	29	RM Williams Way (B80 north) – Jamestown, Hawker	Concurrency with route B80
		52	32	RM Williams Way (B80 south) – Clare
Goyder	Burra	86	53	Barrier Highway (A32 north) – Hallett, Broken Hill	Concurrency with route A32
		93	58	Barrier Highway (A32 south) – Giles Corner
	Worlds End	111	69	Worlds End Highway – Robertstown, Eudunda
Mid Murray	Morgan	177	110	Thiele Highway (B81) – Morgan, Eudunda	Tee junction
	Stuart	187	116	Cadell Valley Road – Cadell
Loxton Waikerie	Taylorville	210	130	Taylorville Road – Waikerie
Berri Barmera	Barmera	253	157	Morgan Road – Barmera
	Monash	266	165	Sturt Highway (A20) – Barmera, Adelaide, Monash, Renmark	Eastern terminus of highway and route B64
Concurrency terminus       Route transition