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.
Goyder Highway | |
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| Goyder Highway northwest of Morgan | |
  West end East end | |
| Coordinates | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 266 km (165 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  B64 (1998–present) |
| Former route number |  National Route 64 (1955–1998) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Augusta HighwayCrystal Brook, South Australia |
| East end |  Sturt HighwayMonash, South Australia |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Yorke and Mid North, Murray and Mallee[2] |
| Major settlements | Crystal Brook, Spalding, Burra, Morgan |
| Highway system | |
History
editGoyder 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
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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.[3] 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.[3]
Major intersections
edit| LGA[4] | Location[1][3] | km[1] | 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 | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Wilkins Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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