RM Williams Way (route B80) is a road through the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia connecting Clare in the south through Spalding, Jamestown and Orroroo to Hawker in the Flinders Ranges. The road was named after R. M. Williams who had a strong association with the countryside through which it runs.
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| RM Williams Way road sign at Orroroo | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Rural road |
| Length | 214 km (133 mi)[1] |
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| Former route number |  National Route 83 (1955–1998) |
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| South end |  Horrocks HighwayBungaree, South Australia |
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| North end |  Flinders Ranges WayHawker, South Australia |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Yorke and Mid North[2] |
| Major settlements | Spalding, Jamestown, Orroroo, Carrieton |
Route
editRM Williams Way branches from the Horrocks Highway (Main North Road) in Bungaree, about 13 km north of Clare. It runs roughly north to Spalding where it run concurrent with Goyder Highway for about 4 km as it continues north to Jamestown then Orroroo. It ends at the junction with the Flinders Ranges Way about 10 km out of Hawker.[3]
The route runs in the same direction as the northern Mount Lofty Ranges and southern Flinders Ranges, but the climate changes over its length, becoming drier in the north, so the dominant agriculture and vegetation changes from more intensive farming, vineyards and grain crops in the south to pastoral grazing in the north.
Major junctions
edit| LGA[4] | Location[1][3] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Clare and Gilbert Valleys | Bungaree | 0 | 0.0 | Horrocks Highway (B82) – Clare | Southern terminus of road and route B80 |
| Northern Areas | Spalding | 25 | 16 |  Goyder Highway (B64 east) – Burra | Concurrency with route B64 |
| 26 | 16 | Goyder Highway (B64 west) – Gulnare, Crystal Brook | |||
| Jamestown | 60 | 37 |  Wilkins Highway (B79 west) – Gladstone, Crystal Brook Wilkins Highway (B78 east) – Hallett | Concurrency with route B79 | |
| Mannanarie | 78 | 48 | Beniah Road (B79 east) – Yongala, Peterborough | ||
| Orroroo Carrieton | Black Rock | 105 | 65 |  Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56 east) – Peterborough | Concurrency with route B56 |
| Orroroo | 117 | 73 | Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56 west) – Wilmington | ||
| Flinders Ranges | Hawker | 214 | 133 | Flinders Ranges Way (B83) – Hawker, Quorn | Northern terminus of road and route B80 10km south of Hawker |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "RM Williams Way" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b "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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