Birdseye Highway

The Birdseye Highway is an east-west road across Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

Birdseye Highway

South Australia
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length207 km (129 mi)[1]
Route number(s)B91
Major junctions
east end Lincoln Highway, Cowell
  Tod Highway B90
west end Flinders Highway, Elliston
Location(s)
LGA(s)
Major settlementsCleve, Lock
Highway system

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]miDestinations[4]Notes
Franklin HarbourCowell00.0 Lincoln Highway – Cowell, Whyalla, Port Augusta6 km southwest of Cowell
CleveCleve3522Cleve Road to Kimba and Arno Bay Road to Arno Bay
EllistonLock10968 Tod Highway – Kyancutta, Cummins
Elliston200120 Flinders Highway – Streaky Bay, Ceduna

References
  1. Google (1 October 2014). "Birdseye Highway driving directions" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. "Birdseye Highway & Memorial". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. "BIRDSEYE, Sylvia Jessie Catherine". HerStory Archive. National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. 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. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  5. "Property Location Browser". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
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