Flinders Highway, South Australia

Flinders Highway

South Australia
Flinders Highway; South Australia
	Highway sign, Ceduna
	Northwest end Southeast end
Coordinates	32°07′37″S 133°44′05″E / 32.126848°S 133.734659°E (Northwest end); 34°43′05″S 135°51′14″E / 34.717987°S 135.853880°E (Southeast end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	396 km (246 mi)
Route number(s)	B100 (1999–present); (Ceduna–Hawson)
Former; route number	Alt National Route 1(1978–1999); Entire route
Major junctions
Northwest end	Eyre Highway; Ceduna, South Australia
	Birdseye Highway; Tod Highway;
Southeast end	Lincoln Highway; Port Lincoln, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Eyre Western
Major settlements	Smoky Bay, Streaky Bay, Port Kenny, Elliston, Mount Hope, Coffin Bay
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in South Australia; ; ;

Flinders Highway connects the South Australian towns of Ceduna and Port Lincoln, a distance of 396 kilometres (246 mi)^[1] Flinders Highway – along with Lincoln Highway – presents an alternative but somewhat longer coastal route between Ceduna and Port Augusta, compared to the more direct route along Eyre Highway.^[3] It is designated route B100.

Route

Flinders Highway runs parallel to the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula through undulating farmland. It is named after the explorer Matthew Flinders who sighted these coasts in early 1802 from HMS Investigator. Only small settlements lie along its track: of these, Coffin Bay is a centre for oyster farming, Elliston is renowned for swimming beaches and fishing and Ceduna is the main town on the far west coast of South Australia supporting government offices and businesses.^[3]

History

The South Australian government decreed "the road from Port Lincoln to Streaky Bay will be known as the Flinders Highway", taking effect on 1 July 1938.^[4]

Major junctions

LGA^[5]	Location^[1]^[6]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Ceduna	Ceduna	0	0.0	Eyre Highway (A1) – Ceduna, Kyancutta	6km east of Ceduna, northwestern terminus of highway and route B100
Streaky Bay	Streaky Bay	96	60	Streaky Bay Road – Poochera	8km northeast of Streaky Bay
Elliston	Elliston	231	144	Birdseye Highway (B91) – Lock	2km southeast of Elliston
Lower Eyre Peninsula	Wangary	366	227	Coffin Bay Road – Coffin Bay	12km east of Wangary township
	Pearlah	374	232	Tod Highway (B90) – Cummins, Lock
	Hawson	386	240	Western Approach Road (B100) – Port Lincoln	Route B100 continues southeast along Western Approach Road
	Port Lincoln	396	246	Lincoln Highway (B100) – Whyalla, Port Augusta	Southeastern terminus of Flinders Highway, route B100 heads northeast along Lincoln Highway
Route transition

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Flinders Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b Adelaide to Perth via Eyre, Lincoln, Flinders, Eyre and Great Eastern Hwys (Map). Royal Automobile Association. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^ "NEW MAIN ROADS SCHEDULE". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 15 June 1938. p. 25. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

v t e Road infrastructure in South Australia
Expressways	South Eastern Freeway Port River Expressway Northern Expressway North–South Motorway (incomplete, under construction) Southern Expressway
Interstate highways	Barrier Highway Dukes Highway Eyre Highway Mallee Highway Princes Highway Stuart Highway Sturt Highway
State highways	Augusta Highway Gawler Bypass Horrocks Highway Main South Road Port Wakefield Highway Riddoch Highway Victor Harbor Road
Arterial roads	Adelaide–Mannum Road Alexandrina Road Barossa Valley Way Birdseye Highway Browns Well Highway Cameron Highway Copper Coast Highway Flinders Highway Flinders Ranges Way Glenelg Highway Gorge Road Goyder Highway Horrocks Highway Karoonda Highway Lincoln Highway Ngarkat Highway Olympic Dam Highway Onkaparinga Valley Road Playford Highway RM Williams Way Southern Ports Highway Spencer Highway St Vincent Highway Stott Highway Strathalbyn Road The Outback Highway Thiele Highway Tod Highway Wellington Road Wilkins Highway Wilmington–Ucolta Road Wimmera Highway Yorke Highway
Outback tracks	Anne Beadell Highway Birdsville Track Colson Track Gunbarrel Highway Maralinga to Emu Road Mount Davies Road Oodnadatta Track Strzelecki Track Vokes Hill Corner to Cook Road
Transport in South Australia; List of road routes in South Australia

Route

History

Major junctions

References

See also