Birdseye Highway | |
|---|---|
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  West end East end | |
| Coordinates | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 198 km (123 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  B91(1998–present) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Flinders HighwayElliston, South Australia |
 Tod Highway | |
| East end | Lincoln Highway Cowell, South Australia |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Eyre Western[2] |
| Major settlements | Lock,Cleve |
| Highway system | |
Birdseye Highway is an east–west road acrossEyre Peninsula inSouth Australia. It was named forSylvia Birdseye who drove the first bus service to the area fromAdelaide for 43 years, starting in 1928,[3] and is the first highway in South Australia to be named for a woman.[4]
Birdseye Highway connectsElliston onFlinders Highway on the west coast, throughCleve andLock toCowell on theLincoln Highway near theSpencer Gulf coast.[5]
| LGA[6] | Location[1][5] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliston | Elliston | 0 | 0.0 | Flinders Highway (B100) – Streaky Bay,Ceduna | Western terminus of highway and route B91 |
| Mount Wedge | 30 | 19 | Kyancutta-Mount Wedge Road – Kyancutta | ||
| Lock | 89 | 55 | Tod Highway (B90) – Kyancutta,Cummins | ||
| Cleve | Cleve | 163 | 101 | Cleve Road (north) – Kimba Arno Bay Road (south) – Arno Bay | |
| Franklin Harbour | Cowell | 198 | 123 | Lincoln Highway (B100) – Cowell,Whyalla,Port Augusta | Eastern terminus of highway and route B91, 6 km west of Cowell |
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