Wilkins Highway

Wilkins Highway is an east–west route across the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. It runs from Augusta Highway south of Port Pirie east to Barrier Highway at the town of Hallett,^[3] near where Sir Hubert Wilkins was born.

Wilkins Highway South Australia
West end East end
Coordinates	33.266894°S 138.153149°E / -33.266894; 138.153149 (West end) 33.411325°S 138.892765°E / -33.411325; 138.892765 (East end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	85.3 km (53 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	(1998–present) (Warnertown–Jamestown) (1998–present) (Jamestown–Hallett)
Major junctions
West end	Augusta Highway Warnertown, South Australia
	Main North Road RM Williams Way
East end	Barrier Highway (Hallett, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Yorke and Mid North[2]
Major settlements	Gladstone, Caltowie, Jamestown
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia

Major intersections

LGA[4]	Location[1][3]	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Port Pirie	Warnertown	0	0.0	Augusta Highway – Warnertown	Western terminus of highway and route B79
		6.8	4.2	Hughes Gap Road – Crystal Brook
		8.6	5.3	Beetaloo Valley Road – Beetaloo Valley
Northern Areas Council	Huddleston	11.6	7.2	Possum Park Road – Laura
	Gladstone	19.2	11.9	Horrocks Highway (B82) – Wilmington, Clare
	Caltowie	35.4	22.0	Laura–Caltowie Road – Laura	eastbound traffic turns right; westbound traffic turns left
	Jamestown	47.6	29.6	RM Williams Way (B80 north, south/B79 north) – Spalding, Orroroo, Peterborough	Route B79 continues west along Wilkins Highway, north along RM Williams Way Western terminus of route B78
Regional Council of Goyder	Hallett	85.3	53.0	Barrier Highway – Burra, Broken Hill	Eastern terminus of highway and route B78
Route transition

References

1. "Wilkins Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
4. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.