Playford Highway

Playford Highway (with Telegraph Road and Kohinoor Road through Kingscote at its eastern end, and Cape Borda Road at its western end) is a main road on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, with its eastern end designated part of route B23. It extends from Kingscote through Cygnet River and Parndana to Cape Borda.^[3]

Playford Highway Telegraph Road, Kohinoor Road, Cape Borda Road South Australia
East end West end
Coordinates	35.653675°S 137.641723°E / -35.653675; 137.641723 (East end) 35.752966°S 136.593959°E / -35.752966; 136.593959 (West end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	103 km (64 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	B23 (1998–present) (Kingscote–Cygnet River)
Major junctions
East end	Anzac Street Kingscote, South Australia
	Hog Bay Road West End Highway
West end	No through road Cape Borda, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[2]
Major settlements	Cygnet River, Parndana
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia

Major junctions

Playford Highway is entirely contained within the Kangaroo Island Council local government area.^[4]

Location[1][3]	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Kingscote	0	0.0	Anzac Street – Kingscote	Eastern terminus of Telegraph Road and route B23
			Esplanade (north) – Kingscote Kingscote Terrace (south) – Kingscote
	0.6	0.37	Cemetery Avenue (north) – Kingscote Cygnet Road (south) – Kingscote	Name change: Telegraph Road (east), Kohinoor Road (west)
	1.3	0.81	Keratta Terrace – Kingscote	Name change: Kohinoor Road (east), Playford Highway (west)
	4.0	2.5	North Coast Road – Emu Bay
Cygnet River	7.2	4.5	Hog Bay Road (B23) – American River, Penneshaw	To ferry service to Cape Jervis Route B23 heads south along Hog Bay Road
	13.8	8.6	Arronmore Road – Kingscote Airport
	13.9	8.6	Birchmore Road  – Vivonne Bay, Flinders Chase
Parndana	38.5	23.9	Wedgewood Road – Seddon
	43.4	27.0	Stokes Bay Road – Stokes Bay
Gosse	73.2	45.5	West End Highway – Flinders Chase, Cape du Couedic	Name change: Playford Highway (east), Cape Borda Road (west)
Cape Borda	84.4	52.4	Jump Off Road – Cape Torrens Wilderness Protection Area
	85.5	53.1	Shackle Road – Flinders Chase, West Bay Beach
	103	64	Cape Borda Road – Cape Borda	Western terminus of Cape Borda Road
Route transition

References

1. "Playford Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 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.