Eyre Highway

Eyre Highway
Basic data
Operator:	Transport SA
further operator:	Main Roads
Start of the street:	Princes Highway Stuart Highway Port Augusta ( SA ) ( 32 ° 29 ′  S , 137 ° 45 ′  E )
End of street:	/ Coolgardie-Esperance Highway Norseman ( WA ) ( 32 ° 11 ′  S , 121 ° 47 ′  E )
Overall length:	1675 km
States :	South Australia Western Australia
Eyre Highway near the Mundrabilla Motel on Kuthala Pass in Western Australia

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The Eyre Highway is a trunk road in the south of the Australian continent. It connects the Princes Highway and the Stuart Highway in Port Augusta ( South Australia ) with the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway in Norseman ( Western Australia ). It has a length of 1,675 km and is part of the Australian National Highway 1 , which connects Perth with Adelaide .

Origin of name

The Eyre Highway was named after the land explorer Edward John Eyre .

course

South Australia

The road begins in Port Augusta, about 230 km northwest of Adelaide, where the Princes Highway (NA1) from the south and the Stuart Highway (NA87) from the north. to meet. The Eyre Highway leaves the city to the southwest. Already 26 km further south the Lincoln Highway (B100) branches off, which opens up the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula . The Eyre Highway crosses the peninsula to the north. In the middle of this crossing, also to the south, the Tod Highway (B90) branches off and opens up the middle of the peninsula. From there, the Eyre Highway leads northwest and shortly before Ceduna takes the Flinders Highway (B100), which runs on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. The next 486 km to the border with Western Australia the Eyre Highway runs in an arc to the west along the coast of the great Australian bay , without any major settlements and without any notable branches. The western part of this route runs on the southern edge of the Nullarbor Desert .

Western Australia

The landscape continues after crossing the border. The approx. 350 km to the Cocklebiddy Motel , where an unpaved road to Rawlinna branches off the parallel trans-Australian railway to the north , the road runs near the coast. Then it goes another 366 km to the west, while the coastline moves west-southwest. The longest straight stretch of road is also located here (see below). In Norseman, the Eyre Highway meets the Coolgardie Esperance Highway (N94 / R1), which runs in north-south direction, and ends.

particularities

Road sign on the Eyre Highway

... emergency landing strip for the RFDS

Along the road between Caiguna and Balladonia is the longest completely straight road in Australia with a length of 146.6 km.

Some parts of the road serve as an emergency runway for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia due to the remoteness of other landing options .

Web links

Commons : Eyre Highway  - collection of images, videos and audio files

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 70, 71, 74, 91