Death highway

Death highway
Basic data
Operator:	Transport SA
Start of the street:	Eyre Highway Kyancutta ( SA ) ( 33 ° 8 ′  S , 135 ° 33 ′  E )
End of street:	Flinders Highway northwest of Port Lincoln ( SA ) ( 34 ° 37 ′  S , 135 ° 40 ′  E )
Overall length:	176 km
States :	South Australia

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The Tod Highway is a trunk road in the south of the Australian state of South Australia . It connects the Eyre Highway in Kyancutta with the Flinders Highway northwest of Port Lincoln at the tip of the Eyre Peninsula .

The road divides the Eyre Peninsula in half and is named after Robert Tod , who explored the area in 1839.

course

The Tod Highway branches off from the Eyre Highway (NA1) to the south in Kyancutta and leads primarily through agricultural areas where wheat and barley are grown and sheep are raised. First town on the route is Lock in the middle of the peninsula where the Birdseye Highway (B91) crosses. The Tod Highway continues south through the city of Cummins until it meets the Flinders Highway (B100) 13 miles northwest of Port Lincoln.

Road conditions

The Tod Highway is paved along its entire length and expanded to two lanes.

source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 70