Augusta Highway

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Augusta Highway

Highway sign, Port Augusta West, 2017 (03).jpg
Sign at the northern end of the Highway
Australia South Australia location map.svg
Red pog.svg
North end
Red pog.svg
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length208.1 km (129 mi) [1]
Gazetted 2011 [2]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg A1 (2017–present)
Former
route number
Australian national highway A1.svg National Highway A1
(2011–2017)
Major junctions
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Eyre Highway
Port Augusta, South Australia
 
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Port Wakefield Highway
Port Wakefield, South Australia
Location(s)
Region Far North, Yorke and Mid North [3]
Major settlements Port Germein, Port Pirie, Crystal Brook, Snowtown
Highway system

Augusta Highway is the part of Australia's ring route (Highway 1) located in South Australia between Port Wakefield and Port Augusta.

Contents

Route

Augusta Highway starts at the intersection with Eyre and Stuart Highways in Port Augusta West, then crosses the northern section of Spencer Gulf into central Port Augusta. It continues in a southerly direction as a single-carriageway highway with occasional overtaking lanes past Port Germein, Port Pirie, Crystal Brook and through Snowtown until it eventually meets Copper Coast Highway just north of Port Wakefield, where it continues south as Port Wakefield Highway.

History

It was named Augusta Highway in 2011, [2] [4] and was formerly known simply as Highway One [2] (and also as Princes Highway, despite not being continuous to Princes Highway in the southeast of the state). When a Highway Naming Committee was formed around 1999, there were proposals for the highway to become part of Eyre Highway, or named Wakefield Highway. [5]

Upgrades

Following the 2018 South Australian state election, upgrades were announced for both ends of the Augusta Highway. At the northern end, the Joy Baluch AM Bridge across Spencer Gulf at Port Augusta is to be duplicated to improve safety for both local and highway traffic. At the southern end, the contract for detailed design and construction of the duplication of the highway through Port Wakefield and a grade-separated intersection with the Copper Coast Highway was let in March 2020. Both projects were contracted to the Port Wakefield to Port Augusta Alliance (a consortium of CPB Contractors, Aurecon and GHD Group), [6] [7] with the government announcing an overpass for the intersection with Copper Coast Highway in 2021. [8] Construction on both projects commenced in late 2020, with completion expected in 2022; [6] the overpass to Copper Coast Highway opened in December 2021, four months ahead of schedule. [9]

As finishing works were continuing around Port Wakefield, a new project started to duplicate the highway from the Copper Coast Highway to the southern side of Lochiel. [10]

Major intersections

LGA [11] Location [1] [12] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Port Augusta Port Augusta West 0.00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Eyre Highway (A1 west)  Kimba, Ceduna, to Western Australia Northern terminus of Augusta Highway, route A1 continues west along Eyre Highway
AUS Alphanumeric Route A87.svg Stuart Highway (A87 north)  Pimba, Coober Pedy, to the Outback and Northern Territory
Spencer Gulf 0.8–
1.5
0.50–
0.93
Joy Baluch AM Bridge
Port Augusta Port Augusta 1.71.1 Trans-Australian Railway
3.82.4 Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line
Stirling North 8.25.1AUS Alphanumeric Route B83.svg Flinders Ranges Way (B83)  Quorn, Hawker
Winninowie 23.214.4AUS Alphanumeric Route B56.svg Horrocks Pass Road (B56)  Wilmington
Mount Remarkable Port Germein 64.940.3Port Germein Road  Port Germein
65.540.7 Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line
68.042.3Germein Gorge Road  Murray Town
68.842.8Port Germain Road  Port Germein
Port Pirie Napperby 86.954.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B89.svg Spencer Highway (B89)  Port Pirie, Wallaroo, Minlaton
Bungama 90.556.2Warnertown Road  Port Pirie
Warnertown 101.262.9AUS Alphanumeric Route B79.svg Wilkins Highway (B79)  Laura, Gladstone
Crystal Brook 108.667.5AUS Alphanumeric Route B64.svg Goyder Highway (B64)  Crystal Brook, Burra, Morgan, Renmark
109.267.9 Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line
115.371.6Venning Road  Crystal Brook, Gladstone
Merriton 120.775.0Clements Road  Port Broughton
Wakefield Snowtown 161.1100.1Condowie Plain Road  Brinkworth, Blyth
163.2101.4Barunga Gap Road  Bute, Kadina
Lochiel 179.3111.4Ninnes Road  Paskeville, Moonta
179.6111.6Blyth Road  Blyth, Clare
Port Wakefield 208.1129.3AUS Alphanumeric Route B85.svg Copper Coast Highway (B85 west)  Kadina, Wallaroo Trumpet Interchange
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Port Wakefield Highway (A1 south)  Adelaide Southern terminus of Augusta Highway, route A1 continues south along Port Wakefield Highway
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References

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