Browns Well Highway

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Browns Well Highway

Australia South Australia location map.svg
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North end
Red pog.svg
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length104 km (65 mi) [1]
Gazetted 2008 [2]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route B57.svg B57 (1998–present)
Major junctions
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route B55.svg Karoonda Highway
Loxton, South Australia
  Cameron Highway
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route B12.svg Mallee Highway
Pinnaroo, South Australia
Location(s)
Region Murray and Mallee [3]
Major settlements Paruna
Highway system

Browns Well Highway is a road connecting Loxton, South Australia through the Murray Mallee to Pinnaroo in South Australia. [4] It was named in 2008 after the Browns Well district for areas traversed by the highway. [5]

Railways were evenly spaced across the Mallee before road transport improved. The Browns Well highway crosses the Loxton railway line on the outskirts of the town, the former Barmera railway line at Paruna about 34 km along the route, and the former Peebinga railway line 64 km along the route. It crosses the Pinnaroo railway line in Pinnaroo near the southern terminus of the highway. These all provided reliable transport to pioneer settlers in the region, including transporting grain and produce through Tailem Bend to markets.

Major intersections

LGA [5] Location [1] [4] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Loxton Waikerie Loxton 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B55.svg Bookpurnong Road (B55)  Waikerie, Kingston On Murray, Berri Northern terminus of highway and route B57
Paruna 3421 Cameron Highway   Alawoona
Peebinga 6138Butchers Soak Road  Peebinga
Southern Mallee Pinnaroo 10465AUS Alphanumeric Route B12.svg Mallee Highway (B12)  Tailem Bend, Lameroo, Ouyen Southern terminus of highway, route B57 continues south along Mallee Highway for 7km to Ngarkat Highway
  •        Route transition

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Browns Well Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. "Appendices 1 to 16 AGM 6th June 2008" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.