Playford Highway Telegraph Road, Kohinoor Road, Cape Borda Road | |
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Coordinates | |
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 |
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West end | No through road Cape Borda, South Australia |
Location(s) | |
Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island [2] |
Major settlements | Cygnet River, Parndana |
Highway system | |
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 is entirely contained within the Kangaroo Island Council local government area. [4]
Location [1] [3] | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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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 | ||
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