RM Williams Way

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RM Williams Way

Highway sign, Orroroo, 2017 (02).jpg
RM Williams Way road sign at Orroroo
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South end
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North end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRural road
Length214 km (133 mi) [1]
Route number(s)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route B80.svg B80 (1998–present)
  • Concurrencies:
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route B79.svg RM Williams Way
    (Jamestown–Mannanarie)
  • AUS Alphanumeric Route B56.svg Wilmington–Ucolta Road
    (Black Rock–Orroroo)
Former
route number
Australian national route 83.svg National Route 83 (1955–1998)
Major junctions
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route B82.svg Horrocks Highway
Bungaree, South Australia
 
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route B83.svg Flinders Ranges Way
Hawker, South Australia
Location(s)
Region Yorke and Mid North [2]
Major settlements Spalding, Jamestown, Orroroo, Carrieton

RM Williams Way (route B80) is a road through the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia connecting Clare in the south through Spalding, Jamestown and Orroroo to Hawker in the Flinders Ranges. The road was named after R. M. Williams who had a strong association with the countryside through which it runs.

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Route

RM Williams Way branches from the Horrocks Highway (Main North Road) in Bungaree, about 13 km north of Clare. It runs roughly north to Spalding where it run concurrent with Goyder Highway for about 4 km as it continues north to Jamestown then Orroroo. It ends at the junction with the Flinders Ranges Way about 10 km out of Hawker. [3]

The route runs in the same direction as the northern Mount Lofty Ranges and southern Flinders Ranges, but the climate changes over its length, becoming drier in the north, so the dominant agriculture and vegetation changes from more intensive farming, vineyards and grain crops in the south to pastoral grazing in the north.[ citation needed ]

Major junctions

LGA [4] Location [1] [3] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Clare and Gilbert Valleys Bungaree 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route B82.svg Horrocks Highway (B82)  Clare Southern terminus of road and route B80
Northern Areas Spalding 2516AUS Alphanumeric Route B64.svg Goyder Highway (B64 east)  Burra Concurrency with route B64
2616AUS Alphanumeric Route B64.svg Goyder Highway (B64 west)  Gulnare, Crystal Brook
Jamestown 6037AUS Alphanumeric Route B79.svg Wilkins Highway (B79 west)  Gladstone, Crystal Brook
AUS Alphanumeric Route B78.svg Wilkins Highway (B78 east)  Hallett
Concurrency with route B79
Mannanarie 7848AUS Alphanumeric Route B79.svg Beniah Road (B79 east)  Yongala, Peterborough
Orroroo Carrieton Black Rock 10565AUS Alphanumeric Route B56.svg Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56 east)  Peterborough Concurrency with route B56
Orroroo 11773AUS Alphanumeric Route B56.svg Wilmington–Ucolta Road (B56 west)  Wilmington
Flinders Ranges Hawker 214133AUS Alphanumeric Route B83.svg Flinders Ranges Way (B83) – Hawker, Quorn Northern terminus of road and route B80 10km south of Hawker

References

  1. 1 2 3 "RM Williams Way" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.