Spencer Highway

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Spencer Highway

Australia South Australia location map.svg
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North end
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South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length207 km (129 mi) [1]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route B89.svg B89 (1998–present)
Major junctions
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Augusta Highway
Solomontown, South Australia
 AUS Alphanumeric Route B85.svg Copper Coast Highway
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route B86.svg Yorke Highway
Minlaton, South Australia
Location(s)
Region Yorke and Mid North [2]
Major settlements Port Pirie, Port Broughton, Wallaroo, Moonta, Maitland
Highway system

Spencer Highway (route B89) is a highway along the east coast of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It runs south from Augusta Highway through Port Pirie to Minlaton. [3]

Major intersections

LGA [4] Location [1] [3] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Port Pirie NapperbySolomontown boundary00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Augusta Highway (A1)  Port Augusta Northern terminus of highway and route B89
Solomontown 2.31.4 Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line
Port Pirie 4.52.8Warnertown Road  Bungama, Port Wakefield
Barunga West Port Broughton 6037Upper Yorke Road  Bute, Kulpara
Alford 8855Port Broughton Road  Kadina
Copper Coast Wallaroo 11068AUS Alphanumeric Route B85.svg Copper Coast Highway (B85)  Kadina, Port Wakefield
Moonta 12578Mines Road  Kadina
Yorke Peninsula Maitland 162101Upper Yorke Road (northeast)  Kulpara
Maitland Road (east)  Ardrossan
Port Victoria Road (southwest)  Port Victoria
Minlaton 207129AUS Alphanumeric Route B86.svg Yorke Highway (B86)  Ardrossan, Warooka Southern terminus of highway and route B89
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References

  1. 1 2 3 Google (2 June 2022). "Spencer Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 2 June 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.