The Outback Highway

Not to be confused with Outback Way.

The Outback Highway Barndioota Road South Australia
South end North end
Coordinates	31°53′19″S138°25′16″E / 31.888526°S 138.421041°E / -31.888526; 138.421041 (South end) 29°39′05″S138°04′17″E / 29.651415°S 138.071490°E / -29.651415; 138.071490 (North end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	272 km (169 mi) [1]
Route number(s)	B83 (1998–present) (Hawker–Lyndhurst)
Former route number	National Route 83 Entire route
Major junctions
South end	Flinders Ranges Way Hawker, South Australia
	Strzelecki Track Birdsville Track
North end	Oodnadatta Track Marree, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Far North [2]
Major settlements	Parachilna, Leigh Creek, Lyndhurst
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway  • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia

The Outback Highway ^[3] (possibly also known as Barndioota Road) is a road in South Australia. It runs from Hawker along the western side of the Flinders Ranges through Leigh Creek to Marree. ^[4] It is designated as part of route B83 from Hawker to Lyndhurst. Route B83 continues south from Hawker along the Flinders Ranges Way.

Major intersections

LGA [5]	Location [1] [6]	km [1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Flinders Ranges	Hawker	0	0.0	Flinders Ranges Way (B83 southwest) – Quorn, Port Augusta Flinders Ranges Way (east) – Blinman	Southern terminus of highway, route B83 continues southwest along Flinders Ranges Way
Pastoral Unincorporated Area	Parachilna	81	50	Parachilna Gorge Road – Blinman
	Lyndhurst	193	120	Strzelecki Track  – Innamincka	Northern terminus of route B83
	Marree	272	169	Birdsville Track  – Birdsville
				Oodnadatta Track  – William Creek, Oodnadatta	Northern terminus of highway
Route transition

References

• Australian roads portal

1. "The Outback Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 30 May 2022.
2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. "Outback Road Names" (PDF). Government of South Australia. January 2015. Rack Plan 768 sheet 4 of 5. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
4. "Outback Road Names" (PDF). Government of South Australia. January 2014. Rack Plan 768 sheet 2 of 5. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
5. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
6. "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.