Birdseye Highway

Birdseye Highway

Map
Birdseye Highway is located in South Australia
West end
West end
East end
East end
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
Length198 km (123 mi)[1]
Route number(s) B91 (1998–present)
Major junctions
West end Flinders Highway
Elliston, South Australia
  Tod Highway
East end Lincoln Highway
Cowell, South Australia
Location(s)
RegionEyre Western[2]
Major settlementsLock, Cleve
Highway system
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Birdseye Highway is an east–west road across Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It was named for Sylvia Birdseye who drove the first bus service to the area from Adelaide for 43 years, starting in 1928,[3] and is the first highway in South Australia to be named for a woman.[4]

  1. ^ "Birdseye 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. ^ "Birdseye Highway & Memorial". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. ^ "BIRDSEYE, Sylvia Jessie Catherine". HerStory Archive. National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 May 2019.