Wilkins Highway

Road in South Australia, Australia

West end

East end

Coordinates

33°16′01″S 138°09′11″E / 33.266894°S 138.153149°E / -33.266894; 138.153149 (West end)
33°24′41″S 138°53′34″E / 33.411325°S 138.892765°E / -33.411325; 138.892765 (East end)

General informationTypeHighwayLength85.3 km (53 mi)^[1]Route number(s)

Major junctionsWest end

Augusta Highway
Warnertown, South Australia

East end

Barrier Highway
(Hallett, South AustraliaLocation(s)Region Yorke and Mid North^[2]Major settlementsGladstone, Caltowie, JamestownHighway system

Wilkins Highway is an east–west route across the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. It runs from Augusta Highway south of Port Pirie east to Barrier Highway at the town of Hallett,^[3] near where Sir Hubert Wilkins was born.

Major intersections

LGA^[4]	Location^[1]^[3]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Port Pirie	Warnertown	0	0.0	Augusta Highway – Warnertown	Western terminus of highway and route B79
		6.8	4.2	Hughes Gap Road – Crystal Brook
		8.6	5.3	Beetaloo Valley Road – Beetaloo Valley
Northern Areas Council	Huddleston	11.6	7.2	Possum Park Road – Laura
	Gladstone	19.2	11.9	Horrocks Highway (B82) – Wilmington, Clare
	Caltowie	35.4	22.0	Laura–Caltowie Road – Laura	eastbound traffic turns right; westbound traffic turns left
	Jamestown	47.6	29.6	RM Williams Way (B80 north, south/B79 north) – Spalding, Orroroo, Peterborough	Route B79 continues west along Wilkins Highway, north along RM Williams Way Western terminus of route B78
Regional Council of Goyder	Hallett	85.3	53.0	Barrier Highway – Burra, Broken Hill	Eastern terminus of highway and route B78
Route transition

^ ^a ^b ^c Google (2 June 2022). "Wilkins Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.