Horrocks Highway
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![North end](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![South end](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
- 32°37′39″S 137°54′58″E / 32.627516°S 137.916036°E / -32.627516; 137.916036 (North end)
- 34°34′18″S 138°44′47″E / 34.571589°S 138.746383°E / -34.571589; 138.746383 (South end)
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Entire route
route number
National Route 83 (1955–1998)
(Bungaree–Giles Corner)National Route 32 (1955–1998)
(Giles Corner–Gawler)
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Quorn, South Australia
Willowie Road
Wilkins Highway
Goyder Highway
RM Williams Way
Barrier Highway
Sturt Highway
Gawler, South Australia
- Highways in Australia
- National Highway • Freeways in Australia
- Highways in South Australia
Horrocks Highway is a major north–south arterial route through regional South Australia, between Quorn in the Flinders Ranges, and Gawler, on the north-eastern fringe of suburban Adelaide.[3]
Route
Horrocks Highway commences at the intersection with Flinders Ranges Way in Quorn and heads in a southerly direction as a single carriageway, two-lane road, through the grain fields around the regional towns of Wilmingon at the eastern side of Horrocks Pass, continuing south to cross the Broughton River near Yacka. It leaves the southern Flinders Ranges, crosses the Hutt River and enters the northern end of the Clare Valley, with the dominant scenery changes from grain crops to grapevines from Clare to Auburn. Over the next ridge, it crosses the Wakefield River and returns to undulating land cleared for grain cropping then follows the Gilbert River to Giles Corner where Barrier Highway branches northeast towards Riverton and Burra. It crosses the Light River and the environment changes again, grain storage bunkers and silos to urban build-up, before eventually terminating at the interchange with Sturt Highway, and continues south into central Gawler and into suburban Adelaide as the remaining alignment of Main North Road.
As Horrocks Highway is in the valley between the southern Flinders Ranges and northern Mount Lofty Ranges, it is in the relatively wetter climate south of Goyder's Line.
History
The highway follows the route established in the early years of the colony by explorer John Horrocks and was a major route for farmers and graziers to reach the capital, passing through rich farmland and the Clare Valley wine region.
Horrocks Highway was previously declared as part of Main North Road, from Wilmington to Gawler Belt; this section was renamed in 2011 to honour John Horrocks, an early explorer and pioneer in the region.[4] Main North Road originally turned west in Wilmington through Horrocks Pass to join Augusta Highway in Winninowie; this has been separately declared as Horrocks Pass Road as part of route B56, while Horrocks Highway continues north beyond Wilmington as part of route B82 to Quorn.[5]
Major intersections
LGA[6] | Location[1][3] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flinders Ranges | Quorn | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Northern terminus of highway and route B82 |
Mount Remarkable | Wilmington | 39.0 | 24.2 | ![]() | Concurrency with route B56 |
41.6 | 25.8 | ![]() | |||
Melrose | 68.3 | 42.4 | White Wells Road – Booleroo Centre | ||
Murray Town | 77.7 | 48.3 | Nukunu Yarta Way – Booleroo Centre | ||
80.7 | 50.1 | Germein Gorge Road – Port Germein | |||
Northern Areas | Laura | 108.3 | 67.3 | Possum Park Road – Crystal Brook | |
Gladstone | 118.3 | 73.5 | ![]() | ||
119.9 | 74.5 | Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line | |||
Gulnare | 140.2 | 87.1 | ![]() | Concurrency with route B64 | |
142.3 | 88.4 | ![]() | |||
Wakefield | Brinkworth | 168.3 | 104.6 | Condowie Plain Road – Snowtown | |
Clare and Gilbert Valleys | Bungaree | 178.1 | 110.7 | Bungaree Road (north) – Bungaree | |
180.9 | 112.4 | ![]() | |||
186.6 | 115.9 | Bungaree Road (south) – Bungaree | |||
Clare | 193.1 | 120.0 | Blyth Road – Blyth, Lochiel | ||
194.0 | 120.5 | Farrell Flat Road – Hanson, Burra | |||
Auburn | 218.3 | 135.6 | ![]() | Concurrency with route B84 | |
218.5 | 135.8 | ![]() | |||
Wakefield River | 223.2 | 138.7 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | ||
Clare and Gilbert Valleys | Giles Corner | 242.8 | 150.9 | ![]() | Northbound entrance to and southbound exit from Barrier Highway only |
Tarlee | 248.3 | 154.3 | Tarlee Road – Kapunda | ||
Light River | 258.1 | 160.4 | Linwood Bridge | ||
Light | Templers | 271.4 | 168.6 | Owen Road (northwest) – Hamley Bridge, Owen, Balaklava Templers Road (east) – Freeling | |
Gawler Belt | 282.4 | 175.5 | ![]() | ||
283.0 | 175.8 | ![]() | |||
Main North Road – Gawler, Salisbury, Gepps Cross, North Adelaide | Southern terminus of highway and route B82, continues south as Main North Road | ||||
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See also
- Highways in Australia
- List of highways in South Australia
- Highway 1 (Australia)
- Highway 1 (South Australia)
References
- ^ a b c Google (27 November 2023). "Horrocks Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Highways renamed" (PDF). The Flinders News. Rural Press. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "Highway One gets a change of name". Plains Producer. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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