Spencer Highway

The Spencer Highway is a highway along the east coast of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It starts at the Augusta Highway and runs south through Port Pirie to Minlaton. [2][3] The highway is also designated as State route B89 except between Alford and Moonta. In this section, the Spencer Highway goes through the coastal town of Wallaroo, but route B89 goes through the regional business centre of Kadina.[1]

Spencer Highway South Australia
North end South end
Coordinates	33.168°S 138.067°E (North end) 34.767°S 137.598°E (South end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	207 km (129 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	B89 (Napperby–Alford and Moonta–Minlaton)
Major junctions
North end	Augusta Highway (National Highway A1), Napperby
	Upper Yorke Road Port Broughton Road (B89) Copper Coast Highway (B85) Mines Road (B89) Kulpara-Maitland Road
South end	Yorke Highway (B86), Minlaton
Location(s)
Major settlements	Port Pirie, Port Broughton, Alford, Wallaroo, Moonta, Maitland
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia

Major intersections

LGA[2][3]	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations[2][3]	Notes
Port Pirie	Napperby–Solomontown boundary	0	0.0	Augusta Highway (National Highway A1) – Port Augusta	Northern highway terminus
	Port Pirie	4.5	2.8	Warnertown Road – Adelaide
Barunga West	Port Broughton	60	37	Upper Yorke Road – Bute, Kulpara
	Alford	88	55	Port Broughton Road (B89) – Kadina	Spencer Highway continues through Wallaroo without a route number, route B89 continues through Kadina
Copper Coast	Wallaroo	110	68	Copper Coast Highway (B85)
	Moonta	125	78	Mines Road (B89) – Kadina
Yorke Peninsula	Maitland	162	101	Upper Yorke Road – Kulpara Maitland Road – Ardrossan Port Victoria Road – Port Victoria
	Minlaton	207	129	Yorke Highway (B86) – Ardrossan, Warooka	Southern highway terminus
Route transition

References

1. Google (16 September 2014). "Spencer Highway Driving route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
2. "Naming of State Rural Roads - Mid North" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 869. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
3. "Naming of State Rural Roads - Yorke Peninsula" (PDF). Government of South Australia. Rack Plan 996. Retrieved 16 September 2014.