Length:

37 km

Termini:

Northern: South Eastern Fwy (M1), Stirling

Southern: Adelaide Road (B37), Strathalbyn

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Stirling, Aldgate, Mylor, Biggs Flat, Echunga, Flaxley, Macclesfield and Strathalbyn

Current: B33

Multiplexed with: B34

Former: 1 1

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

04643

General Information:

Forming part of the Angas River Scenic Drive, B33 is a generally north-south route traveling from the Adelaide Hills to Strathalbyn which is centred between the Fleurieu Peninsula and the large Lake Alexandrina, at the mouth to the Murray River.

The Mt Barker Road (former Princes Hwy) segment of B33 was once part of National Route 1, and the main route from the eastern states to Adelaide.

Both the towns of Stirling and Algate date back to the mid 1800s.

B34, for a 150 metres, Echunga.

1938: Princes Highway named, covering B33 from Stirling to Aldgate.

1955: National Route 1 introduced to the Stirling to Aldgate section.

1970s: Stirling and Aldgate by-passed by South Eastern Fwy, revocation of NR1 between Stirling and Aldgate.

1998: Introduction of B33 route number.

Strathalbyn to Stirling

Echunga Town Centre:

Approaching Church Hill Rd in Echunga. October 2004.

Image © Darrin Smith

Church Hill Road:

ID sign assembly at the junction with Church Hill Rd at Echunga, December 2003.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign as you head northwest from Echunga, October 2004.

Image © Darrin Smith

Stirling to Strathalbyn

AD Sign:

Advance directional sign approaching the intersection with Churchill Road. October 2004.

Image © Darrin Smith

Distance Sign:

RD sign as you head southeast on Angus Road at Echunga. October 2004.

Image © Darrin Smith