Road Photos & Information: South Australia
RM Williams Way (B80)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 214 km
- Termini:
- Northern: Hawker-Stirling North Road (B83), Hawker
- Southern: Main North Road (B82), Stanley Flat
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Hawker, Cradock, Yanyarrie, Carrieton, Eurelia, Wallaway, Orroroo, Black Rock, Yatina, Mannanarie, Jamestown, Bundaleer North, Washpool, Spalding, Euromina, and Stanley Flat
Route Numbering:
- Current: B80
- Multiplexed with: B56 B64 B79
- Former: 83
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 03000 (Orroroo to Hawker)
- 03163 (Black Rock to Orroroo)
- 03329 (Stanley Flat to Black Rock)
General Information:
RM Williams Way major road in South Australia's mid north, which runs between Stanley Flat (near Clare) and Hawker, via Jamestown. The route is named in honour of the bush clothing businessman was born in 1908 in the town of Jamestown, which the route passes through. 2
- B56, for 13 km, between Orroroo and Black Rock.
- B64, for 4 km, Spalding.
- B79, for 18 km, between Jamestown and Mannanarie.
History:
- 1998: National Route 83 replaced with B80 with the introduction of alphanumeric numbering in SA.
- February 2008: RM Williams Way name launched. 3
- 2015: Resealing, as well as shoulder sealing and installation of audio tactile line marking along 6 kilometres of the RM Williams Way between Clare and Spalding. 4
- February 2015: A 150 metre section of RM Williams Way widened to make it easier for vehicles travelling north to pass stationery vehicles preparing to enter the Clare Valley Aerodrome. 5
Stanley Flat to Hawker
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Stanley Flat, October 2012.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Black Intersection Directional Sign:
Black ID sign with remnant NR83 shield at Euromina, at the Andrews Rd intersection, October 2012.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Spalding approaching Goyder Hwy (B64), October 2012. The B64 duplex begins at this junction.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Spalding as you approach the Goyder Hwy junction (the northern end of the B64 duplex). October 2012.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of Main St and Government Rd at Spalding, November 2016. Note the old fingerboards.
Image © Paul Rands
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Spalding, November 2016.
Image © Paul Rands
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Spalding, October 2012.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the junction with Goyder Hwy (B64) at Spalding, November 2016. The B64 duplex ends in this location.
Image © Paul Rands
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Black Rock approaching Petersburg Rd (B56), December 2003. The B56 duplex starts at this intersection. Note the missing B56 from the top panel.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Black Reassurance Directional Sign:
Black distance sign at Black Rock, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Entering Orroroo:
RM Williams Way (B80) as it enters the town of Orroroo, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Orroroo, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Hawker to Stanley Flat
Distance Sign:
RD sign as you leave the town of Cradock. June 2008.
Image © Darrin Smith
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Fourth Street, approaching the intersection with Second Street in Orroroo, June 2008. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2003.
Image © Darrin Smith
Black Reassurance Directional Sign:
Black distance sign at Black Rock, December 2003.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Advance Directional Sign:
Southbound through Jamestown as you approach Ayr Street (B78 / B79). June 2008.
Image © Darrin Smith
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Spalding approaching Goyder Hwy (B64), October 2012. The B64 duplex begins at this junction.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Spalding, October 2012.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Spalding approaching Goyder Hwy (B64), October 2012. The B64 duplex ends at this junction.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Spalding, October 2012.
Image © Michael Greenslade
2 Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
3 SA Government.
4 SA Government, Department of Planning, Infrastructure & Transport, News, Mid North and Yorke Peninsula to benefit from major investment in roads, 22 Jun 2015.
5 SA Government, Department of Planning, Infrastructure & Transport, News, Safer access to Clare Valley aerodrome, 02 Feb 2015.