Road Photos & Information: South Australia
Princes Highway, South Eastern Freeway, Glen Osmond Road, City Ring Route, Main North Road, Port Wakefield Road, Port Wakefield Highway, Augusta Highway and Eyre Highway (M1 / A1 / B1 / R1)
Victorian Border to Kingston SE
Statistics:
- Length:
- 1729 km (Victorian Border to Kingston SE: 173 km)
- Eastern: SA-VIC border, Glenburnie
- Western: SA-WA border, Border Village
- Miscellaneous:
- Continues as Princes Hwy (A1) in Victoria and continues as Eyre Hwy (NH1) in Western Australia
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Glenburnie, Mount Gambier East, Mount Gambier, Tantanoola, Millicent, Sebastopol, Hatherleigh, Clay Wells, Reedy Creek, and Kingston SE
Route Numbering:
- Current: A1 B1
- Former: 1
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 08400 (SA-Victorian Border to Tailem Bend)
General Information:
Highway 1 runs right around Australia, however with the introduction of alphanumeric routes, highway 1 takes on all different identifications depending on its importance and road design.
The Princes Highway links Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The highway was first proclaimed from Sydney to Melbourne in the 1920s, it was later extended through western Victoria and eventually to Adelaide.
Towns along this section of Highway include Mount Gambier, Millicent, Kingston SE, Meningie, Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge, Nairne, Mount Barker and Adelaide. The route varies from 2 lane rural highway standard to full freeway standard and includes the Adelaide-Crafers Freeway which features twin-tube 600 metre tunnels, which descend the Mt Lofty Ranges by 430 metres over a distance of 10 kilometres. 2
History:
- Princes Highway:
- 1955: The route from the VIC-SA Border to Tailem Bend was fully sealed, National Route 1 shield implemented.
- 1998: National Route 1 replaced by B1.
Victorian Border to Kingston SE
Border Crossing Sign:
Older style border crossing sign at the SA-VIC border at Glenburnie. December 2001. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from February 2000.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Mt Gambier, approaching Riddoch Hwy (A66 / B66), December 2001.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign with remnant NR1 and ALT-NR1 shields at Millicent approaching Wyrie Rd and Williams Rd, October 2011. NR1 and ALT-NR1 were replaced with alphanumeric route numbers in 1998.
Image © Peter Renshaw
Black Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Black supplemental AD sign with remnant NR1 and ALT-NR1 shields at Millicent, approaching Southern Ports Hwy (B101), December 2001. NR1 and ALT-NR1 were replaced with alphanumeric route numbers in 1998.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign with remnant NR1 shield at Millicent, October 2011.
Image © Peter Renshaw
NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign at Reedy Creek, July 2018.
Image © Terry Siva
Kingston SE to Victorian Border
Southern Ports Highway:
Sign assemblies at the junction with Southern Ports Hwy (B101) at Millicent, December 2001.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
Tourism Sign:
Tourism region sign at Tantanoola, December 2001.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign approaching Riddoch Hwy (A66 / B66) at Mt Gambier, December 2001.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
Supplemental Advance Directional Sign:
Supplemental AD sign at Glenburnie, approaching Glenelg Hwy (B160), December 2001.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
Border Crossing Sign:
Older style border crossing sign at the SA-VIC border at Glenburnie. December 2001.
Image © Jamie Scuglia
2 SA Government, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Completed projects, The Adelaide Crafers Highway Project.