Length:

1729 km (Kingston SE to Tailem Bend: 194 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:

Kingston SE, Salt Creek, Coorong, Meningie, Wellington East and Tailem Bend

Current: B1

Former: 1

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

08400 (SA-VIC 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

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.

Kingston SE to Tailem Bend

UPDATED Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Kingston SE, December 2015. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Jamie Scuglia from December 2001.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Coorong approaching Woods Well Rd, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Coorong, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Meningie approaching Narrung Rd and McIntosh Way, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Poltalloch approaching Poltalloch Rd, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Poltalloch, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

UPDATED Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Tailem Bend, approaching Princes Hwy (A1) and Dukes Hwy (A8), December 2015. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2015. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Jamie Scuglia from December 2001.

Image © Terry Siva

Tailem Bend to Kingston SE

NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign just after Princes Hwy (A1) and Dukes Hwy (A8) intersection at Tailem Bend, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Poltalloch Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (B1) and Poltalloch Rd, Poltalloch, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Woods Well Road:

Corner of Princes Hwy (B1) and Woods Well Rd, Coorong, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

NEW Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Coorong, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Princes Hwy (B1) at Meningie approaching McIntosh Way and Narrung Rd, September 2018.

Image © Dean Sherry

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Meningie, September 2018.

Image © Dean Sherry

UPDATED Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Kingston SE approaching Southern Ports Hwy (B101), December 2015. Click or tap here for a photo of this location by Jamie Scuglia from December 2001.

Image © Michael Greenslade

UPDATED Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Kingston SE, December 2015.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Click or tap here for the continuation of the route as A1 and M1 between Tailem Bend and Murray Bridge
Click of tap here for the continuation of B1 between the VIC Border and Kingston SE

¹ SA Government, Location SA Map Viewer.
² SA Government, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Completed projects, The Adelaide Crafers Highway Project.