Road Photos & Information: South Australia: Princes Hwy, Glen Osmond Rd, Main North Rd, Port Wakefield Road, Augusta Highway & Eyre Highway (M1 / A1 / B1)

Road Photos & Information: South Australia

M1 A1 B1

Princes Highway, South Eastern Freeway, Glen Osmond Road, Fullarton Road, Dequetteville Terrace, Hackney Road, Main Road, Park Road, Robe Terrace, Main North Road, Port Wakefield Road, Port Wakefield Highway, Augusta Highway & Eyre Highway (M1 / A1 / B1) - SA / Vic Border to Kingston SE

Statistics:

Length: 1717 km (Vic/SA Border to Kingston SE (B1)): 172 km
Eastern Terminus: SA-Vic border at Glenburnie
Western Terminus: SA-WA border at Border Village
Miscellaneous: Continues as Princes Hwy (A1) into Victoria and continues as Eyre Hwy (NH1) into 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: B1

Former:
Road Authority Internal Classification: 08400 1

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.

In South Australia, it's numbered with several designations:

Princes Highway (M1, A1 & B1) (Includes Jubilee Hwy and South Eastern Fwy):

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.

History:

Princes Highway (B1) (Includes Jubilee Hwy):

1955: The route from the Vic / SA Border to Tailem Bend was fully sealed, National Route 1 shield implemented
1998: NR1 replaced by B1

Victoria Border to Kingston SE		Kingston SE to Victoria Border
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	Border Crossing Sign: Older style border crossing sign at the SA / Vic border at Glenburnie. December 2001. Click here for a photo of this location by Paul Rands from February 2000. Image © Jamie Scuglia		Southern Ports Highway: Sign assemblies at the junction with Southern Ports Hwy (B101) at Millicent, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Mt Gambier, approaching Riddoch Hwy (A66 / B66), December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia		Tourism Sign: Tourism region sign at Tantanoola, 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		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Riddoch Hwy (A66 / B66) at Mt Gambier, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	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		Supplemental Advance Directional Sign: Supplemental AD sign at Glenburnie, approaching Glenelg Hwy (B160), December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign with remnant NR1 shield at Millicent, October 2011. Image © Peter Renshaw		Border Crossing Sign: Older style border crossing sign at the SA / Vic border at Glenburnie. December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia
Click here for the continuation of Princes Hwy (B1) between Kingston SE and Tailem Bend Click here for the continuation of Princes Hwy (A1) in Victoria

1 Transport SA, State Route Numbers map, May 2003

Last updated: 08-Jul-2020 15:34

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