Road Photos & Information: South Australia: 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)

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) - Kingston SE to Tailem Bend

Statistics:

Length: 1717 km (Kingston SE to Tailem Bend: 197 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: Kingston SE, Salt Creek, Coorong, Meningie and Wellington East

Route Numbering:

Current: B1

Former:

Road Authority Internal Classification: 08400 (SA-Vic Border to Tailem Bend) 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.

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 decend the Mt Lofty Ranges by 430 metres over a distance of 10 kilometres. 2

History:

Princes Highway (B1):

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

Kingston SE to Tailem Bend		Tailem Bend to Kingston SE
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	Black Reassurance Directional Sign: Black distance sign with remnant NR1 shield at Kingston SE, December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Princes Hwy (B1) at Meningie approaching McIntosh Hwy and Narrung Rd, September 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tailem Bend, approaching Princes Hwy (A1) and Dukes Hwy (A8), December 2001. Image © Jamie Scuglia		Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Meningie, September 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kingston SE approaching Southern Ports Hwy (B101), September 2019. Click here for a photo of this location by Jamie Scuglia from December 2001. Image © Dean Sherry
			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Kingston SE, September 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
Click here for the continuation of Princes Hwy as A1 between Tailem Bend and Murray Bridge Click here for the contination of Princes Hwy (B1) between SA / Vic Border and Kingston SE

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

Last updated: 08-Jul-2020 15:39

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