Birdseye Highway Explained

Type:highway
Road Name:Birdseye Highway
State:SA
Length:198
Route: B91
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Coordinates A:-33.6535°N 134.9071°W
Coordinates B:-33.6792°N 136.8551°W
Pushpin Label Position A:left
Pushpin Label Position B:right
End A: Flinders Highway
End B: Lincoln Highway
Exits: Tod Highway
Region:Eyre Western[1]

Birdseye Highway is an east–west road across Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It was named for Sylvia Birdseye who drove the first bus service to the area from Adelaide for 43 years, starting in 1928,[2] and is the first highway in South Australia to be named for a woman.[3]

Route

Birdseye Highway connects Elliston on Flinders Highway on the west coast, through Cleve and Lock to Cowell on the Lincoln Highway near the Spencer Gulf coast.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Location SA Map viewer with regional layers . . 16 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Birdseye Highway & Memorial . 19 May 2019.
  3. Web site: BIRDSEYE, Sylvia Jessie Catherine . HerStory Archive . . 19 May 2019.