Horrocks Highway

Horrocks Highway

South Australia
Horrocks Highway; South Australia
	North end South end
Coordinates	32°37′39″S 137°54′58″E / 32.627516°S 137.916036°E (North end); 34°34′18″S 138°44′47″E / 34.571589°S 138.746383°E (South end);
General information
Type	Highway
Length	283 km (176 mi)
Route number(s)	B82 (1998–present); Entire route
Former; route number	National Route 83 (1955–1998); (Bungaree–Giles Corner); National Route 32 (1955–1998); (Giles Corner–Gawler);
Major junctions
North end	Flinders Ranges Way; Quorn, South Australia
	Willowie Road; Wilkins Highway; Goyder Highway; RM Williams Way; Barrier Highway; Sturt Highway;
South end	Main North Road; Gawler, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Yorke and Mid North, Barossa Light and Lower North
Major settlements	Wilmington, Gladstone, Clare, Giles Corner
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in South Australia; ; ;

Horrocks Highway is a major north–south arterial route through regional South Australia, between Quorn in the Flinders Ranges, and Gawler, on the north-eastern fringe of suburban Adelaide.^[3]

Route

Horrocks Highway commences at the intersection with Flinders Ranges Way in Quorn and heads in a southerly direction as a single carriageway, two-lane road, through the grain fields around the regional towns of Wilmingon at the eastern side of Horrocks Pass, continuing south to cross the Broughton River near Yacka. It leaves the southern Flinders Ranges, crosses the Hutt River and enters the northern end of the Clare Valley, with the dominant scenery changes from grain crops to grapevines from Clare to Auburn. Over the next ridge, it crosses the Wakefield River and returns to undulating land cleared for grain cropping then follows the Gilbert River to Giles Corner where Barrier Highway branches northeast towards Riverton and Burra. It crosses the Light River and the environment changes again, grain storage bunkers and silos to urban build-up, before eventually terminating at the interchange with Sturt Highway, and continues south into central Gawler and into suburban Adelaide as the remaining alignment of Main North Road.

As Horrocks Highway is in the valley between the southern Flinders Ranges and northern Mount Lofty Ranges, it is in the relatively wetter climate south of Goyder's Line.

History

The highway follows the route established in the early years of the colony by explorer John Horrocks and was a major route for farmers and graziers to reach the capital, passing through rich farmland and the Clare Valley wine region.

Horrocks Highway was previously declared as part of Main North Road, from Wilmington to Gawler Belt; this section was renamed in 2011 to honour John Horrocks, an early explorer and pioneer in the region.^[4] Main North Road originally turned west in Wilmington through Horrocks Pass to join Augusta Highway in Winninowie; this has been separately declared as Horrocks Pass Road as part of route B56, while Horrocks Highway continues north beyond Wilmington as part of route B82 to Quorn.^[5]

Major intersections

LGA^[6]	Location^[1]^[3]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Flinders Ranges	Quorn	0.0	0.0	Flinders Ranges Way (B83) – Stirling North, Hawker	Northern terminus of highway and route B82
Mount Remarkable	Wilmington	39.0	24.2	Horrocks Pass Road (B56 west) – Winninowie	Concurrency with route B56
	Wilmington	41.6	25.8	Willowie Road (B56 east) – Orroroo, Peterborough	Concurrency with route B56
	Melrose	68.3	42.4	White Wells Road – Booleroo Centre
	Murray Town	77.7	48.3	Nukunu Yarta Way – Booleroo Centre
	Murray Town	80.7	50.1	Germein Gorge Road – Port Germein
Northern Areas	Laura	108.3	67.3	Possum Park Road – Crystal Brook
	Gladstone	118.3	73.5	Wilkins Highway (B79) – Crystal Brook, Jamestown, Hallett
	Gladstone	119.9	74.5	Crystal Brook–Broken Hill railway line
	Gulnare	140.2	87.1	Goyder Highway (B64 west) – Crystal Brook	Concurrency with route B64
	Gulnare	142.3	88.4	Goyder Highway (B64 east) – Spalding, Burra, Renmark	Concurrency with route B64
Wakefield	Brinkworth	168.3	104.6	Condowie Plain Road – Snowtown
Clare and Gilbert Valleys	Bungaree	178.1	110.7	Bungaree Road (north) – Bungaree
		180.9	112.4	RM Williams Way (B80) – Spalding, Jamestown
		186.6	115.9	Bungaree Road (south) – Bungaree
	Clare	193.1	120.0	Blyth Road – Blyth, Lochiel
	Clare	194.0	120.5	Farrell Flat Road – Hanson, Burra
	Auburn	218.3	135.6	Balaklava Road (B84 west) – Balaklava, Port Wakefield	Concurrency with route B84
	Auburn	218.5	135.8	Saddleworth Road (B84 east) – Saddleworth	Concurrency with route B84
Wakefield River		223.2	138.7	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Clare and Gilbert Valleys	Giles Corner	242.8	150.9	Barrier Highway (A32) – Burra, Hallett, Broken Hill	Northbound entrance to and southbound exit from Barrier Highway only
Clare and Gilbert Valleys	Tarlee	248.3	154.3	Tarlee Road – Kapunda
Light River		258.1	160.4	Linwood Bridge
Light	Templers	271.4	168.6	Owen Road (northwest) – Hamley Bridge, Owen, Balaklava Templers Road (east) – Freeling
	Gawler Belt	282.4	175.5	Thiele Highway (B81) – Freeling, Kapunda, Eudunda, Morgan
		283.0	175.8	Sturt Highway (A20) – Adelaide, Nuriootpa, Renmark
		283.0	175.8	Main North Road – Gawler, Salisbury, Gepps Cross, North Adelaide	Southern terminus of highway and route B82, continues south as Main North Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Horrocks Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "Highways renamed" (PDF). The Flinders News. Rural Press. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Highway One gets a change of name". Plains Producer. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[gmaps-1] "Horrocks Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

[SARegions-2] "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[SAlocs-3] "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[rename-4] "Highways renamed" (PDF). The Flinders News. Rural Press. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[5] "Highway One gets a change of name". Plains Producer. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[SALGAs-6] "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

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Expressways	South Eastern Freeway Port River Expressway Northern Expressway North–South Motorway (incomplete, under construction) Southern Expressway
Interstate highways	Barrier Highway Dukes Highway Eyre Highway Mallee Highway Princes Highway Stuart Highway Sturt Highway
State highways	Augusta Highway Gawler Bypass Horrocks Highway Main South Road Port Wakefield Highway Riddoch Highway Victor Harbor Road
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