Type Highway Length 327 km | Route number(s) B100 | |
Former
route number Alternate National Route 1 NE end Eyre Highway, 26km west of Port Augusta, South Australia SW end Flinders Highway, Port Lincoln, South Australia Major cities Whyalla, Cowell, Tumby Bay, Arno Bay Via Whyalla, Cowell, Arno Bay, Tumby Bay Major settlements Whyalla, Arno Bay, Tumby Bay | ||
Lincoln Highway is a highway in South Australia which links the cities of Port Augusta and Port Lincoln located on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula over a distance of 327 kilometres (203 mi). It was formerly designated as National Route Alternate 1 and is currently B100.
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Map of Lincoln Hwy, South Australia, Australia
Sealed with bitumen, it has many straight stretches with few steep inclines or declines, and for the most part has a 110 km/h speed limit. The highway runs along the eastern coast of the Eyre Peninsula but just so far inland as to allow only glimpses of the Gulf in certain places.
The first Europeans to traverse most of this route, in April 1840, were Governor Gawler and John Hill, who explored on horseback from Port Lincoln to the Middleback Range near the location of the site of Whyalla.
In general, after leaving Port Augusta the highway passes through hot and arid saltbush-covered and scrub terrain. It soon passes through the largest and most significant town along the route, which is the steel city of Whyalla. Continuing southwest it connects with such coastal towns as Cowell, Port Neill and Arno Bay which have good fishing spots. The terrain here is interspersed with broad-acre grain cropping in suitable localities, and the scenery gets greener the more it heads southwest towards Port Lincoln.
Port Lincoln itself is a prosperous fishing port and an important grain terminal serving the Eyre Peninsula wheatbelt. Japanese demand for freshest tuna made many of the fishermen millionaires.