Wilmington–Ucolta Road
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- 32°39′58″S 138°06′41″E / 32.666041°S 138.111388°E / -32.666041; 138.111388 (West end)
- 32°57′27″S 138°58′48″E / 32.957477°S 138.980041°E / -32.957477; 138.980041 (East end)
B56 (1998–present)
(Wilmington–Peterborough)B79 (1998–present)
(Peterborough–Ucolta)- Concurrencies:
RM Williams Way
(Orroroo–Black Rock)
route number
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Wilmington, South Australia
RM Williams Way
Beniah Road
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Ucolta, South Australia
Wilmington–Ucolta Road is a 100 kilometre major road connecting Port Augusta to Peterborough and beyond to Broken Hill, in South Australia. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers except, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Willowie Road, Petersburg Road, and its concurrency along RM Williams Way. This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations.
It forms a route connecting the Augusta and Barrier Highways through the Flinders Ranges, and forms the most direct path between Port Augusta in South Australia (and following destinations like Alice Springs, Darwin, Kalgoorlie, and Perth) and Dubbo (and following destinations like Moree, Tamworth, Orange, and Newcastle), and hence provides the most direct link between Port Augusta and Sydney.
Route
Willowie Road starts just outside Wilmington, off Horrocks Highway and progresses east along the northern stretches of the Clare Valley, and also through the Flinders Ranges. It passes through Orroroo, where it changes name to RM Williams Way, to Black Rock, where it changes name to Petersburg Road and continues through Peterborough to the small town of Ucolta, just off the intersection with the Barrier Highway.
Major intersections
LGA[3] | Location[1][4] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Mount Remarkable | Wilmington | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of Willowie Road, route B56 continues north along Horrocks Highway through Wilmington |
Willowie | 20.3 | 12.6 | Booleroo Road – Booleroo Centre | ||
Orroroo Carrieton | Orroroo | 49.2 | 30.6 | ![]() | Concurrency with route B80 |
Black Rock | 61.1 | 38.0 | ![]() | ||
Peterborough | Peterborough | 84.8 | 52.7 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of route B56, route B79 continues east along Petersburg Road |
85.8 | 53.3 | Cleary Road – Terowie | |||
Ucolta | 99.7 | 62.0 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of Petersburg Road and route B79 | |
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See also
Australian roads portal
References
- ^ a b c "Wilmington-Ucolta Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
External links
Media related to Wilmington–Ucolta Road at Wikimedia Commons
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