Road Photos & Information: South Australia

RM Williams Way (B80)

Statistics:

• Length: 237 km
• Northern Terminus: Corner of RM Williams Way (B80) and Hawker-Stirling North Road (B83) at Hawker
• Southern Terminus: Corner of RM Williams Way (Clare-Peterborough Road) (B80) and Main North Road (B82) at Stanley Flat, 6 km north of Claire
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Hawker, Cradock, Yanyarrie, Carrieton, Eurelia, Wallaway, Orroroo, Black Rock, Yatina, Mannanarie, Jamestown, Bundaleer North, Washpool, Spalding, Euromina, and Stanley Flat.

Route Numbering:

• Current:
• Formerly:
• Multiplexed with:

General Information:

RM Williams Way major road in South Australia's mid north, which runs between Stanley Flat (near Clare) and Hawker, via Jamestown. The route is named in honour of the bush clothing businessman was born in 1908 in the town of Jamestown, which the route passes through. 1

Click here for a SA Government press release on the naming of the route and also information on the man it honours.

There are 3 multiplexes along the route, they are as follows:

• B56: From Orroroo to Black Rock (13 km)
• B64 (Goyder Hwy): In the Spalding area (4 km)
• B79: From Jamestown to Mannanarie (18 km)

History:

• 1998: National Route 83 replaced with B80 with the introduction of alphanumeric numbering in SA.
• February 2008: RM Williams Way name launched. 2

Hawker to Orroroo	Orroroo to Stanley Flat

Stanley Flat to Hawker (Northbound)			Hawker to Stanley Flat (Southbound)
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	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Spalding as you approach the Goyder Hwy junction (the northern end of the B64 duplex). June 2008. Image © Darrin Smith			Distance Sign: RD sign as you leave the town of Cradock. June 2008. Image © Darrin Smith
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Fourth Street, approaching the intersection with Second Street in Orroroo, June 2008. Image © Darrin Smith
				Advance Directional Sign: Southbound through Jamestown as you approach Ayr Street (B78 / B79). June 2008. Image © Darrin Smith

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