Goyder Highway
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Goyder Highway | |
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| Goyder Highway northwest of Morgan | |
  West end East end | |
| Coordinates | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 266 km (165 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  B64 (1998–present) |
| Former route number |  National Route 64 (1955–1998) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |  Augusta HighwayCrystal Brook, South Australia |
| East end |  Sturt HighwayMonash, South Australia |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Yorke and Mid North, Murray and Mallee[2] |
| Major settlements | Crystal Brook, Spalding, Burra, Morgan |
| Highway system | |
Goyder Highway (B64) is a west–east link through the Mid North region of South Australia connecting Spencer Gulf to the Riverland. It is part of the most direct road route from Port Augusta (and areas beyond including Eyre Peninsula, Western Australia and the Northern Territory) to much of Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Goyder Highway is named after George Goyder, a government surveyor who first identified and mapped Goyder's Line which indicates the northern limit of climatic suitability for intensive agriculture in South Australia. Goyder's Line is near the highway from Crystal Brook to past Burra.
