Browns Well Highway

Browns Well Highway South Australia
north end south end
Coordinates	34°27′S 140°34′E / 34.45°S 140.57°E
General information
Type	Highway
Length	104 km (65 mi)[1]
Gazetted	2008[2]
Route number(s)	B57
Major junctions
north end	Kingston Road, Loxton
	Cameron Highway
south end	Mallee Highway Pinnaroo
Location(s)
Major settlements	Paruna
Highway system
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The Browns Well Highway is the road from Loxton, South Australia through the Murray Mallee to Pinnaroo in South Australia.^[3] It was named in 2008 after the Browns Well district for areas traversed by the highway.^[2]

Railways were evenly spaced across the Mallee before road transport improved. The Browns Well highway crosses the Loxton railway line on the outskirts of the town, the former Barmera railway line at Paruna about 34 km along the route, and the former Peebinga railway line 64km along the route. It crosses the Pinnaroo railway line in Pinnaroo near the southern terminus of the highway. These all provided reliable transport to pioneer settlers in the region, including transporting grain and produce through Tailem Bend to markets.

Major intersections

LGA	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
District Council of Loxton Waikerie	Loxton	0	0	Kingston Road / Bookpurnong Road – Waikerie, Kingston On Murray, Berri
	Paruna	34	21	Cameron Highway – Alawoona
Southern Mallee District Council	Pinnaroo	104	65	Mallee Highway – Lameroo, Ouyen;	is concurrent with B12 for a few km, then turns south again to Bordertown on the Ngarkat Highway

References

1. Google (7 October 2014). "Driving the Browns Well Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
2. "Appendices 1 to 16 AGM 6th June 2008" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. "Murray Mallee, Riverland" (PDF). Naming of State Rural Roads. Government of South Australia. 6 December 2013. Rack Plan 870. Retrieved 3 October 2014.