Anne Beadell Highway –South Australia | |
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The Anne Beadell Highway in South Australia. Heavy rain has washed out corrugations | |
Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Track |
Length | 1,325 km (823 mi)[1] |
Major junctions | |
West end | Laverton–Leonora Road Laverton, Western Australia |
Connie Sue Highway | |
East end | Stuart Highway Coober Pedy, South Australia |
Location(s) | |
Region | Goldfields–Esperance (WA), Eyre Western, Far North (SA)[2] |
Restrictions | |
Permits | 4 required |
Fuel supply | Ilkurlka 28°21′01″S 127°31′05″E / 28.350412°S 127.518027°E |
Facilities | Ilkurlka |
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Anne Beadell Highway is an outback unsealed track linking Coober Pedy, South Australia, and Laverton, Western Australia, a total distance of 1,325 km (823 mi).[3] The track was surveyed and built by Len Beadell, Australian surveyor, who named it after his wife.[4]
The track passes through remote arid deserts and scrub territory of South Australia and Western Australia, which often have summer temperatures approaching 50 °C (122 °F). Sand dunes predominate for most of the track.