Browns Well Highway

Browns Well Highway is a road connecting Loxton, South Australia through the Murray Mallee to Pinnaroo in South Australia.^[4] It was named in 2008 after the Browns Well district for areas traversed by the highway.^[5]

Browns Well Highway South Australia
North end South end
Coordinates	34°27′09″S 140°34′15″E / 34.452560°S 140.570751°E / -34.452560; 140.570751 (North end) 35°15′39″S 140°54′42″E / 35.260949°S 140.911784°E / -35.260949; 140.911784 (South end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	104 km (65 mi)^[1]
Gazetted	2008^[2]
Route number(s)	B57 (1998–present)
Major junctions
North end	Karoonda Highway Loxton, South Australia
	Cameron Highway
South end	Mallee Highway Pinnaroo, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Murray and Mallee^[3]
Major settlements	Paruna
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia

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 64 km 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^[5]	Location^[1]^[4]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Loxton Waikerie	Loxton	0	0.0	Bookpurnong Road (B55) – Waikerie, Kingston On Murray, Berri	Northern terminus of highway and route B57
	Paruna	34	21	Cameron Highway – Alawoona
	Peebinga	61	38	Butchers Soak Road – Peebinga
Southern Mallee	Pinnaroo	104	65	Mallee Highway (B12) – Tailem Bend, Lameroo, Ouyen	Southern terminus of highway, route B57 continues south along Mallee Highway for 7km to Ngarkat Highway
Route transition

References

1. Google (6 June 2022). "Browns Well Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. "Appendices 1 to 16 AGM 6th June 2008" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
4. "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
5. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.