RM Williams Way (route B80) is a road through the

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region of

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connecting

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in the south through Spalding, Jamestown and

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to Hawker in the

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. The road was named after R. M. Williams who had a strong association with the countryside through which it runs.

Route

RM Williams Way branches from the

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(Main North Road) in

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, about 13 km north of

. It runs roughly north to Spalding where it run concurrent with Goyder Highway for about 4 km as it continues north to Jamestown then

. It ends at the junction with the Flinders Ranges Way about 10 km out of Hawker. The route runs in the same direction as the northern

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and southern

, but the climate changes over its length, becoming drier in the north, so the dominant agriculture and vegetation changes from more

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, vineyards and grain crops in the south to pastoral grazing in the north.

Major junctions

References

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