RM Williams Way (route B80) is a road through the
Yorke and Mid North region of
South Australia
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connecting
Clare in the south through
Spalding,
Jamestown and
Orroroo to
Hawker in the
Flinders Ranges. 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
Horrocks Highway (Main North Road) in
Bungaree, about 13 km north of
Clare. It runs roughly north to
Spalding where it run concurrent with
Goyder Highway for about 4 km as it continues north to
Jamestown then
Orroroo. 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
Mount Lofty Ranges and southern
Flinders Ranges, but the climate changes over its length, becoming drier in the north, so the dominant agriculture and vegetation changes from more
intensive farming
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, vineyards and grain crops in the south to pastoral grazing in the north.
Major junctions
References
Roads in South Australia
Mid North (South Australia)
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