Anne Beadell Highway
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) |
| 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) |
| Restrictions | |
| Permits | 4 required |
| Fuel supply | Ilkurlka 28°21′01″S 127°31′05″E / 28.350412°S 127.518027°E |
| Facilities | Ilkurlka |
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). The track was surveyed and built by Len Beadell, Australian surveyor, who named it after his wife.
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.