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Riddoch Highway

Riddoch Highway

Highway in South Australia

Riddoch Highway is a rural highway in south-eastern South Australia, designated as route A66 between Keith and Mount Gambier, with the remainder between Mount Gambier and Port MacDonnell designated as route B66. It is named after John Riddoch, the first white settler landholder and vigneron in Coonawarra.

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Route

The Riddoch Highway branches from the Dukes Highway at Keith and travels south through Padthaway, Naracoorte, Penola, Nangwarry, Tarpeena, and Mount Gambier to Port MacDonnell and nearby Cape Northumberland.[3]It passes through grazing and cereal-growing land, horticultural and vineyards (within the following wine regions – Padthaway, Wrattonbully, Coonawarra and Mount Gambier), and plantation timber, predominantly pinus radiata.[4]

Safety

The Royal Automobile Association of South Australia has rated the highway at 5/10.[5]

Major intersections

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See also

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References

  1. [1]
    Google (6 June 2022). "Riddoch Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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    "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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    Longbottom, Mardi; Maschmedt, David and Pichler, Markus (2011), Unearthing viticulture in the Limestone Coast (PDF), p. 12, ISBN 978-0-646-56744-0, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2014, retrieved 5 November 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. [5]
    "roadwatch report – riddoch highway" (PDF). RAA. September 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
  6. [6]
    "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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