Olympic Dam Highway is a sealed, long, outback highway in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
that runs from
Stuart Highway
Stuart Highway is a major Australia, Australian highway. It runs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, in the Northern Territory, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta in South Australia; a distance of . Its northern and sou ...
in
Pimba
Pimba is a Portuguese
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to
Olympic Dam via
Woomera. The road also provides access to the town of
Roxby Downs Roxby Downs may refer to.
* Roxby Downs, South Australia, a town and a locality
* Roxby Council, formerly Municipal Council of Roxby Downs, a local government area
See also
*Roxby Downs Station
Roxby Downs Station was a pastoral lease in centra ...
. It is designated route B97.
Route
Olympic Dam Highway commences at the intersection with Stuart Highway at Pimba and heads north, crossing the
Trans-Australia railway line shortly afterwards, passing Woomera not long after, and continues in a northerly direction through arid zones for some distance before the old alignment of the highway, now named Olympic Way, branches northwest to Roxby Downs, meeting with it again some kilometres to the north as it bypasses the town to the east. It continues north until eventually reaching the Olympic Dam Village a short distance later, and eventually ending at the intersection with Borefield Road, just before the security checkpoint at the entrance to the
Olympic Dam mine
The Olympic Dam mine is a large poly-metallic underground mine located in South Australia, NNW of Adelaide. It is the fourth largest copper deposit and the largest known single deposit of uranium in the world. Copper is the largest contributor ...
site.
History
Olympic Dam Highway had no previous route marker until South Australia's conversion to their newer alphanumeric system in 1998, when it was allocated route B97.
In January 2022, Olympic Dam Highway was cut due to a section of the road being washed out. The same section of road was also washed out in October 2022.
Major intersections
References
{{Road infrastructure in South Australia
Highways in South Australia