Length:

181 km

Termini:

Northern: Copper Coast Hwy (B85), Beaufort

Southern: Pandalowie Bay Rd (unnumbered), Stenhouse Bay

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Beaufort, Port Arthur, Clinton, Price, Ardrossan, Pine Point, Curramulka, Minlaton, Brentwood, Hardwicke Bay, Warooka, Marion Bay and Stenhouse Bay

Current: B86

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

04000 (Warooka to Stenhouse Bay)

04003 (Warooka)

04009 (Beaufort to Pine Point)

04012 (Minlaton to Warooka)

04015 (Minlaton)

04027 (Pine Point to Minalton)

General Information:

B86 is a rural route located in South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. It links several small towns with Port Wakefield Hwy (A1) and Augusta Hwy (A1) via the Copper Coast Hwy (B85).

January 2018: Upgrade works at the intersection of Yorke Highway, One and All Road and Crowell Road at Price. Works included road widening and the installation of protected right turn lanes into One and All Road and Crowell Road. ²

Stenhouse Bay to Beaufort

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Yorke Hwy (B86), approaching Harry Butler Dr, Minlaton, December 2025. B86 turns left at this intersection.

Image © Alexander Czarnecki

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Yorke Hwy (B86) approaching Spencer Hwy (B89), Minlaton, December 2025. Note the missing B86 route number for Yorke Hwy.

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Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Pine Point, approaching St Vincent Hwy (B88), December 2025. B86 turns left at this intersection.

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Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Yorke Hwy (B86) at Ardrossan, approaching Maitland Rd, January 2016.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Maitland Rd at Ardrossan, approaching Yorke Hwy (B86), January 2016.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Ardrossan, January 2016.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Yorke Hwy (B86) at Clinton, approaching Cumberland Rd, January 2016.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Yorke Hwy (B86) at Beaufort, approaching Copper Coast Hwy (B85), January 2016.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Beaufort to Stenhouse Bay

Reassurance Directional Sign:

Distance sign at Ardrossan, January 2016.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Intersection Directional Sign:

Corner of Yorke Hwy (B86) and Spencer Hwy (B89), Minlaton, December 2025. B86 turns left at this location.

Image © Alexander Czarnecki

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Minlaton, approaching Harry Butler Dr, December 2025. B86 turns right at this intersection.

Image © Alexander Czarnecki