Thiele Highway is a road in South Australia connecting the outskirts of Adelaide to the North west bend of the Murray River at Morgan, South Australia. It is named after author Colin Thiele who lived most of his life in towns along the route, and set some of his stories in the area.

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Thiele Highway South Australia
Southwest end Northeast end
Coordinates	34.566571°S 138.746343°E / -34.566571; 138.746343 (Southwest end) 34.029013°S 139.672060°E / -34.029013; 139.672060 (Northeast end)
General information
Type	Highway
Length	116 km (72 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	B81 (1998–present)
Major junctions
Southwest end	Main North Road Gawler Belt, South Australia
	Curio Road Worlds End Highway
Northeast end	Goyder Highway Morgan, South Australia
Location(s)
Region	Yorke and Mid North[2]
Major settlements	Freeling, Kapunda, Eudunda
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia

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Thiele Highway branches from Horrocks Highway at Gawler Belt on the outskirts of Gawler, north of Adelaide. It goes northeast through undulating cropping country to skirt the east side of Freeling and continues to cross the Light River and enter the former mining town of Kapunda. It crosses the Light River again midway between Kapunda and Eudunda. It continues east-north-east from Eudunda down into the Murray Valley and across the plains past a number of small rural local service centres to Morgan where it meets the Murray River and Goyder Highway.^[3] Most of the route is close to the former Morgan railway line.