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Port Road, Adelaide

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Port Road

Looking towards the Adelaide city centre from Port Road in Hindmarsh
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
LocationAdelaide
Length12.0 km (7.5 mi)[1]
Route number(s)
  • R1 (2017–present)
    (through Thebarton)
  • A7 (1998–present)
    (Hindmarsh–Port Adelaide)
Former
route number
A21 (1998–2017)
(Adelaide–Thebarton)
Major junctions
Southeast endNorth Terrace
West Terrace
Adelaide
 
Northwest endSt Vincent Street
Port Adelaide, Adelaide
Location(s)
RegionEastern Adelaide, Western Adelaide[2]
Major suburbsThebarton, Hindmarsh, Beverley, Woodville, Albert Park, Cheltenham, Alberton

Port Road (and its northern section as Commercial Road through Port Adelaide) is a major road in Adelaide, South Australia connecting the Adelaide city centre with Port Adelaide.[3] It is 12 km (7.5 mi) long, and is designated part of route R1 within central Adelaide, and beyond as route A7.

Route

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Southbound on the North-South Motorway, under Port Road bridge

Port Road starts at the north-western corner of the Adelaide city centre, at the intersection of North Terrace and West Terrace, and heads northwest, turning north at Thebarton to become part of the City Ring Route, before meeting Park Terrace at Hindmarsh and heading northwest again with its widened median, crossing the North-South Motorway and heading through the suburbs of Woodville and Cheltenham, before it turns northwards at Alberton to cross Grand Junction Road, changing name to Commercial Road and terminating not long afterwards in the centre of Port Adelaide.

History

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The road includes a very wide median strip, giving a total width of approximately 70 metres. The original design was conceived soon after the establishment of Adelaide, was to accommodate a standard road and a canal, with the canal later replaced in the plans by a railway line.[4] The canal and railway line were never created in the road allotment: the railway line when built in 1853 was built approximately 1 km to the east. Since the extension of the Glenelg tram line in 2009–10, 200 metres of median strip at the city end is occupied by tram lines.

Location of Port Road in Adelaide.

In the 1968 Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study (MATS plan) the road was destined to be upgraded to become the Port Freeway. The plan fell through, yet in 2005 the Government of South Australia announced a 600 m tunnel for South Road below Port Road and the railway line. The Torrens Road to River Torrens project to upgrade South Road to include a free-flowing road in a trench under Port Road and several other intersections started construction in 2015 and was completed by the end of 2018.[5][6]

Some routes in Adelaide were renumbered in 2017. Port Road had been designated route A21 (city ring route) between West Terrace and Park Terrace. After the change, the West Terrace end is not numbered, and it bears route R1 (city ring route) between James Congdon Drive and Park Terrace.

Major intersections

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LGA[7]Location[1][8]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
AdelaideAdelaide0.00.0North Terrace (east) – Adelaide CBD
West Terrace (south) – Adelaide CBD
Southeastern terminus of Port Road
AdelaideWest Torrens boundaryThebartonNorth Adelaide boundary1.00.62 James Congdon Drive (R1 south) – Mile End, KeswickRoute R1 continues north along Port Road
River Torrens2.01.2Hindmarsh Bridge
AdelaideCharles Sturt boundaryHindmarshNorth Adelaide boundary2.11.3 Park Terrace (R1 northeast) – North Adelaide, Medindie, Kent Town
Adam Street (west) – West Hindmarsh
Route R1 continues northeast along Park Terrace
Southeastern terminus of route A7
Charles SturtHindmarshWest HindmarshCroydon tripoint3.32.1South Road, to North–South Motorway (M2) – Wingfield, Waterloo Corner
Allenby GardensBeverleyWest Croydon boundary5.13.2 East Avenue (A14) – Underdale, Plympton, Darlington
BeverleyKilkennyWoodville Park boundary5.43.4Kilkenny Road – Kilkenny
Albert ParkWoodville SouthWoodville boundary7.74.8Grange railway line
Albert ParkCheltenhamWoodville boundary7.84.8Cheltenham Parade (north) – Pennington
West Lakes Boulevard (southwest) – West Lakes, Football Park
Charles SturtPort Adelaide Enfield boundaryAlbert ParkQueenstownCheltenham boundary9.05.6Old Port Road
Port Adelaide EnfieldQueenstownAlberton boundary9.76.0 Tapleys Hill Road (A15) – Glenelg, Brighton, Port Noarlunga
AlbertonPort Adelaide boundary11.06.8 Grand Junction Road (A16) – Gepps Cross, Northfield, Hope ValleyName change: Port Road (south), Commercial Road (north)
Port Adelaide11.47.1Outer Harbor railway line
12.07.5St Vincent Street – Port Adelaide, New PortNorthwestern terminus of Commercial Road and route A7
  •       Route transition

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Port Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
  4. ^ Was there ever going to be a canal on Port Road and is that why it is so wide?, ABC, 2 November 2018
  5. ^ "North-South Corridor: Torrens Road to River Torrens". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 5 August 2015. 145594. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. ^ "T2T". T2T Alliance. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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