23-592: Port Road may refer to: Port Road, Adelaide , South Australia Port Road, Kollam , South India Icknield Port Road railway station , Birmingham, England Port Road Branch , rail branch line serving Port Deposit, Maryland Port Road, a nickname of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway in Scotland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
46-407: 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. 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
69-485: Is a major road in Adelaide , South Australia connecting the Adelaide city centre with Port Adelaide . It is 12 km (7.5 mi) long, and is designated part of route R1 within central Adelaide, and beyond as route A7. 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
92-526: Is designated part of route A2 within suburban Adelaide. As Main South Road, it is designated part of routes A13 and B23. The northern part of South Road contributes the central component of the North–South Corridor , a series of road projects under construction or planning that will eventually provide a continuous expressway between Old Noarlunga and Gawler . South Road starts at the intersection of
115-532: 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. The road includes
138-584: The Port River Expressway and the Salisbury Highway in Wingfield . It runs directly south, through much of Adelaide's inner western suburbs, close to the Adelaide city centre . It is complimented by, and in some instances, subsumed into the North-South Motorway . It either runs directly underneath it at ground level with the motorway above it on elevated carriageways, or straddles it on each side with
161-616: The Gallipoli Underpass in line with the ANZAC theme, construction started in 2007. The underpass opened in March 2009. To cut down on delays due to construction, an overpass was built at the same time for the Glenelg tram line just half a kilometre to the south, which opened in 2009, significantly removing delays from the area. In August 2007, Prime Minister John Howard announced that South Road
184-521: The River Torrens was identified and funded for an upgrade. 4 km of lowered motorway was built between the northbound and southbound lanes of South Road. The Torrens to Torrens lowered motorway started construction in 2015 and opened to traffic in 2018. The project included replacing a level crossing of the Outer Harbor railway line , with a new bridge in 2017. The Darlington Upgrade, an extension of
207-780: The Southern Expressway have 3 different intersections along the length of the roads. The first reference to South Road was made in 1842. The South Australian Gazette referred to sheep stations near the corner of South Road and Sturt Road, in what is now Bedford Park . South Road of today was until the 1970s known by a string of names: Shillabeer Avenue (from what was then its northern terminus at Regency Road to Torrens Road ); Government Road (between Torrens and Port Roads ); John Street (Port to Grange Roads ); Taylors Road (between Grange and Henley Beach Roads); Fisher Terrace (Henley Beach Road to Anzac Highway ), and South Road from Anzac Highway southwards. The town of Old Reynella
230-456: The Southern Expressway through Bedford Park by use of a similar lowered motorway concept, was also identified at this time. Both of these upgrades involved land acquisition to widen the road corridor, surface grade local carriage ways on the edges, and a lowered central roadway carrying the free-flow traffic below the crossing routes. The Darlington Upgrade began construction in 2016 and was opened in 2020. An upgrade of Regency Road to Pym Street,
253-654: The West Terrace end is not numbered, and it bears route R1 (city ring route) between James Congdon Drive and Park Terrace. [REDACTED] Australian Roads portal South Road, Adelaide South Road and its southern section as Main South Road outside of Adelaide is a major north–south conduit connecting Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula , in South Australia . It is one of Adelaide's most important arterial and bypass roads. As South Road, it
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#1732848956689276-510: 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. 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
299-645: The exit ramps to Cross Road can extend into the through lanes on South Road. The rail crossing can be closed for up to 20 minutes in the peak hour. In November 2005, the Royal Automobile Association (RAA) released its recommendations to the South Australian government in regards to the road network. South Road was found to be the poorest road in the state, registering a 2/10 on the RAA's scale. The recommendations given included $ 6 billion of funds to upgrade
322-452: The gap between the elevated South Road Superway and the (then) almost-completed Torrens to Torrens lowered motorway, was announced in May 2018, to be jointly funded by the state and federal governments. Main construction began in late 2019. The overpass opened at reduced speeds in March 2021. Preliminary plans for the final section stretching from the River Torrens to Darlington, which would use
345-599: The growth and development of Adelaide's southern suburbs. Between 1982 and 1984, an overpass was built at Emerson Crossing , taking South Road over Cross Road and the Seaford railway line . For a long time, this was the only grade separation on South Road, and one of very few in South Australia, removing congestion with Cross Road traffic and the railway line. However, increasing frequency of commuter trains results in vehicle bottlenecks that are anticipated to worsen. Queues on
368-558: The intersection of Ayliffes and Shepherds Hill Roads at Tonsley, South Australia , where it changes name to Main South Road. It continues through Old Noarlunga (where Victor Harbor Road branches off) and runs parallel to the coastline of Gulf St Vincent . At Normanville , it is known as Willis Drive for 2 km, then continues to Cape Jervis at its southern tip. The Southern Expressway runs roughly parallel to Main South Road for 18 km between Darlington and Noarlunga and serves to reduce traffic congestion. Main South Road and
391-520: The motorway lowered into a trench. The motorway currently ends in Hindmarsh just south of the intersections with Port Road and Grange Road . South Road then becomes the main traffic route southwards. South Road continues south through Mile End and Edwardstown until St Marys , where the Southern Expressway starts in a lowered trench. South Road straddles it on each side, until it reaches
414-458: 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. 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,
437-511: The roads of South Australia – with $ 1.5–2 billion to be spent on South Road alone. The RAA's plan for the road included a 6 km tunnel from Port Road all the way to the Anzac Highway underpass. The plan called for over/underpasses at six other major intersections and two rail crossings. In 2005, along with the decision to make a free flowing South Road, a decision was made to build an underpass for South Road to go under Anzac Highway . Named
460-570: The title Port Road . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Port_Road&oldid=917750652 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Port Road, Adelaide Port Road (and its northern section as Commercial Road through Port Adelaide)
483-602: The total 35 km length has been completed. The first section of the motorway, known as the South Road Superway, was announced in October 2009. It is 3–4 km of elevated motorway running from the Port River Expressway to the intersection with Regency Road. The project started in 2010 and was completed in early 2014. Following the 2013 Australian federal election , the section of South Road between Torrens Road and
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#1732848956689506-479: Was bypassed in 1964. Old Noarlunga was bypassed in 1972. The South Road Extension was built at Dry Creek in the early 1990s, connecting South Road and the Salisbury Highway , between Grand Junction Road and Port Wakefield Road . This was superseded by the Port River Expressway , which opened in 2005. South Road suffers from traffic congestion due to its importance as one of Adelaide's main arterial roads and bypasses. Traffic has also increased in line with
529-513: Was to be included in the AusLink National Road Network, and pledged $ 1 billion in funding for the project between 2007 and 2020. The North–South Motorway is an incomplete motorway intended to replace South Road as Adelaide's primary north–south roadway. Running along the same road corridor as South Road and extending further north, the motorway has been progressively constructed in stages. As of November 2020, approximately 22 km of
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