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Port Road

South Australia
Port Road; South Australia
	Looking towards the Adelaide city centre from Port Road in Hindmarsh
Coordinates	34°55′20″S 138°35′14″E / 34.922112°S 138.587273°E (Southeast end); 34°50′40″S 138°30′19″E / 34.844337°S 138.505362°E (Northwest end);
General information
Type	Road
Location	Adelaide
Length	12.0 km (7.5 mi)
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 end	North Terrace; West Terrace; Adelaide
	Park Terrace; North–South Motorway; East Avenue; Tapleys Hill Road; Grand Junction Road;
Northwest end	St Vincent Street; Port Adelaide, Adelaide
Location(s)
Region	Eastern Adelaide, Western Adelaide
Major suburbs	Thebarton, Hindmarsh, Beverley, Woodville, Albert Park, Cheltenham, Alberton

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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

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

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.

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

LGA^[7]	Location^[1]^[8]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Adelaide	Adelaide	0.0	0.0	North Terrace (east) – Adelaide CBD West Terrace (south) – Adelaide CBD	Southeastern terminus of Port Road
Adelaide–West Torrens boundary	Thebarton–North Adelaide boundary	1.0	0.62	James Congdon Drive (R1 south) – Mile End, Keswick	Route R1 continues north along Port Road
River Torrens		2.0	1.2	Hindmarsh Bridge
Adelaide–Charles Sturt boundary	Hindmarsh–North Adelaide boundary	2.1	1.3	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 Sturt	Hindmarsh–West Hindmarsh–Croydon tripoint	3.3	2.1	South Road, to North–South Motorway (M2) – Wingfield, Waterloo Corner
	Allenby Gardens–Beverley–West Croydon boundary	5.1	3.2	East Avenue (A14) – Underdale, Plympton, Darlington
	Beverley–Kilkenny–Woodville Park boundary	5.4	3.4	Kilkenny Road – Kilkenny
	Albert Park–Woodville South–Woodville boundary	7.7	4.8	Grange railway line
	Albert Park–Cheltenham–Woodville boundary	7.8	4.8	Cheltenham Parade (north) – Pennington West Lakes Boulevard (southwest) – West Lakes, Football Park
Charles Sturt–Port Adelaide Enfield boundary	Albert Park–Queenstown–Cheltenham boundary	9.0	5.6	Old Port Road
Port Adelaide Enfield	Queenstown–Alberton boundary	9.7	6.0	Tapleys Hill Road (A15) – Glenelg, Brighton, Port Noarlunga
	Alberton–Port Adelaide boundary	11.0	6.8	Grand Junction Road (A16) – Gepps Cross, Northfield, Hope Valley	Name change: Port Road (south), Commercial Road (north)
	Port Adelaide	11.4	7.1	Outer Harbor railway line
	Port Adelaide	12.0	7.5	St Vincent Street – Port Adelaide, New Port	Northwestern terminus of Commercial Road and route A7
Route transition

References

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

External links

South Australian History: Port Adelaide

[gmaps-1] "Port Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[SARegions-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.

[SALGAs-7] "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[SAlocs-8] "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

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+{{Short description|Road in Adelaide, Australia}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
+{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
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+| image        = OIC port road zoom towards cbd.jpg
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+| caption      = Looking towards the Adelaide city centre from Port Road in Hindmarsh
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-| caption      = Looking towards the Adelaide city centre from Port Road
+| city         = Adelaide
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+| urban        = yes
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-| direction_b  = NW
+| est          =
-| end_a        = [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A21.png|35px]] '''West Terrace''', [[Adelaide]]
+| route        = {{plainlist|
-| end_b        = [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A16.svg|35px]] '''[[Grand Junction Road]]''', [[Queenstown, South Australia|Queenstown, Adelaide]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|R1}} R1 {{small|(2017–present)<br />(through Thebarton)}}
-| est          =
+*{{AUshield|SA|A7}} A7 {{small|(1998–present)<br />(Hindmarsh–Port Adelaide)}}
-| through      = [[Adelaide]], [[Thebarton, South Australia|Thebarton]], [[West Croydon, South Australia|West Croydon]], [[Kilkenny, South Australia|Kilkenny]], [[Woodville South, South Australia|Woodville South]], [[Woodville, South Australia|Woodville]], [[Woodville West, South Australia|Woodville West]], [[Albert Park, South Australia|Albert Park]], [[Cheltenham, South Australia|Cheltenham]], [[Alberton, South Australia|Alberton]], [[Port Adelaide]]
-| route        = ''Adelaide CBD - Hindmarsh :'' [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A21.png|60px|center]]<br />''Hindmarsh - Queenstown:'' [[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A7.svg|60px|center]]
-| exits        = '''[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A21.png|35px]] [[City Ring Route, Adelaide|Park Terrace]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A13.svg|35px]] [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A14.png|35px]] East Avenue<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A15.svg|35px]] [[Tapleys Hill Road, Adelaide|Tapleys Hill Road]]<br />[[Image:Australian Alphanumeric State Route A16.svg|35px]] [[Grand Junction Road]]
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+| former       = {{AUshield|SA|A21}} A21 {{small|(1998–2017)<br />(Adelaide–Thebarton)}}
+| direction_a  = Southeast
+| direction_b  = Northwest
+| coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.922112|138.587273|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
+| coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.844337|138.505362|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
+| alternative_location_map = nomap
+| end_a        = '''[[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]]'''<br />'''[[West Terrace, Adelaide|West Terrace]]'''<br />{{small|[[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide]]}}
+| end_b        = '''St Vincent Street'''<br />{{small|[[Port Adelaide, South Australia|Port Adelaide, Adelaide]]}}
+| exits        = {{plainlist|
+*{{AUshield|SA|R1}} [[Park Terrace, Adelaide|Park Terrace]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|M2}} [[North–South Motorway]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|A14}} East Avenue
+*{{AUshield|SA|A15}} [[Tapleys Hill Road]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|A16}} [[Grand Junction Road]]}}
+| region       = [[Eastern Adelaide]], [[Western Adelaide]]<ref name="SARegions">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=20 |title=Location SA Map viewer with regional layers |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>
+| through      = {{SAcity|Thebarton|Hindmarsh|Beverley|Woodville}}, {{SAcity|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]].<ref>{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd) |year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}</ref> It is {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} long, and is designated part of route R1 within central Adelaide, and beyond as route A7.
+==Route==
-'''Port Road''' (state route A7) is a major road in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] connecting the [[City of Adelaide|central business district]] with [[Port Adelaide]].<ref>{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd) |year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}</ref> It is 12&nbsp;km (7.5&nbsp;mi) long and exceptionally wide, approximately 70 m. When first conceived upon the establishment of Adelaide, it was designed to be able to accommodate a standard road, a railway line and a canal. The canal and railway line were never created in the road allotment: the [[Outer Harbor railway line, Adelaide|railway line]] when built in 1853 was built 1&nbsp;km to the east.
+[[File:Southbound on North-South Motorway, about to go under the Port Road bridge.jpg|thumb|left|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, Adelaide|North Terrace]] and [[West Terrace, Adelaide|West Terrace]], and heads northwest, turning north at [[Thebarton, South Australia|Thebarton]] to become part of the [[City Ring Route]], before meeting Park Terrace at [[Hindmarsh, South Australia|Hindmarsh]] and heading northwest again with its widened median, crossing the [[North-South Motorway]] and heading through the suburbs of [[Woodville, South Australia|Woodville]] and [[Cheltenham, South Australia|Cheltenham]], before it turns northwards at [[Alberton, South Australia|Alberton]] to cross [[Grand Junction Road]], changing name to Commercial Road and terminating not long afterwards in the centre of Port Adelaide.
+==History==
-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, Adelaide|South Road]] below Port Road and the railway line, but the plan has been postponed indefinitely.
+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.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-02/was-there-ever-going-to-be-a-canal-on-port-road/10308100 Was there ever going to be a canal on Port Road and is that why it is so wide?], [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], 2 November 2018</ref> The canal and railway line were never created in the road allotment: the [[Outer Harbor railway line|railway line]] when built in 1853 was built approximately 1&nbsp;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.
+[[File:Port road adelaide map.svg|thumb|Location of Port Road in Adelaide.]]
-<gallery>
-Image:Port road adelaide map.svg|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, Adelaide|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/t2t |title=North-South Corridor: Torrens Road to River Torrens |date=5 August 2015 |id=145594 |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia |access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.t2talliance.com.au/ |title=T2T |publisher=T2T Alliance |date=31 July 2015 |access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref>
-Image:Port and south road.jpg|Looking towards the city at the South Road intersection.
-</gallery>
+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==
+{{AUSinttop|LGA_ref=<ref name="SALGAs">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=11 |title=Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>|location_ref=<ref name="gmaps" /><ref name="SAlocs">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=19 |title=Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}}
+{{SAint
+|LGAC=Adelaide
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+|type=trans
+|km=0.0
+|road=[[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]] (east) – [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide CBD]]<br />[[West Terrace, Adelaide|West Terrace]] (south) – [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide CBD]]
+|notes=Southeastern terminus of Port Road
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGA=[[City of Adelaide|Adelaide]]–[[City of West Torrens|West Torrens]] boundary
+|location_special={{SAcity|Thebarton}}–{{SAcity|North Adelaide}} boundary
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+|road={{AUshield|SA|R1}} [[City Ring Route|James Congdon Drive]] (R1 south){{SAcity|p=on|Mile End|Keswick}}
+|notes=Route R1 continues north along Port Road
+}}
+{{Jctbridge
+|river=[[River Torrens]]
+|km=2.0
+|bridge=Hindmarsh Bridge
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGA=[[City of Adelaide|Adelaide]]–[[City of Charles Sturt|Charles Sturt]] boundary
+|location_special={{SAcity|Hindmarsh}}–{{SAcity|North Adelaide}} boundary
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+|road={{AUshield|SA|R1}} [[City Ring Route|Park Terrace]] (R1 northeast){{SAcity|p=on|North Adelaide|Medindie|Kent Town}}<br />Adam Street (west){{SAcity|p=on|West Hindmarsh}}
+|notes=Route R1 continues northeast along Park Terrace<br />Southeastern terminus of route A7
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGAC=Charles Sturt
+|LGAspan=5
+|location_special={{SAcity|Hindmarsh}}–{{SAcity|West Hindmarsh}}–{{SAcity|Croydon}} tripoint
+|km=3.3
+|road=[[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]], to {{AUshield|SA|M2}} [[North–South Motorway]] (M2){{SAcity|p=on|Wingfield|Waterloo Corner}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Allenby Gardens}}–{{SAcity|Beverley}}–{{SAcity|West Croydon}} boundary
+|km=5.1
+|road={{AUshield|SA|A14}} East Avenue (A14){{SAcity|p=on|Underdale|Plympton|Darlington}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Beverley}}–{{SAcity|Kilkenny}}–{{SAcity|Woodville Park}} boundary
+|km=5.4
+|road=Kilkenny Road{{SAcity|p=on|Kilkenny}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Albert Park}}–{{SAcity|Woodville South}}–{{SAcity|Woodville}} boundary
+|km=7.7
+|bridge=''[[Grange railway line]]''
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Albert Park}}–{{SAcity|Cheltenham}}–{{SAcity|Woodville}} boundary
+|km=7.8
+|road=Cheltenham Parade (north){{SAcity|p=on|Pennington}}<br />West Lakes Boulevard (southwest){{SAcity|p=on|West Lakes}}, [[Football Park]]
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGA=[[City of Charles Sturt|Charles Sturt]]–[[City of Port Adelaide Enfield|Port Adelaide Enfield]] boundary
+|location_special={{SAcity|Albert Park}}–{{SAcity|Queenstown}}–{{SAcity|Cheltenham}} boundary
+|km=9.0
+|road=Old Port Road
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGAC=Port Adelaide Enfield
+|LGAspan=4
+|location_special={{SAcity|Queenstown}}–{{SAcity|Alberton}} boundary
+|km=9.7
+|road={{AUshield|SA|A15}} [[Tapleys Hill Road]] (A15){{SAcity|p=on|Glenelg|Brighton|Port Noarlunga}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Alberton}}–{{SAcity|Port Adelaide}} boundary
+|type=trans
+|km=11.0
+|road={{AUshield|SA|A16}} [[Grand Junction Road]] (A16){{SAcity|p=on|Gepps Cross|Northfield|Hope Valley}}
+|notes=Name change: Port Road (south), Commercial Road (north)
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location=Port Adelaide
+|lspan=2
+|km=11.4
+|bridge=''[[Outer Harbor railway line]]''
+}}
+{{SAint
+|type=trans
+|km=12.0
+|road=St Vincent Street{{SAcity|p=on|Port Adelaide|New Port}}
+|notes=Northwestern terminus of Commercial Road and route A7
+}}
+{{Jctbtm|keys=trans|conv=no}}
 ==See also==
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 {{Road infrastructure in Adelaide}}
-{{coord missing|South Australia}}
 [[Category:Roads in Adelaide]]
-{{Adelaide-geo-stub}}
-{{Australia-road-stub}}

v t e Road infrastructure in Adelaide
Freeways	South Eastern Freeway North–South Corridor Northern Expressway North–South Motorway (in progress) Southern Expressway Port River Expressway
Highways and major roads	Anzac Highway Adelaide–Mannum Road (North East Road) Gawler Bypass Glen Osmond Road Grand Junction Road Main North Road Main South Road Mount Barker Road Port Road Port Wakefield Road Portrush/Lower Portrush/Ascot/Taunton/Hampstead Roads Salisbury Highway Sir Donald Bradman Drive South Road Victor Harbor Road
Arterials and other roads	Churchill Road City Ring Route Cross Road Daws Road Elder Smith Road Flagstaff Road Fullarton Road Goodwood Road Grange Road Greenhill Road Henley Beach Road Kensington Road McIntyre/King Roads Magill Road Marion Road Melbourne Street Montacute Road Montague Road O'Connell Street Panalatinga Road Payneham/Lower North East Roads Philip Highway Prospect Road Regency/Muller Roads Tapleys Hill/Brighton/Ocean/Lonsdale/Dyson/Murray Roads The Parade Torrens Road Unley Road Victoria Road
City streets	Angas Street East Terrace Carrington Street Currie Street Flinders Street Franklin Street Gawler Place Gilbert Street Gilles Street Gouger Street Grenfell Street Grote Street Halifax Street Hindley Street Jeffcott Street King William Street Morphett Street North Terrace Pirie Street Pulteney Street Rundle Mall Rundle Street South Terrace Sturt Street Wakefield Street Waymouth Street West Terrace Wright Street
Transport in Adelaide; List of numbered roads in Adelaide