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Cross Road

South Australia
Cross Road; South Australia
	West end East end
Coordinates	34°58′06″S 138°32′53″E / 34.968305°S 138.548139°E (West end); 34°57′48″S 138°38′38″E / 34.963395°S 138.644001°E (East end);
General information
Type	Road
Location	Adelaide
Length	8.8 km (5.5 mi)
Route number(s)	A3 (1998–present)
Major junctions
West end	Stonehouse Avenue; Plympton, Adelaide
	Anzac Highway; Marion Road; South Road; Portrush Road; Glen Osmond Road;
East end	South Eastern Freeway; Glen Osmond, Adelaide
Location(s)
Region	Western Adelaide, Eastern Adelaide
Major suburbs	Glandore, Unley Park, Highgate

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Cross Road is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the inner southern suburbs of the Australian city of Adelaide.^[3] It is designated route A3.

Route

Cross Road starts at the intersection at Anzac Highway in Plympton and heads directly east, crossing the Glenelg tram line shortly after, then crossing the Flinders railway line and Seaford railway line at Emerson Crossing under the South Road underpass, and the Belair and Adelaide-Wolseley railway lines in Unley Park. It continues east through Highgate and eventually ends at Glen Osmond and the Adelaide Hills, at the junction of Glen Osmond Road, Portrush Road, and South Eastern Freeway.

History

In a 1949 street directory, Cross Road had its current route, but was named "Cross Roads" (plural) and is shown as the aggregation of a number of local street names including:^[4]

High Terrace (between Fullarton and Unley Roads)
Napier Terrace (Between Unley and Goodwood Roads)
South Terrace (between Goodwood and South Roads)
Glen Osmond Road (between South and Marion Roads)
Plympton Terrace (between Marion Road and Anzac Highway)

Major intersections

LGA^[5]	Location^[1]^[6]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
West Torrens	Plympton	0.0	0.0	Stonehouse Avenue (west) – Camden Park	Western terminus of road and route A3
West Torrens	Plympton	0.0	0.0	Anzac Highway (A5 northeast, southwest) – Glenelg
West Torrens–Marion boundary	Plympton–Plympton Park boundary	0.5	0.31	Glenelg tram line
Marion	South Plympton–Plympton Park boundary	0.7	0.43	Marion Road (A14) – Brooklyn Park, Park Holme, Darlington
Marion–Unley–Mitcham tripoint	Black Forest–Clarence Park–Clarence Gardens–Glandore–Edwardstown meeting point	1.6	0.99	South Road (A2) – Hindmarsh, Mile End, St Marys
Marion–Unley–Mitcham tripoint		1.6	0.99	Seaford railway line (Emerson Crossing)
Unley–Mitcham boundary	Kings Park–Westbourne Park–Clarence Park–Cumberland Park quadripoint	3.9	2.4	Goodwood Road – Wayville, Goodwood, Pasadena
	Unley Park–Hawthorn–Kings Park–Westbourne Park quadripoint	4.5	2.8	Belair and Adelaide-Wolseley SG railway lines
	Malvern–Kingswood–Unley Park–Hawthorn quadripoint	5.5	3.4	Unley Road (B29) – Unley Belair Road (B29) – Torrens Park, Belair
	Myrtle Bank–Urrbrae–Highgate–Netherby quadripoint	7.2	4.5	Fullarton Road (B28) – Norwood, Eastwood, Fullarton, Springfield
	Myrtle Bank–Urrbrae–Glen Osmond tripoint	8.8	5.5	Glen Osmond Road (A1 northwest) – Adelaide CBD, Frewville Portrush Road (A17 north) – Northfield, Payneham, Norwood South Eastern Freeway (M1 southeast) – Mount Barker, Murray Bridge	Eastern terminus of road and route A3
Route transition

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cross Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 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.
^ "Gregory's Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs" (1949 ed.). Retrieved 10 July 2016 – via OpenStreetMap Australia.
^ "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.

[gmaps-1] "Cross Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 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] "Gregory's Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs" (1949 ed.). Retrieved 10 July 2016 – via OpenStreetMap Australia.

[SALGAs-5] "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[SAlocs-6] "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

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+| urban        = yes
-| direction_b  = West
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-| end_a        = {{AUshield|N|M1}} [[South Eastern Freeway]], [[Glen Osmond, South Australia|Glen Osmond]]
+| est          =
-| end_b        = {{AUshield|SA|A5}} [[Anzac Highway]], [[Plympton, South Australia|Plympton]]
+| route        = {{AUshield|SA|A3}} A3 {{small|(1998–present)}}
-| est          =
+| direction_a  = West
-| through      = {{SAcity|Black Forest| Clarence Gardens| Clarence Park| Edwardstown| Glandore| Hawthorn| Plympton}}
+| direction_b  = East
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+| coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.968305|138.548139|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
+| coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.963395|138.644001|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
+| pushpin_label_position_a = left
+| pushpin_label_position_b = right
+| alternative_location_map = Australia Greater Adelaide
+| end_a        = '''Stonehouse Avenue'''<br />{{small|[[Plympton, South Australia|Plympton, Adelaide]]}}
+| end_b        = {{AUshield|SA|M1}} '''[[South Eastern Freeway]]'''<br />{{small|[[Glen Osmond, South Australia|Glen Osmond, Adelaide]]}}
 | exits        = {{plainlist|
-*{{AUshield|N|A17}} [[Portrush Road, Adelaide|Portrush Road]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|A5}} [[Anzac Highway]]
-*{{AUshield|SA|A1}} [[Glen Osmond Road, Adelaide|Glen Osmond Road]]
-*{{AUshield|SA|A13}} [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]]
 *{{AUshield|SA|A14}} [[Marion Road]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|A2}} [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|A17}} [[Portrush Road]]
+*{{AUshield|SA|A1}} [[Glen Osmond Road]]}}
+| region       = [[Western Adelaide]], [[Eastern 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|Glandore|Unley Park|Highgate}}
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 [[File:Cross rd urrbrae.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The eastern end of Cross Road. [[Urrbrae, South Australia|Urrbrae]] is on the left]]
-'''Cross Road''' is a major arterial road that travels east-west through the inner southern suburbs of the [[Australia]]n city of [[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> Its western terminus is at [[Anzac Highway, Adelaide|Anzac Highway]], travelling east and ending at [[Glen Osmond, South Australia|Glen Osmond]] and the [[Adelaide Hills]], joining the junction of [[Glen Osmond Road, Adelaide|Glen Osmond Road]], [[Portrush Road, Adelaide|Portrush Road]], and [[South Eastern Freeway]].
+'''Cross Road''' is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the inner southern suburbs of the [[Australia]]n city of [[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 designated route A3.
+==Route==
-There are three railway level crossings along Cross Road: the [[Glenelg Tram]] in [[Plympton, South Australia|Plympton]],  the [[Seaford railway line]] at ''[[Emerson Crossing]]'' and the [[Belair railway line]] and [[Adelaide-Melbourne railway]] in [[Unley Park, South Australia|Unley Park]]. [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]] passes over the Emerson level crossing on a large overpass. It was built between 1982 and 1984 to reduce the traffic congestion caused by the junction and level crossing. All other junctions are at-grade, with traffic lights at main roads.
+Cross Road starts at the intersection at [[Anzac Highway]] in [[Plympton, South Australia|Plympton]] and heads directly east, crossing the [[Glenelg tram line]] shortly after, then crossing the [[Flinders railway line]] and [[Seaford railway line]] at [[Emerson Crossing]] under the [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]] underpass, and the [[Belair railway line|Belair]] and [[Adelaide-Wolseley railway line]]s in [[Unley Park]]. It continues east through [[Highgate, South Australia|Highgate]] and eventually ends at [[Glen Osmond]] and the [[Adelaide Hills]], at the junction of [[Glen Osmond Road, Adelaide|Glen Osmond Road]], [[Portrush Road]], and [[South Eastern Freeway]].
+==History==
-There are a number of suburbs which Cross Road passes through and borders.  These are:
+In a 1949 street directory, Cross Road had its current route, but was named "Cross Roads" (plural) and is shown as the aggregation of a number of local street names including:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osmaustralia.org/gregorysmaps.php |title=Gregory's Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs |via=OpenStreetMap Australia |edition=1949 |accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref>
-{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
+*High Terrace (between Fullarton and Unley Roads)
-* [[Black Forest, South Australia|Black Forest]]
+*Napier Terrace (Between Unley and Goodwood Roads)
-* [[Clarence Gardens, South Australia|Clarence Gardens]]
+*South Terrace (between Goodwood and South Roads)
-* [[Clarence Park, South Australia|Clarence Park]]
+*Glen Osmond Road (between South and Marion Roads)
-* [[Cumberland Park, South Australia|Cumberland Park]]
+*Plympton Terrace (between Marion Road and Anzac Highway)
-* [[Edwardstown, South Australia|Edwardstown]]
-* [[Glandore, South Australia|Glandore]]
+==Major intersections==
-* [[Glen Osmond, South Australia|Glen Osmond]]
+{{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" />}}
-* [[Hawthorn, South Australia|Hawthorn]]
+{{SAint
-* [[Highgate, South Australia|Highgate]]
+|LGAC=West Torrens
-* [[Kings Park, South Australia|Kings Park]]
+|LGAspan=2
-* [[Kingswood, South Australia|Kingswood]]
+|location=Plympton
-* [[Malvern, South Australia|Malvern]]
+|lspan=2
-* [[Myrtle Bank, South Australia|Myrtle Bank]]
+|type=trans
-* [[Netherby, South Australia|Netherby]]
+|km=0.0
-* [[Plympton, South Australia|Plympton]]
+|uspan=2
-* [[Plympton Park, South Australia|Plympton Park]]
+|road=Stonehouse Avenue (west){{SAcity|p=on|Camden Park}}
-* [[South Plympton, South Australia|South Plympton]]
+|notes=Western terminus of road and route A3
-* [[Unley Park, South Australia|Unley Park]]
+}}
-* [[Urrbrae, South Australia|Urrbrae]]
+{{SAint
-* [[Westbourne Park, South Australia|Westbourne Park]]
+|km=none
+|road={{AUshield|SA|A5}} [[Anzac Highway]] (A5 northeast, southwest){{SAcity|p=on|Glenelg}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGA=[[City of West Torrens|West Torrens]]–[[City of Marion|Marion]] boundary
+|location_special={{SAcity|Plympton}}–{{SAcity|Plympton Park}} boundary
+|km=0.5
+|bridge=[[Glenelg tram line]]
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGAC=Marion
+|location_special={{SAcity|South Plympton}}–{{SAcity|Plympton Park}} boundary
+|km=0.7
+|road={{AUshield|SA|A14}} [[Marion Road]] (A14){{SAcity|p=on|Brooklyn Park|Park Holme|Darlington}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGA=[[City of Marion|Marion]]–[[City of Unley|Unley]]–[[City of Mitcham|Mitcham]] tripoint
+|LGAspan=2
+|location_special={{SAcity|Black Forest}}–{{SAcity|Clarence Park}}–{{SAcity|Clarence Gardens}}–{{SAcity|Glandore}}–{{SAcity|Edwardstown}} meeting point
+|lspan=2
+|km=1.6
+|uspan=2
+|road={{AUshield|SA|A2}} [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]] (A2){{SAcity|p=on|Hindmarsh|Mile End|St Marys}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|km=none
+|bridge=''[[Seaford railway line]]'' ([[Emerson Crossing]])
+}}
+{{SAint
+|LGA=[[City of Unley|Unley]]–[[City of Mitcham|Mitcham]] boundary
+|LGAspan=5
+|location_special={{SAcity|Kings Park}}–{{SAcity|Westbourne Park}}–{{SAcity|Clarence Park}}–{{SAcity|Cumberland Park}} quadripoint
+|km=3.9
+|road=[[Goodwood Road, Adelaide|Goodwood Road]]{{SAcity|p=on|Wayville|Goodwood|Pasadena}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Unley Park}}–{{SAcity|Hawthorn}}–{{SAcity|Kings Park}}–{{SAcity|Westbourne Park}} quadripoint
+|km=4.5
+|bridge=''[[Belair railway line|Belair]] and [[Adelaide-Wolseley railway line|Adelaide-Wolseley SG railway lines]]''
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Malvern}}–{{SAcity|Kingswood}}–{{SAcity|Unley Park}}–{{SAcity|Hawthorn}} quadripoint
+|km=5.5
+|road={{AUshield|SA|B29}} [[Unley Road]] (B29){{SAcity|p=on|Unley}}<br />{{AUshield|SA|B29}} Belair Road (B29){{SAcity|p=on|Torrens Park|Belair}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Myrtle Bank}}–{{SAcity|Urrbrae}}–{{SAcity|Highgate}}–{{SAcity|Netherby}} quadripoint
+|type=
+|km=7.2
+|road={{AUshield|SA|B28}} [[Fullarton Road]] (B28){{SAcity|p=on|Norwood|Eastwood|Fullarton|Springfield}}
+|notes=
+}}
+{{SAint
+|location_special={{SAcity|Myrtle Bank}}–{{SAcity|Urrbrae}}–{{SAcity|Glen Osmond}} tripoint
+|type=trans
+|km=8.8
+|road={{AUshield|SA|A1}} [[Glen Osmond Road]] (A1 northwest) – [[Adelaide city centre|Adelaide CBD]], {{SAcity|Frewville}}<br />{{AUshield|SA|A17}} [[Portrush Road]] (A17 north){{SAcity|p=on|Northfield|Payneham|Norwood}}<br />{{AUshield|SA|M1}} [[South Eastern Freeway]] (M1 southeast){{SAcity|p=on|Mount Barker|Murray Bridge}}
+|notes=Eastern terminus of road and route A3
 }}
+{{Jctbtm|keys=trans|conv=no}}
-== References ==
+==References==
 {{reflist}}

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