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

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. It is 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

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, and heads northwest, turning north at Thebarton to become part of the

City Ring Route Adelaide has two city ring routes, that loop around the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide, known as the Inner and Outer Ring Routes. Inner ring route The Inner Ring Route is a collection of major roads signposted as state route R1 (was A2 ...

, 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

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, 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. 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. Port road adelaide map

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

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announced a 600 m tunnel for

South Road 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 ...

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. 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

References

External links

South Australian History: Port Adelaide
Roads in Adelaide {{Australia-road-stub