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 A21 before 2017). Listed clockwise from
Main North Road, the inner route consists of:
* Robe Terrace
* Park Road /Mann Road
* Hackney Road
* Dequetteville Terrace
*
Britannia Roundabout
The Britannia Roundabout is a roundabout intersection on the eastern side of the City Ring Route near the city centre of Adelaide. Before it was upgraded in 2014, many minor accidents had occurred over the years at this former traffic black spot ...
*
Fullarton Road
*
Greenhill Road
Greenhill Road is a major road in Adelaide, South Australia, that provides a connection to the eastern and hills suburbs. Its western section, running along the south side of Adelaide Parklands, forms part of Adelaide's City Ring Route.
Route
...
* Richmond Road
*
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 ...
*
James Congdon Drive
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 ...
*
Port Road
* Park Terrace
* Fitzroy Terrace
The Inner Ring Route is adjacent to the outer edge of the
Adelaide Park Lands except on the western side between
Anzac Highway
Anzac Highway is an main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg.
Originally named the Bay Road (which remains an informal synonym), it mostly follows the t ...
and
Port Road where railway lines occupy the space along the parklands, and the road ring route is further out. The earlier A21 route using West Terrace passed inside the ring of parklands instead.
History
Prior to the renumbering as route R1 in 2017, the western side of the previous route A21 was different from the current route. It followed moore of Port Road southeast,
West Terrace
West Terrace is a populated place in the parish of Saint James, Barbados. The National Cultural Foundation of Barbados is located in West Terrace.
See also
* List of cities, towns and villages in Barbados
This is a list of cities, towns and ...
and Goodwood Road. Route R1 uses
James Congdon Drive
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 ...
, a short section of
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 ...
and Richmond Road instead.
The Park Terrace section had a level crossing of the
Outer Harbor railway line until 2017. The crossing was replaced by a bridge when the railway was lowered as part of a project to separate the Torrens Junction so that suburban trains to Outer Harbor did not conflict with interstate trains on the
standard gauge line.
The Park Terrace bridge over the
Gawler railway line and interstate freight line was constructed in 1990. When it was built, it replaced an awkward 30-degree level crossing. In 2017, it was named after the engineer who supervised its construction,
David Fitzsimons.
Route description
Outer ring route
The Outer Ring Route is not signposted. It also consists of major roads surrounding the city. They are:
*
Grand Junction Road
*
Hampstead Road/Portrush Road
*
Cross Road
*
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 ...
See also
References
{{Road infrastructure in Adelaide
Roads in Adelaide
Ring roads in Australia