Frome Road is a connecting road in the

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n capital city of

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. It starts from North Terrace in the

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, running in a northerly direction past the

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, the site of the old

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, now known as

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, the

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and the

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, and then through the

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to the

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where it turns northeasterly, crosses the

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via Albert Bridge, and continues through the parklands to the intersection with Melbourne Street and

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. It is one of the three roads connecting the city centre to

, the others being

King William Road King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide, continuing as King William Road to the north of North Terrace and south of Greenhill Road; between South Terrace and Greenhill Road it i ...

and Montefiore Road. The road (and street) are named after

Edward Charles Frome General Edward Charles Frome (7 January 1802 – 2 November 1890) was a prominent British Army officer and Surveyor General of South Australia. Early life Born in Gibraltar on 7 January 1802, Frome was orphaned early in his life. He was educate ...

, a

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of South Australia. Frome Road is continued south into the city square as

Frome Street Frome Street is a street in the East End of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from North Terrace in the north to Angas Street, and then as Regent Street North to Carrington Street in the south. North of Nort ...

, which was built in the 1960s and runs through the Adelaide city centre from North Terrace to

Carrington Street Carrington Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east–west, from East Terrace to King William Street, blocked at Hutt Street and crossing Pulteney Street at Hurtle Square. It is one ...

Adelaide Botanic High School Adelaide Botanic High School is a coeducational public secondary school situated on Frome Road in Adelaide, South Australia. The school's campus is situated on land adjoining the Adelaide Botanic Garden and the former site of the Royal Adelaide ...

opened in January 2019 on Frome Road.

Albert Bridge

The Albert Bridge was constructed in 1879. An earlier bridge on the site was washed away by flood water in the 1840s. The bridge has a central span of with two end spans of each. The supports are caissons filled with concrete. the cast-iron work was imported from England. Abutments, piers and wing walls are sandstone from

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. The bridge was redecked in the 1950s and again in 1982, including additional structural members.

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