Grange Road is an arterial road in the western suburbs of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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. It runs from the coast at
Grange
Grange may refer to:
Buildings
* Grange House, Scotland, built in 1564, and demolished in 1906
* Grange Estate, Pennsylvania, built in 1682
* Monastic grange, a farming estate belonging to a monastery
Geography Australia
* Grange, South Austral ...
to
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 ...
, close to the city centre.
Route
Grange Road commences from Esplanade at
Grange
Grange may refer to:
Buildings
* Grange House, Scotland, built in 1564, and demolished in 1906
* Grange Estate, Pennsylvania, built in 1682
* Monastic grange, a farming estate belonging to a monastery
Geography Australia
* Grange, South Austral ...
, on the Adelaide foreshore, and heads east, crossing
Tapleys Hill Road
Tapleys Hill Road is a north–south arterial road which runs parallel to the coast through western Adelaide, Australia. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers except for the northernmost section, as the ...
between
Seaton and
Fulham Gardens, and the East Avenue-Holbrooks Road dog-leg through
Flinders Park, before eventually ending at the intersection with
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 ...
in
West Hindmarsh.
The eastern end of Grange Road crosses the
North-South Motorway
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trench as Manton Street, which passes
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium (currently known as Coopers Stadium due to sponsorship from Adelaide-based company Coopers Brewery) is a multi-purpose stadium in Hindmarsh, an inner western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Austral ...
, behind the
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
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, then joins 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 ...
at
Port Road and Park Terrace via a short stretch of Adam Street.
History
Between 1894 and 1957, the
Henley Beach railway line
The Henley Beach railway line is a defunct railway in western Adelaide, which operated from 1894 to 1957 as the final section of the Grange railway line.
History
The line opened on 5 February 1894 as an extension of the Grange line and origi ...
followed the west side of Military Road and crossed what is now Grange Road. The
Kirkcaldy railway station
Kirkcaldy railway station is a railway station in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line and principal East Coast Main Line, north east of . British Transport Police maintain a ...
was immediately south of Grange Road.
The 1936 Gregory's street directory shows that west of Tapleys Hill Road, Grange Road continued as Kircaldy Beach Road, and the area where it ended was known at that time as Kircaldy. The 1940 Fuller's directory shows Grange Road to the bridge over the
Port River
The Port River (officially known as the Port Adelaide River) is part of a tidal estuary located north of the Adelaide city centre in the Australian state of South Australia. It has been used as a shipping channel since the beginning of European ...
and Kirkcaldy Road from there to the Esplanade.
Today, the bridge is just a culvert or stormwater drain, and there is only an open channel for the river downstream (north) of Grange Road.
Major intersections
Grange Road is entirely contained within the
City of Charles Sturt
The City of Charles Sturt is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast.
The council was formed on 1 January 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the City of Hindmarsh Woodville and t ...
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
.
References
Roads in Adelaide
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