Greenhill Road is a major road in
Adelaide
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,
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, that provides a connection to the eastern and hills suburbs. Its western section, running along the south side of
Adelaide Parklands
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, forms part of Adelaide's
City Ring Route.
Route
The eastern end of Greenhill Road is in
Balhannah
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in the
Adelaide Hills. It winds through
Carey Gully
Carey Gully is a small town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.
The name of the town is taken from one of the early settlers of the area, Paddy Carey, and was originally called Carey's Gully, (This can be seen at the town's War M ...
,
Uraidla
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,
Summertown and
Greenhill as a two-lane road.
In the metropolitan area, it is four lanes and passes by the
City of Burnside
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suburbs of
Burnside,
Hazelwood Park,
Linden Park,
Tusmore,
Toorak Gardens,
Dulwich
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and
Glenside until it reaches the edge of the
Adelaide Parklands
The Adelaide Park Lands are the figure-eight of land spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton and separating the City of Adelaide area (which includes both Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide) from the surro ...
. The road then expands to six lanes and heads past
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and the
City of Unley
The City of Unley is a local government area in the Adelaide metropolitan region. It is located directly south of the Adelaide city centre.
The Corporate Town of Unley was created in 1871, when 2,000 signatories to a petition from residents of ...
suburbs of
Parkside,
Unley
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and
Wayville
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The suburb is bordered to the north by Adelaide's South Parklands, to the west by Ade ...
as part of the
City Ring Route. This section was originally designated "Park Terrace".
Greenhill Road continues west as
Richmond Road from the intersection of
Anzac Highway.
Major intersections
File:Greenhill Road showing horse and cart(GN11922).jpg, Horse and cart using Greenhill Road, 1915
Image:Greenhillrd bside.jpg, Greenhill Road near Linden Park, facing east towards the Adelaide Hills
Image:Greenhillrd.jpg, Greenhill Rd in Hazelwood Park looking toward Glynburn Road roundabout and the hills
See also
References
City of Burnside
Roads in Adelaide
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