The Patrick Jonker Veloway (formerly known as the Adelaide Southern Veloway) is a sealed

bikeway Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except wher ...

for the exclusive use of cyclists that runs continuously alongside the Southern Expressway for a distance of 7 km — from Marion/

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to the Panalatinga Tunnel. South of the Panalatinga Tunnel, the bikeway becomes a shared track for the remaining 12 km of the Southern Expressway. It provides important links to other cycling facilities in the area, notably the

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recreational trail at the Veloway's northern end, and the

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at both Panalatinga Road and Southern end of the shared track. The Northern end of veloway links to the

shared path, providing an almost non-stop bicycle route between Glenelg and Willunga.{{cite web, url=http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/personal_transport/bike_direct/maps.asp, title=Bikedirect web-based map series, work=Transport SA, date=2007, accessdate=2007-12-27, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226173741/http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/personal_transport/bike_direct/maps.asp, archivedate=26 December 2007, url-status=dead, df=dmy-all The Veloway was officially opened on Sunday 22 February 1998 by Transport Minister,

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MLC. The Veloway is a legal entity that accords with the South Australian Road Traffic Act and only people on bicycles are permitted to use the facility. The Veloway has challenging inclines in both directions of travel and a well-maintained coarse asphalt surface. The southern end is at a higher elevation than the northern end, making a transit in the northerly direction the easiest. The Veloway has views of the

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metropolitan coastline, Adelaide plains and Glenthorne Farm. Cyclists normally do not encounter pedestrians or vehicles on the Veloway, making it one of the safest transit corridors to ride in Adelaide.

Shared Track

The shared track, which is identical in construction and markings to the Veloway, passes atop rolling hills through the suburbs of

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, and Hackham. However it does not utilise the Southern Expressway's Sherriffs Road overpass. There is a traffic light crossing at Sherriffs Road; on the other side is a narrower bitumen path leading to a crossing at Brodie Road, which it runs adjacent to before rejoining the expressway and taking on its familiar appearance.

References

External links

Bike track map
(Note: 800 KB .PDF file)
Transport SA BikeDirect maps
Cycleways in South Australia Transport in Adelaide