Sir Donald Bradman Drive (and its western section as Burbridge Road) is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the western suburbs of

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. It is the main route from the

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to the

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Route

Commencing at the intersection with Seaview Road, Burbridge Road heads directly east through West Beach, before intersecting with

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 th ...

, changing name to Sir Donald Bradman Drive and continuing east along the northern border of

. Crossing Marion Road, it continues east through Cowandilla and Hilton, crosses

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, and continues across the

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railyards, through the

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, to terminate with

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at the intersection with West Terrace in Adelaide's city centre.

History

Formerly known as Burbridge Road, the section between the city centre and

was renamed as Sir Donald Bradman Drive on 1 January 2001South Australian Government Gazette
, 3 August 2000, page 432 in honour of Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman. The remaining section of Burbridge Road, west of Tapleys Hill Road to the coast, retains its original name.

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References

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History

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