Adelaide has two city ring routes, that loop around the
Adelaide city centre
Adelaide city centre () is the inner city locality of Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide l ...
and
North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct (Australia), precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands. Laid out in a grid plan in three section ...
, 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 A21 before 2017). Listed clockwise from
Main North Road
Main North Road is the major north–south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, ...
, the inner route consists of:
* Robe Terrace
* Park Road /Mann Road
* Hackney Road
* Dequetteville Terrace
*
Britannia Roundabout
*
Fullarton Road
*
Greenhill Road
* Richmond Road
*
South Road
*
James Congdon Drive
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 ...
*
Port Road
* Park Terrace
* Fitzroy Terrace
The Inner Ring Route is adjacent to the outer edge of the
Adelaide Park Lands
The Adelaide Park Lands comprise the figure-eight configuration of land, spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton, which encloses and separates the City of Adelaide area (including both the Adelaide city centre and ...
except on the western side between
Anzac Highway and
Port Road where railway lines occupy the space along the parklands, and the road ring route is further out. The earlier A21 route using West Terrace passed inside the ring of parklands instead.
History
Prior to the renumbering as route R1 in 2017, the western side of the previous route A21 was different from the current route. It followed moore of Port Road southeast,
West Terrace and Goodwood Road. Route R1 uses
James Congdon Drive
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 ...
, a short section of
South Road and Richmond Road instead.
The Park Terrace section had a level crossing of the
Outer Harbor railway line until 2017. The crossing was replaced by a bridge when the railway was lowered as part of a project to separate the Torrens Junction so that suburban trains to Outer Harbor did not conflict with interstate trains on the
standard gauge line.
The Park Terrace bridge over the
Gawler railway line and interstate freight line was constructed in 1990. When it was built, it replaced an awkward 30-degree level crossing. In 2017, it was named after the engineer who supervised its construction,
David Fitzsimons.
Route description
Outer ring route
The Outer Ring Route is not signposted. It also consists of major roads surrounding the city. They are:
*
Grand Junction Road
Grand Junction Road is the longest east–west thoroughfare in the Adelaide metropolitan area, traversing through Adelaide's northern suburbs approximately 8 kilometres north of the Adelaide city centre.
Route
Travelling from the Port Adelaide ...
*
Hampstead Road/Portrush Road
*
Cross Road
*
South Road
See also
References
{{Road infrastructure in Adelaide
Roads in Adelaide
Ring roads in Australia