Kensington Road is a main road in the

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capital city of

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, linking the

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to its eastern suburbs.

Route

Its western end, on the edge of the

, starts at the Britannia Roundabout on 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 ...

. Kensington Road continues east through Adelaide's eastern suburbs of Leabrook and Erindale, before the road dead-ends at the foot of the western

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in Wattle Park.

History

Kensington Road has also been subject to controversial development by the Shahin family for their OTR headquarters, with over five attempts of approval despite community opposition.

Major intersections

References

City of Burnside Roads in Adelaide {{adelaide-geo-stub