Magill Road is a major arterial road in the
South Australian
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts ...
capital of
Adelaide
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, connecting its inner eastern suburbs past
Magill
''Magill'' was an Irish politics and current affairs magazine founded by Vincent Browne and others in 1977. ''Magill'' specialised in investigative articles and colourful reportage by journalists such as Eamonn McCann (who wrote its anonymous ...
at the western foot of the
Mount Lofty Ranges
The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and d ...
. It has been designated part of route B27.
Route
Magill Road runs east–west, covering many of the city's eastern suburbs. From its western (city) end at
Kent Town
Kent Town is an inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters local government area.
History
Kent Town was named for Benjamin Archer Kent (1808 – 25 November 1864), a medical practition ...
, at a five-way junction with
Payneham Road and
Fullarton Road, Magill Road runs east to the foot of the Mount Lofty Ranges, where it branches into Norton Summit Road and Old Norton Summit Road, which pass either side of
Teringie up to
Norton Summit.
Major intersections
See also
References
Roads in Adelaide
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