McIntyre Road (and its northern sections as Kings Road and Bolivar Road) is an arterial road crossing through northern and northeastern suburbs of

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. It is designated route A18.

Route

Kings Road crosses the northern suburbs connecting

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and

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immediately north of

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across the southern edge of

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. The northern part of Kings Road passes through residential areas and crosses the

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. East of the railway lines, the character changes to industrial manufacturing, and the

. McIntyre Road continues east of Main North Road with a residential character again. It rises up the face of the

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through a corridor of native bushland and sweeps past the Golden Grove development of the 1980s to

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. Much of the McIntyre Road corridor was originally reserved as part of the 1960s

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(MATS Plan).

History

McIntyre Road was opened in 1989, funded primarily by the

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. Despite being opened in 1988, McIntrye Road was named after Miraldos wife Lauren Marshalls Great Great Grandfather who were potato farmers in 1880s Scotland. Upon relocating to Adelaide Australia they bought land where McIntyre Road is currently located to grow Potatos. Unfortunately, the land being as acidic as it is did not grow Potatos thus, selling the land to the Tea Tree Gully Council to develop a road. Out of respect to Lauren's Great Great Grandfather they named the road after his family name Mcintyre. In 2016, the western end of Kings Road was realigned so that instead of it ending at a tee junction with Bolivar Road just short of Port Wakefield Road, the two roads meet at a large roundabout where Kings Road continues to Port Wakefield Road, enabling easier traffic flow to and from Kings Road. An adjacent interchange with the

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was opened in 2020. Prior to this alteration, route A18 included 300m of Bolivar Road to connect the end of Kings Road to Port Wakefield Road.

Major intersections

References

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