Victoria Road (and its northern extremity Oliver Rogers Road) is a major road in

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, South Australia, connecting Port Adelaide to Outer Harbor on the

LeFevre Peninsula The Lefevre Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Australian state of South Australia located about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It is a narrow sand spit of about running north from its connection to the mainland. The name given ...

. It is designated part of route A16.

Route

Oliver Rogers Road starts at the roundabout intersection with Lady Ruthven Drive. It heads northeast along the Port Adelaide Passenger Terminal, and

Outer Harbor railway station Outer Harbor railway station is the terminus station of the Outer Harbor line. Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of North Haven, it is 21.9 kilometres from Adelaide station. History Port facilities at Outer Harbor were constr ...

, before curving east to intersect with Bourke-Jones Road at Seahven marina, home of the

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. It changes name to Victoria Road and curves to run south along the eastern edge of the LeFevre peninsula through Osborne, Largs Bay and Largs North, with residential settlement along its western side and mainly heavy industry along its eastern side. The road ends at an intersection with the

Port River Expressway Port River Expressway is a freeway-grade road. The expressway links Port Adelaide and the LeFevre Peninsula across the north-western suburbs of Adelaide to major interstate routes via North-South Motorway. The expressway is only grade-separate ...

, just west of

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over Port Adelaide River and Nelson Street, leading into central Port Adelaide.

Port River Expressway

Due to construction of the

, the southernmost point of Victoria Road has seen some major infrastructure changes. Originally the road began at the cross intersection with Nelson Street, Elders Road and Semaphore Road. When construction was completed late 2008, Victoria Road was diverted to become a continuation of the Port River Expressway, bypassing Semaphore Road and intersecting only with Nelson Street.

Major intersections

Victoria Road is entirely contained within the

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local government area.

References

Roads in Adelaide Lefevre Peninsula {{Australia-road-stub

Route

Port River Expressway

Major intersections

See also

References