Flagstaff Road

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Flagstaff Road

Main South Road at Darlington SA.jpg
Flagstaff Road from Main South Road, showing gantry lights set for two lanes uphill (southbound)
Flagstaff Road
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Location Adelaide
Length3.2 km (2.0 mi) [1]
Major junctions
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route A14.svg Marion Road
Darlington, South Australia
 AUS Alphanumeric Route A13.svg South Road
South endHappy Valley Drive
Flagstaff Hill, South Australia
Location(s)
Region Southern Adelaide [2]
Restrictions
GeneralCentre lane direction depends on time of day

Flagstaff Road is an arterial road in the southern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. It is one of the roads that carries commuter traffic between the city on the coastal plain and residential suburbs in the Adelaide Hills.

Contents

Route

The northern end branches off of South Road at Darlington at a traffic light intersection with Marion Road opposite. Most of the road is in the suburb of Flagstaff Hill. The southern end is a roundabout where Blacks Road crosses, and Happy Valley Drive continues from Flagstaff Road in the suburb of Happy Valley. There are no major intersections along its length, only residential streets and local collectors.

The part of Flagstaff Road above the escarpment is a divided road with two lanes in each direction. Prior to widening, the steepest section was three lanes, with the middle lane reversible to match peak traffic flow. At the bottom, there are two lanes feeding into it from the traffic lights, and a total of five lanes feeding traffic towards Marion Road and South Road (northbound).

History

The section with three lanes was upgraded to this standard in the 1980s, to address increasing traffic due to expanding suburbs such as Flagstaff Hill and Aberfoyle Park. The overhead lane direction indicators were upgraded from green arrows to white ones using newer technology in 2013. [3] The 2019 South Australian state budget allocated A$32.9 million to widen the road and remove the reversible lane. Works started in early 2021, and were open to traffic in mid-2022. [4]

Intersections

Flagstaff Road is entirely contained within the City of Onkaparinga local government area. [5]

Location [1] [6] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Darlington 0.00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A14.svg Marion Road (A14 north)  Plympton, Brooklyn Park Northern terminus of road
AUS Alphanumeric Route A13.svg Main South Road (A13)  St Marys, Reynella, Old Noarlunga
0.250.16begin three lanes
Flagstaff Hill 1.00.62Begin dual carriageway
3.32.1Black Road  Flagstaff Hill
Happy Valley Drive  Happy Valley Southern terminus of road
  •        Route transition

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Google (1 July 2022). "Flagstaff Road" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. "Traffic Signal Uprgrade for Flagstaff Hill Road, Darlington". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. "Flagstaff Road Upgrade". Department of Infrastructure and Transport . Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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