Glen Osmond Road | |
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Peak hour traffic on Glen Osmond Road | |
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General information | |
Type | Road |
Location | Adelaide |
Length | 4.6 km (2.9 mi) [1] |
Route number(s) | A1 (1998–present) (Fullarton–Glen Osmond) |
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Major junctions | |
Northwest end | South Terrace Adelaide |
Southeast end | South Eastern Freeway Glen Osmond, Adelaide |
Location(s) | |
Region | Eastern Adelaide [2] |
Major suburbs | Eastwood, Frewville, Myrtle Bank |
Glen Osmond Road is a major section of the Princes Highway (and Highway 1) in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. [3] Connecting the Adelaide city centre with the Adelaide Hills via the South Eastern Freeway; Glen Osmond Road carries half of Adelaide's freight traffic[ citation needed ][ clarification needed ] and is the major commuter route from the southern Adelaide Hills. It is designated part of route A1.
Glen Osmond Road starts at the intersection with South Terrace along the southern border of the Adelaide city centre and heads southeast, intersecting with Hutt and Greenhill Roads through the Adelaide Park Lands, continues southeast through Eastwood and Frewville, before ending at the intersection with Cross Road, Portrush Road and South Eastern Freeway in Glen Osmond.
Glen Osmond Road houses a strip shopping precinct on the section between Greenhill and Fullarton Roads. [4] The precinct is largely populated by independent boutiques. It is a community main street stationed in the leafy suburbs of Adelaide's south east. It was earlier known as "The Gateway" because of its connection between the Adelaide CBD and Hills.
The Glen Osmond Road Precinct Association (GORPA) is an association guiding the growth and development of Glen Osmond Road and marketing the local business community. GORPA is funded by an exclusive rate applied to properties on the City of Unley side of Glen Osmond Road. [5]
Glen Osmond Road forms the boundary of two Council areas — the City of Unley and City of Burnside. The councils work together to promote the local community. Each council has staff dedicated for Business and Economic Development. [6]
LGA [7] | Location [1] [8] | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Adelaide | Adelaide | 0.0 | 0.0 | South Terrace – Adelaide CBD | Northwestern terminus of road |
0.7 | 0.43 | Hutt Road – Adelaide CBD, Parkside | |||
Adelaide–Burnside–Unley tripoint | Adelaide–Parkside–Eastwood tripoint | 1.0 | 0.62 | Greenhill Road (R1) – Wayville, Uraidla, Balhannah | |
Burnside–Unley boundary | Eastwood–Glenside–Frewville–Fullarton–Parkside meeting point | 2.0 | 1.2 | Fullarton Road (A1 north, B28 south) – North Adelaide, Norwood, Fullarton | Route A1 continues southeast along Glen Osmond Road |
Burnside–Unley–Mitcham tripoint | Myrtle Bank–Urrbrae–Glen Osmond tripoint | 4.6 | 2.9 | Cross Road (A3 west) – Plympton, Unley Park Portrush Road (A17 north) – Northfield, Payneham, Norwood South Eastern Freeway (M1 southeast) – Mount Barker, Murray Bridge | Southeastern terminus of road and route A1 |
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South Eastern Freeway is a 73 km (45 mi) freeway in South Australia (SA). It is a part of the National Highway network linking the state capital cities of Adelaide, SA, and Melbourne, Victoria, and is signed as route M1. It carries traffic over the Adelaide Hills between Adelaide and the River Murray, near Murray Bridge, where it is connected via the Swanport Bridge to the Dukes Highway, which is the main road route to Victoria.
Southern Expressway is an 18.5 km (11.5 mi) freeway through the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the southern part of the North–South Corridor which extends the full length of Adelaide and is being built to urban freeway standard. It is designated part of route M2.
The City of Burnside is a local government area in the South Australian city of Adelaide stretching from the Adelaide Parklands into the Adelaide foothills with an area of 2,753 hectares. It was founded in August 1856 as the District Council of Burnside, the name of a property of an early settler, and was classed as a city in 1943. The LGA is bounded by Adelaide, Adelaide Hills Council, Campbelltown, Mitcham, Norwood Payneham and St Peters and Unley.
Mount Osmond is a small suburb of 2,497 people in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It is part of the City of Burnside local government area and located in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills, five kilometres south east of the city centre. The suburb is high on the hill of the same name, which is the last hill on the right when approaching Adelaide down the South Eastern Freeway before the road levels out onto the Adelaide Plains. It is bounded to the north by the suburb of Beaumont, to the north-east by Burnside, to the east by Waterfall Gully, to the south by Leawood Gardens/Eagle On The Hill, to the south-west by Urrbrae, to the west by Glen Osmond and to the north-west by St Georges.
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