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Greenhill Road | |
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Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Road |
Location | Adelaide |
Length | 27.7 km (17 mi) [1] |
Route number(s) |
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Former route number | (1998–2017) (Wayside–Glenside) |
Major junctions | |
West end | Richmond Road Keswick, Adelaide |
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East end | Onkaparinga Valley Road Balhannah, South Australia |
Location(s) | |
Region | Eastern Adelaide, Adelaide Hills [2] |
Major suburbs | Parkside, Glenside, Burnside, Greenhill, Uraidla, Carey Gully |
Greenhill Road is a major road in Adelaide, South Australia, [3] that provides a connection to the eastern and hills suburbs. Its western section, running along the south side of Adelaide Parklands, forms part of Adelaide's City Ring Route.
The eastern end of Greenhill Road is in Balhannah in the Adelaide Hills. It winds through Carey Gully, Uraidla, Summertown and Greenhill as a two-lane road.
In the metropolitan area, it is four lanes and passes by the City of Burnside suburbs of Burnside, Hazelwood Park, Linden Park, Tusmore, Toorak Gardens, Dulwich and Glenside until it reaches the edge of the Adelaide Parklands. The road then expands to six lanes and heads past Eastwood and the City of Unley suburbs of Parkside, Unley and Wayville as part of the City Ring Route. This section was originally designated "Park Terrace". [4]
Greenhill Road continues west as Richmond Road from the intersection of Anzac Highway.
LGA [5] | Location [1] [6] | km [1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Adelaide–Unley boundary | Adelaide–Wayville boundary | 0.0 | 0.0 | Richmond Road (R1) – Richmond | Route R1 continues west as Richmond Road |
Anzac Highway (A5 southwest, unallocated northeast) – Adelaide CBD, Glenelg | |||||
0.5 | 0.31 | Goodwood Road – Adelaide CBD, Hindmarsh | |||
1.0 | 0.62 | Sir Lewis Cohen Avenue – Adelaide CBD | |||
Adelaide–Wayville–Unley tripoint | 1.5 | 0.93 | Glenelg tram line | ||
Adelaide–Unley boundary | 1.6 | 0.99 | Peacock Road (north) – Adelaide CBD King William Road (south) – Unley Park | ||
Adelaide–Unley–Parkside tripoint | 2.1 | 1.3 | Unley Road (B29 south, unallocated north) – Adelaide CBD, Belair | ||
Adelaide–Parkside boundary | 2.7 | 1.7 | Hutt Road (north) – Adelaide CBD George Street (south) – Parkside | ||
Adelaide–Unley–Burnside tripoint | Adelaide–Parkside–Eastwood tripoint | 2.9 | 1.8 | Glen Osmond Road – Adelaide CBD, Glen Osmond | |
Adelaide–Burnside boundary | Eastwood–Glenside–Dulwich | 3.7 | 2.3 | Fullarton Road (R1 north, A1 south) – North Adelaide, Norwood, Springfield | Route R1 continues north along Fullarton Road Western terminus of route B26 |
Burnside | Toorak Gardens–Tusmore–Linden Park–Glenside quadripoint | 5.4 | 3.4 | Portrush Road (A17) – Northfield, Payneham, Glen Osmond | |
Hazelwood Park–Burnside boundary | 7.0 | 4.3 | Glynburn Road – Hectorville, Beaumont | ||
Adelaide Hills | Greenhill–Summertown boundary | 14.4 | 8.9 | Mount Lofty Summit Road (B28) – Mount Lofty Summit, Crafers, Belair | |
Summertown | 16.3 | 10.1 | Piccadilly Road – Crafers | ||
Uraidla | 17.7 | 11.0 | Basket Range Road – Basket Range | ||
Balhannah | 27.7 | 17.2 | Onkaparinga Valley Road (B34) – Birdwood, Woodside, Verdun | Eastern terminus of route B26 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Greenhill Road is also the location of a stop on the Glenelg tram line. [7]
Preceding station | Adelaide Metro | Following station | ||
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South Terrace | Glenelg tram line | Wayville towards Moseley Square, Glenelg |
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