McIntyre Road

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McIntyre Road

Kings Road, Bolivar Road

McIntyre Road
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
Location Adelaide
Length12.2 km (7.6 mi) [1]
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route A18.svg A18 (1998–present)
Major junctions
Northwest endAUS Alphanumeric Route M2.svg North-South Motorway
Bolivar, Adelaide
 
Southeast endAUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svg North East Road
Modbury, Adelaide
Location(s)
Region Northern Adelaide [2]
Major suburbs Salisbury Downs, Parafield, Salisbury East, Gulfview Heights, Para Hills, Wynn Vale, Modbury North

McIntyre Road (and its northern sections as Kings Road and Bolivar Road) is an arterial road crossing through northern and northeastern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. It is designated route A18.

Contents

Route

Kings Road crosses the northern suburbs connecting Port Wakefield Road and Main North Road immediately north of Parafield Airport across the southern edge of Salisbury. The northern part of Kings Road passes through residential areas and crosses the Little Para River. East of the railway lines, the character changes to industrial manufacturing, and the Parafield Airport.

McIntyre Road continues east of Main North Road with a residential character again. It rises up the face of the Adelaide Hills through a corridor of native bushland and sweeps past the Golden Grove development of the 1980s to North East Road at Modbury. Much of the McIntyre Road corridor was originally reserved as part of the 1960s Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study (MATS Plan).

History

McIntyre Road was opened in 1989, funded primarily by the Australian Government. [3]

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 North–South Motorway was opened in 2020. [4] Prior to this alteration, route A18 included 300m of Bolivar Road to connect the end of Kings Road to Port Wakefield Road.

Major intersections

LGA [5] Location [1] [6] km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Salisbury BolivarParalowie boundary0.00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route M2.svg North-South Motorway (M2)  Waterloo Corner, Wingfield, Hindmarsh Northwestern terminus of Bolivar Road and route A18
AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Port Wakefield Road (A1)  North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Waterloo Corner, Port Wakefield
Paralowie 0.20.12Bolivar Road  Salisbury North Name change: Bolivar Road (west), Kings Road (east)
Little Para River 1.71.1Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Salisbury Salisbury DownsParafield Gardens boundary3.72.3AUS Alphanumeric Route A9.svg Salisbury Highway (A9)  Salisbury, Port Adelaide
Salisbury DownsParafield GardensSalisbury SouthParafield quadripoint4.32.7 Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines
Salisbury SouthParafieldSalisbury EastPara Hills West quadripoint6.13.8AUS Alphanumeric Route A20.svg Main North Road (A20)  North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Elizabeth, Gawler Name change: Kings Road (northwest), McIntyre Road (southeast)
Salisbury EastPara Hills WestGulfview HeightsPara Hills quadripoint7.24.5Bridge Road  Salisbury East, Para Hills, Northfield
Tea Tree Gully Wynn ValeModbury Heights boundary9.55.9The Golden Way  Golden Grove
Modbury NorthModbury boundary11.47.1Montague Road  Cavan, Modbury
Modbury 12.47.7AUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svg North East Road (A10)  North Adelaide, Houghton, Birdwood Southeastern terminus of McIntyre Road and route A18
  •        Route transition

References

  1. 1 2 3 "McIntyre Road" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. Brown, Bob (22 June 1989), New $14 million road opened in North East Adelaide , retrieved 28 June 2016
  4. "Kings/Bolivar Intersection Realignment". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 16 June 2022.