Portrush Road, Adelaide

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National Highway A17

Portrush Road / Lower Portrush Road / Ascot Avenue / Taunton Road / Hampstead Road

Portrush Road, Adelaide
Australia Greater Adelaide location map.svg
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North end
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South end
Coordinates
General information
Type Highway
Length15 km (9.3 mi)
Route number(s) AUS Alphanumeric Route A17.svg A17 (2017-present)
Former
route number
Australian national highway A17.svg National Highway A17 (1998-2017)
Major junctions
North endAUS Alphanumeric Route A16.svg Grand Junction Road
Northfield, Adelaide
 
South endAUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svg South Eastern Freeway
Glen Osmond, Adelaide
Location(s)
Major settlementsHampstead RoadTaunton RoadAscot AvenueLower Portrush RoadPortrush Road
Highway system

Portrush Road is a major bypass route in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and is allocated route A17. [1]

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Route description

It runs north–south through the south-eastern and eastern suburbs of Adelaide, at the foot of the Adelaide Hills. The southern end is at the beginning of National Route M1 , the South Eastern Freeway (the major route from Melbourne and the south-east of South Australia), which is also the intersection with the south-eastern ends of Cross Road (State Route A3 ) and Glen Osmond Road (State Route A1 ).

Portrush Road extends north from there to Payneham Road (State Route A11 ), crossing the four major arterial routes from the south-eastern and eastern suburbs into the city: Greenhill Road, Kensington Road, The Parade and Magill Road. Portrush road carries approximately 36,000 vehicles per day, including heavy freight trucks. [2] It is an authorised route for trucks up to 26 metres (85 ft) B-double and 25 metres (82 ft) vehicle carrier size. [3]

Had the Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study of the 1960s progressed, a Hills Freeway would have been constructed to link the South Eastern Freeway to the Port of Adelaide. This would have subsequently removed the freight that utilises Portrush Road (and the A17 Route altogether) today.

A17

At Payneham Road, the A17 turns north-west and changes name to Lower Portrush Road. As it crosses the River Torrens, it changes name to Ascot Avenue. At the intersection with North East Road (State Route A10 ), it changes name to Taunton Road. At the end of Taunton Road, it turns north again joining Hampstead Road, continuing north and terminating at the intersection with Grand Junction Road, (National Route A16 ).

The A17 (Portrush Road - Hampstead Road) and the A16 (Grand Junction Road) constitute the major heavy road transport route through suburban Adelaide from Port Adelaide and anywhere north of Adelaide to the South East of South Australia and the adjacent state of Victoria.

History

Portrush Road was named by Nathaniel A. Knox after Portrush in Northern Ireland. Knox owned land near the intersection with Greenhill Road, in the area now occupied by the suburbs of Glenunga and Glenside. [4]

In a 1949 street directory, the southern end of Portrush Road had its current route to Kensington Road. North of Kensington Road, it took the name Kensington Terrace, then Wellington Road north of the Magill Road intersection to Payneham Road. What is now Lower Portrush Road (including the bridge over the River Torrens) did not exist at all. Ascot Avenue was a minor street running off of North East Road which did not exactly line up with Taunton Road on the other side of North East Road. The nearest bridge over the River Torrens was the Felixstow Bridge on Felixstow Road, which is now O.G. Road. [5] Lower Portrush Road and the bridge across the Torrens was opened in November 1970. [6]

Major intersections in National Route A17

LGALocation [7] kmmiDestinationsNotes
City of Unley, City of Mitcham, City of Burnside Glen Osmond, Myrtle Bank, Urrbrae 00.0AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Glen Osmond RoadAdelaide city centre / AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Cross RoadGlenelg / AUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svg South Eastern FreewayMurray Bridge Southern end of Portrush Road and southern terminus of A17
Burnside Toorak Gardens, Tusmore, Linden Park, Glenside AUS Alphanumeric Route B26.svg Greenhill RoadEastwood
City of Burnside, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters Kensington, Marryatville, Norwood, Toorak Gardens Kensington RoadAdelaide city centre
Beulah Park, Kensington, Norwood The Parade
Maylands, Trinity Gardens, Beulah Park, Norwood AUS Alphanumeric Route B27.svg Magill RoadAdelaide city centre
Norwood Payneham & St Peters Marden, Payneham AUS Alphanumeric Route A11.svg Payneham RoadCampbelltown, Adelaide city centre
  • Portrush Road south
  • Lower Portrush Road northwest
Marden O-Bahn Busway
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, Town of Walkerville Vale Park, Marden River Torrens
  • Lower Portrush Road southeast
  • Ascot Avenue northwest
Town of Walkerville, City of Port Adelaide Enfield Manningham, Vale Park AUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svg North East RoadModbury
  • Ascot Avenue southeast
  • Taunton Road northwest
City of Port Adelaide Enfield, City of Prospect Broadview, Manningham Hampstead Road – North East Road towards city centre
  • Taunton Road southeast
  • Hampstead Road north
Port Adelaide Enfield Broadview, Greenacres, Manningham Regency RoadRegency Park / Muller Road
Gepps Cross, Northfield, Clearview AUS Alphanumeric Route A16.svg Grand Junction Road (A16) – Gepps Cross / Briens RoadNorthern end of Hampstead Road and northern terminus of A17
  •       Route transition

See also

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References

  1. 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN   0-7319-1441-4.
  2. "Greenways and bike boulevards". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 12 March 2015. Norwood-Magill Bicycle Boulevard. Retrieved 3 April 2015. Portrush Road is a busy freight route carrying an average of 36,000 motor vehicles per day.
  3. "RAVnet - Heavy vehicle routing, South Australia". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. "Portrush Road". The Mail (Adelaide) . 17 (844). South Australia. 28 July 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 28 October 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Gregory's Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs" (1949 ed.). Retrieved 10 July 2016 via Open Street Map Australia.
  6. Notes for the Opening of the Portrush Road Bridge at Marden, 13 November 1970, retrieved 10 July 2016
  7. "Property Location Browser". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
Portrush Road facing north, passing by Glenunga and Linden Park. Portrush pano.jpg
Portrush Road facing north, passing by Glenunga and Linden Park.