Salisbury Highway

Salisbury Highway

John Rice Avenue

Map
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
LocationAdelaide
Length15.2 km (9.4 mi)[1]
Route number(s) A9 (2017–present)
Former
route number
  • National Highway A13 (1998–2017)
    (Wingfield–Dry Creek)
  • A13 (1998–2017)
    (Dry Creek–Elizabeth Vale)
Major junctions
Southwest end Port River Expressway
Wingfield, Adelaide
 
Northeast end Main North Road
Elizabeth Vale, Adelaide
Location(s)
RegionWestern Adelaide, Northern Adelaide[2]
Major suburbsDry Creek, Mawson Lakes, Parafield Gardens, Salisbury
Highway system

Salisbury Highway (and its northern section as John Rice Avenue) is a 15 kilometre major connecting road in the northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area. It is designated part of route A9.

Route

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Salisbury Highway starts at the interchange with the North-South Motorway in Wingfield and heads east as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road and then north-east through the north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, runs parallel to Main North Road from Mawson Lakes through Salisbury where it intersects with Commercial Road, changing name to John Rice Avenue and narrowing to a four-lane, single-carriageway road. It continues a short distance east to terminate with Main North Road in Elizabeth Vale.

History

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Until the early 1990s, Salisbury Highway terminated at Port Wakefield Road. The Salisbury Highway Extension project built the bridge and interchange at Port Wakefield Road, and extended the highway to Wingfield, where it joined the north end of what was then the South Road Interconnector. Neither the Port River Expressway nor the North–South Motorway had been built at that time.

Salisbury Highway (and John Rice Avenue) was originally designated as part of route A13 when South Australia switched to the alpha-numeric road route system in 1998 (with Salisbury Highway between Port River Expressway and Port Wakefield Road was shown as part of National Highway A13 on local road signage and major street directory publications[3]); it was replaced by route A9 in 2017.

Major intersections

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LGA[4]Location[1][5]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Port Adelaide EnfieldDry CreekWingfield boundary0.00.0 Port River Expressway (A9) – Port AdelaideWestern terminus of Salisbury Highway, route A9 continues west along Port River Expressway
North–South Motorway (M2) – Waterloo Corner, Regency Park, Hindmarsh
South Road – Wingfield
SalisburyDry CreekMawson Lakes boundary4.62.9 Port Wakefield Road – Port Wakefield, Waterloo Corner, Gepps Cross
Dry Creek5.13.2Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
SalisburyMawson Lakes5.93.7Elder Smith Road – Mawson Lakes
Salisbury DownsParafield Gardens boundary9.05.6 Kings Road – Paralowie, Parafield, Para Hills
Salisbury11.27.0Park Terrace (east) – Salisbury
Waterloo Corner Road (northwest) – Burton
11.67.2Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines
Little Para River11.87.3Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
SalisburyPlayford boundarySalisburyElizabeth South boundary12.57.8Commercial Road – Edinburgh, SalisburyName change: Salisbury Highway (southwest), John Rice Avenue (northeast)
PlayfordElizabeth SouthElizabeth Vale boundary13.48.3Philip Highway – Elizabeth
Elizabeth Vale15.29.4 Main North Road – Gawler, Elizabeth, Gepps Cross, North AdelaideNortheastern terminus of John Rice Avenue and route A9
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Salisbury Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ 2006 Adelaide & Surrounds Street Directory, 54th Edition. Gregory's. June 2005. ISBN 0-7319-1842-8.
  4. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.