Portrush Road, Adelaide

















































National Highway A17


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


South Australia



Portrush Road, Adelaide is located in Greater Adelaide

North end

North end



South end

South end




Coordinates


  • 34°50′51″S 138°37′02″E / 34.847383°S 138.617236°E / -34.847383; 138.617236 (North end)


  • 34°57′46″S 138°38′39″E / 34.962701°S 138.644070°E / -34.962701; 138.644070 (South end)
General information
Type Highway
Length 15 km (9.3 mi)
Route number(s)
National Highway A17
Major junctions
North end
Grand Junction Road,
Gepps Cross / Northfield
 


  • Hampstead Road


  • Regency Road / Muller Road


Taunton Road




  • North East Road

  • Ascot Avenue

  • River Torrens

  • Lower Portrush Road


  • Payneham Road


  • Magill Road (Scenic Route 53)

  • The Parade

  • Kensington Road

  • Greenhill Road
South end
South Eastern Freeway

Glen Osmond Road
Cross Road


Glen Osmond
Location(s)
Major settlements
Hampstead Road


  • Clearview

  • Northfield

  • Greenacres

  • Broadview

  • Manningham



Taunton Road

  • Manningham


Ascot Avenue

  • Vale Park


Lower Portrush Road

  • Marden


Portrush Road


  • Payneham

  • Evandale

  • Payneham South

  • Maylands

  • Trinity Gardens

  • Norwood

  • Beulah Park

  • Kensington

  • Toorak Gardens

  • Marryatville

  • Heathpool

  • Tusmore

  • Glenside

  • Linden Park

  • Glenunga

  • St Georges

  • Glen Osmond
Highway system


  • Highways in Australia


  • National Highway • Freeways in Australia

  • Highways in South Australia







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




Contents






  • 1 Route description


  • 2 A17


  • 3 History


  • 4 Major intersections in National Route A17


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References





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


"Hampstead Road" redirects here. For the disused railway station in London opened with this name, see Primrose Hill railway station.

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 and changes name to 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 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







































































































LGA Location[7]
 km mi Destinations Notes

City of Unley, City of Mitcham, City of Burnside
Glen Osmond, Myrtle Bank, Urrbrae
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  • Glen Osmond Road – Adelaide city centre


  • Cross Road – Glenelg


  • South Eastern Freeway – Murray Bridge


 Southern end of Portrush Road and National Highway A17
Burnside
Toorak Gardens, Tusmore, Linden Park, Glenside
Greenhill Road – Eastwood

City of Burnside, City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Kensington, Marryatville, Norwood, Toorak Gardens
Kensington Road – Adelaide city centre

Beulah Park, Kensington, Norwood
 The Parade

Maylands, Trinity Gardens, Beulah Park, Norwood
Magill Road – Adelaide city centre
Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Marden, Payneham
Payneham Road – Campbelltown, 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
North East Road – Modbury


  • 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 Road – Regency Park / Muller Road

Gepps Cross, Northfield, Clearview
/Grand Junction Road – Gepps Cross / Briens Road		 Northern end of Hampstead Road and National Route 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  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. Retrieved 10 July 2016.





Portrush Road facing north, passing by Glenunga and Linden Park.









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