Adelaide has two city ring routes, that loop around the
Adelaide city centre
Adelaide city centre (Kaurna: Tarndanya) is the inner city locality of Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Ad ...
and
North Adelaide, known as the Inner and Outer Ring Routes.
Inner ring route
The Inner Ring Route is a collection of major roads signposted as state route R1 (was A21 before 2017). Listed clockwise from
Main North Road
Main North Road is the major north-south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It continues north through the settled areas of South Australia and is a total of long, fro ...
, the inner route consists of:
* Robe Terrace
* Park Road /Mann Road
* Hackney Road
* Dequetteville Terrace
*
Britannia Roundabout
*
Fullarton Road
Fullarton Road is a main road in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide.
Route
It runs north–south in a straight line from the eastern edge of the CBD to the south-eastern suburbs of the city. Its northern beginning is at the intersecti ...
*
Greenhill Road
* Richmond Road
*
South Road
*
James Congdon Drive
*
Port Road
* Park Terrace
* Fitzroy Terrace
The Inner Ring Route is adjacent to the outer edge of the
Adelaide Park Lands
The Adelaide Park Lands are the figure-eight of land spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton and separating the City of Adelaide area (which includes both Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide) from the sur ...
except on the western side between
Anzac Highway and
Port Road where railway lines occupy the space along the parklands, and the road ring route is further out. The earlier A21 route using West Terrace passed inside the ring of parklands instead.
History
Prior to the renumbering as route R1 in 2017, the western side of the previous route A21 was different from the current route. It followed moore of Port Road southeast,
West Terrace and Goodwood Road. Route R1 uses
James Congdon Drive, a short section of
South Road and Richmond Road instead.
The Park Terrace section had a level crossing of the
Outer Harbor railway line
The Outer Harbor railway line is a suburban branch line in Adelaide, South Australia. It runs from Adelaide station through the north western suburbs to Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor. It is 21.9 kilometres in length, and shares part of its ru ...
until 2017. The crossing was replaced by a bridge when the railway was lowered as part of a project to separate the Torrens Junction so that suburban trains to Outer Harbor did not conflict with interstate trains on the
standard gauge line.
The Park Terrace bridge over the
Gawler railway line and interstate freight line was constructed in 1990. When it was built, it replaced an awkward 30-degree level crossing. In 2017, it was named after the engineer who supervised its construction,
David Fitzsimons
David Fitzsimons (23 April 1950 – 7 September 2008) was a former Australian Olympic Games, Olympic athlete who competed in middle-distance running, middle distance events and civil engineer.
A member of the Sport at the University of Adelai ...
.
Route description
Outer ring route
The Outer Ring Route is not signposted. It also consists of major roads surrounding the city. They are:
*
Grand Junction Road
*
Hampstead Road/Portrush Road
*
Cross Road
*
South Road
See also
References
{{Road infrastructure in Adelaide
Roads in Adelaide
Ring roads in Australia