Cross Road is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the inner southern suburbs of the

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n city of

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. It is designated route A3.

Route

Cross Road starts at the intersection at

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and heads directly east, crossing the

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shortly after, then crossing the

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and

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at Emerson Crossing under the

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underpass, and the Belair and Adelaide-Wolseley railway lines in

Unley Park Unley Park is a southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. Its postcode is 5061. It is located on the north side of Cross Road and east of the Belair railway line. Access via public transport is from the Unley Park railway station, Mill ...

. It continues east through

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and eventually ends at Glen Osmond and the Adelaide Hills, at the junction of Glen Osmond Road,

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, and

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History

In a 1949 street directory, Cross Road had its current route, but was named "Cross Roads" (plural) and is shown as the aggregation of a number of local street names including: *High Terrace (between Fullarton and Unley Roads) *Napier Terrace (Between Unley and Goodwood Roads) *South Terrace (between Goodwood and South Roads) *Glen Osmond Road (between South and Marion Roads) *Plympton Terrace (between Marion Road and Anzac Highway)

Major intersections

References

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