Frome Street is a street in the East End of the

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. It runs from North Terrace in the north to

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of the Adelaide CBD, Nor ...

, and then as Regent Street North to

Carrington Street Carrington Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east–west, from East Terrace to King William Street, blocked at Hutt Street and crossing Pulteney Street at Hurtle Square. It is on ...

in the south. North of North Terrace, Frome Street continues towards

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as Frome Road. The street was built in the early 1960s. Like Frome Road, it was named after

Edward Charles Frome General Edward Charles Frome (7 January 1802 – 2 November 1890) was a British Army officer and Surveyor General of South Australia. Early life Born in Gibraltar on 7 January 1802, Frome was orphaned early in his life. He was educated in Blackh ...

, who was

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for most of the 1840s.

History

left, Tavistock Hotel, Adelaide in 1902. The building was demolished in 1962 to make way for Frome Street Frome Street was not part of the

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's plan for Adelaide, and did not exist as a main street until the 1960s. The 1960s

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planned Frome Street to extend from Frome Road as part of a link from

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, to relieve traffic congestion in King William Street. The development of the street had commenced by 1962, widening Tavistock Street (North Terrace to

Rundle Street Rundle Street, often referred to as "Rundle Street East" as distinct from Rundle Mall, is a street in the East End of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Pulteney Street to East Terrace, where it becomes Ru ...

) and Ackland Street (

Grenfell Street Grenfell Street () is a major street in the north-east quarter of the Adelaide city centre, South Australia. The street runs west-east from King William Street to East Terrace. Its intersection with Pulteney Street is formed by Hindmarsh Squa ...

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) and purchasing properties in between. In the 1970s the state government halted the development, so the street only extends as far south as Carrington Road.

Frome Street Bikeway

In 2014, the southern part of Frome Street was modified to create separated bike lanes between the parallel car parking and the footpath. These lanes connect with minor laneways to the south and a path across the

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as the Frome Street Bikeway. By June 2014, the separated bike lanes extended as far north as

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, with community consultation yet to occur for extension further north. In 2017–18, the bikeway was extended to

(completed February 2018), and part of what had already been built was removed and relaid to match. There were some calls to remove the city's first separated bikeway, but after the ''Adelaide Design Manual'' was produced, followed by the ''Bikeways Design Guide'', the

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gave the City a grant to help it rebuild the Frome Street bikeway as well as a new east–west cycling corridor. The City matched the amount for its own spend on the project. , the Frome Street Bikeway is being integrated into the North-South Bikeway, which is "build ngon the existing Frome Bikeway and will connect the existing Rugby/Porter Bikeway in

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to the Braund Road Bike Boulevard in

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". The

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section has been completed. The bikeway was completed in 2024-2025.Frome Road bikeway at a crossroads as work nears completion

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, 23 January 2025

References

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