McIntyre Road, Adelaide

McIntyre Road and Kings Road are arterial roads crossing the northern and northeastern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. They are together denoted as route A18.

McIntyre Road

Kings Road

Coordinates
  • 34°45′48″S 138°35′35″E (northwest end)
  • 34°50′8″S 138°40′50″E (southeasteast end)
General information
TypeRoad
LocationAdelaide
Route number(s) A18
Major junctions
northwest endPort Wakefield Road, Paralowie
 Main North Road
southeasteast endNorth East Road, Modbury
Location(s)
LGA(s)
Major suburbs
Highway system

Route description

Kings Road crosses the northern suburbs connecting Port Wakefield Road and Main North Road immediately north of Parafield Airport across the southern edge of Salisbury. The western part of Kings Road passes through residential areas and crosses the Little Para River. East of the railway lines, the character changes to industrial manufacturing, and the Parafield Airport.

McIntyre Road continues east of Main North Road with a residential character again. It rises up the face of the Adelaide Hills through a corridor of native bushland and sweeps past the Golden Grove development of the 1980s to North East Road at Modbury. Much of the McIntyre Road corridor was originally reserved as part of the 1960s Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study (MATS Plan).

History

McIntyre Road was opened in 1989, funded primarily by the Australian Government.[1]

In 2016, the western end of Kings Road was realigned so that instead of it ending at a tee junction with Bolivar Road just short of Port Wakefield Road, the two roads meet at a large roundabout where Kings Road continues to Port Wakefield Road, enabling easier traffic flow to and from Kings Road. An adjacent interchange with the North–South Motorway was opened in 2020.[2] Prior to this alteration, route A18 included 300m of Bolivar Road to connect the end of Kings Road to Port Wakefield Road.

Major intersections

LGALocation[3]km[4]miDestinationsNotes
SalisburyParalowie00.0 Port Wakefield Road national route A1Virginia, Port Wakefield, Adelaide city centreWestern end of route A18 is Bolivar Road, proposed to be extended 200m to the Northern Connector by 2019
0.40.25Bolivar RoadIntersection realignment in 2016 created a roundabout south of the original junction. A18 is Kings Road from here.
Paralowie, Salisbury Downs, Parafield Gardens1.71.1Little Para River
Salisbury Downs, Parafield Gardens3.92.4 Salisbury Highway A13Salisbury, Port Adelaide
Salisbury Downs, Salisbury South, Parafield Gardens, Parafield4.42.7Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line and Gawler railway line
Salisbury South, Salisbury East, Parafield, Para Hills West6.23.9 Main North RoadGawler, Adelaide city centreKings Road to the northwest, McIntyre Road to the southeast
Salisbury East, Gulfview Heights, Para Hills, Para Hills West7.44.6Bridge Road
Tea Tree GullyWynn Vale, Modbury Heights9.76.0The Golden Way – Golden Grove
Modbury North, Modbury11.67.2Montague Road
Modbury12.47.7 North East Road A10Adelaide city centreMcIntyre Road
  •       Route transition

References

  1. Brown, Bob (22 June 1989), New $14 million road opened in North East Adelaide, retrieved 28 June 2016
  2. "Kings/Bolivar Intersection Realignment". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. "Property Location Browser". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. Google (30 June 2016). "McIntyre Road, Adelaide" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 June 2016.


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