Portrush Road

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Portrush Road

Hampstead Road, Taunton Road, Ascot Avenue, Lower Portrush Road

South Australia
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Coordinates
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General information
TypeRoad
LocationAdelaide
Length13.7 km (8.5 mi)[1]
Route number(s)File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A17.svg A17 (2017–present)
Former
route number		File:Australian national highway A17.svg National Highway A17 (1998–2017)
Major junctions
North endBriens Road
Northfield, Adelaide
 
South endFile:AUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svg South Eastern Freeway
Glen Osmond, Adelaide
Location(s)
RegionNorthern Adelaide, Eastern Adelaide[2]
Major suburbsClearview, Broadview, Manningham, Marden, Payneham, Norwood, Glenside

Portrush Road is a major arterial route through the eastern suburbs of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers except for the southernmost section, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Hampstead Road, Taunton Road, Ascot Avenue, Lower Portrush Road, and Portrush Road proper. Formerly, there were also sections known as Kensington Terrace and Wellington Road. This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations. Portrush Road (including all its constituent roads) is designated route A17.

Route

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The Portrush Road corridor runs north–south through Adelaide's eastern and south-eastern suburbs, to the foot of the Adelaide Hills at its southern end. From its intersection with Grand Junction Road in Northfield, it runs south as Hampstead Road through to Manningham, where it turns southeast into Taunton Road to intersect with North East Road, changing name to Ascot Avenue and continuing southeast, crossing the River Torrens and changing name again to Lower Portrush Road, before intersecting with Payneham Road. It continues south as Portrush Road through Adelaide's inner eastern suburbs to eventually terminate with the western end of the South Eastern Freeway in Glen Osmond.[3]

Portrush road carries approximately 36,000 vehicles per day, including heavy freight trucks.[4] It is an authorised route for trucks up to 26 metres (85 ft) B-double and 25 metres (82 ft) vehicle carrier size.[5] Along with Grand Junction Road, Portrush Road constitutes a major heavy road transport route through suburban Adelaide from Port Adelaide to the South East of South Australia and the adjacent state of Victoria.

History

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Portrush Road was named by Nathaniel A. Knox after Portrush in Northern Ireland. Knox owned land near the intersection with Greenhill Road, in the area now occupied by the suburbs of Glenunga and Glenside.[6]

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.[7] Lower Portrush Road and the bridge across the Torrens was opened in November 1970.[8]

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 today.

Major intersections

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LGA[9]Location[1][3]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Port Adelaide EnfieldGepps Cross–Northfield–Clearview tripoint0.00.0Briens Road – Para Hills, Salisbury EastNorthern terminus of Hampstead Road and route A17
File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A16.svg Grand Junction Road (A16) – Port Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Hope Valley
Broadview–Greenacres–Manningham tripoint2.81.7Regency Road – Kilkenny, Prospect
Muller Road – Hampstead Gardens
Port Adelaide Enfield–Prospect boundaryBroadview–Manningham boundary3.82.4Hampstead Road (south) – CollinswoodName change: Hampstead Road (north), Taunton Road (southeast)
Port Adelaide Enfield–Walkerville boundaryManningham–Vale Park boundary4.12.5File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A10.svg North East Road (A10) – North Adelaide, Modbury, HoughtonName change: Taunton Road (northwest), Ascot Avenue (southeast)
River Torrens5.13.2Ascot Bridge
Norwood Payneham & St PetersMarden5.33.3O-Bahn Busway
Marden–Payneham border6.33.9File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A11.svg Payneham Road (A11) – Adelaide CBD, Campbelltown, Hope ValleyName change: Lower Portrush Road (northwest), Portrush Road (south)
Norwood Payneham & St Peters–Burnside boundaryMaylands–Trinity Gardens–Beulah Park–Norwood quadripoint8.35.2File:AUS Alphanumeric Route B27.svg Magill Road (B27) – Norwood, Magill, Norton Summit, Lobethal
Beulah Park–Kensington–Norwood9.05.6The Parade – Norwood, Kensington Park, Auldana
Kensington–Marryatville–Norwood–Toorak Gardens quadripoint9.76.0Kensington Road – Adelaide CBD, Wattle Park
BurnsideToorak Gardens–Tusmore–Linden Park–Glenside quadripoint11.06.8File:AUS Alphanumeric Route B26.svg Greenhill Road (B26) – Adelaide CBD, Wayville, Uraidla, Balhannah
Burnside–Unley–Mitcham tripointGlen Osmond–Myrtle Bank–Urrbrae tripoint13.78.5File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A1.svg Glen Osmond Road (A1 northwest) – Adelaide CBD
File:AUS Alphanumeric Route A3.svg Cross Road (A3 west) – Plympton, Unley Park
File:AUS Alphanumeric Route M1.svg South Eastern Freeway (M1 southeast) – Mount Barker, Murray Bridge		Southern terminus of Portrush Road and route A17
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See also

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References

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File:Portrush pano.jpg
Portrush Road facing north, passing by Glenunga and Linden Park.


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