Port River Expressway

Port River Expressway

Route information
Maintained by Department of Transport, Energy & Infrastructure
Length: 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
History: Opened 2005
Completed 2008
Major junctions
East end: Salisbury Highway, Wingfield, Adelaide
  South Road
Nelson Street
for full list see exits and intersections.
West end: Victoria Road, Birkenhead
via Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge
Location
Primary
destinations:		 Wingfield, Gillman, Port Adelaide & Birkenhead
Highway system

Highways in Australia
National Highway • Freeways in Australia

The Port River Expressway is a 5.5-kilometre (3.4 mi) freeway-grade road. The expressway links Port Adelaide and the LeFevre Peninsula to the northern suburbs of Adelaide and major interstate routes via Salisbury Highway (A13) to Port Wakefield Road (A1) and the Northern Expressway (M20) to Perth and Sydney.

The expressway is only freeway grade at the South Road, Hanson Road and Eastern Parade interchanges; the following two intersections are at grade with traffic signals installed. This has led to the route being labelled as the A9, instead of the more common M label associated with freeways and expressways in South Australia.

Contents

Construction

The Port River Expressway was built in three stages:

The Port River Expressway is now a major thoroughfare for freight and passenger road traffic travelling from the northern suburbs to the major port facilities of South Australia in Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor. The construction of Stages 2 and 3 was carried out by Abigroup.[4]

Exits and Interchanges

Port River Expressway
Westbound exits Distance from
Salisbury Highway
(km)		 Eastbound exits
Regency Park, City
South Road		 0.0 km (0 mi) End Port River Expressway
continues as Salisbury Highway
to &
Start Port River Expressway
from Salisbury Highway		 Regency Park, City
South Road
Ottoway
Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre
Hanson Road		 1.5 km (0.93 mi) Ottoway
Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre
Hanson Road
North Arm, Torrens Island
Eastern Parade		 3.8 km (2.4 mi) North Arm, Torrens Island
Eastern Parade
PORT FLAT FREIGHT RAIL LINE PORT FLAT FREIGHT RAIL LINE
Port Adelaide
Perkins Drive		 4.5 km (2.8 mi) Port Adelaide
Perkins Drive
opening bridge
TOM DIVER DERRICK BRIDGE
no exit		 5.0 km (3.1 mi) opening bridge
TOM DIVER DERRICK BRIDGE
no exit
Port Adelaide, Semaphore
Nelson Street		 5.5 km (3.4 mi) Start Port River Expressway
from Victoria Road
End Port River Expressway
continues as Victoria Road
to Outer Harbor		 Port Adelaide, Semaphore
Nelson Street
Port River Expressway
Legend
  • = Roadway.
  • = Railway.
Salisbury Highway
South Road
Hanson Road
Eastern Parade
Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway
Perkins Drive (Eastern Bypass)
Mary Mackillop & Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridges over Port River
Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway/To Victoria Road

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stage 1 of the Port River Expressway". South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. 2006-02-24. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20060825191214/http://transport.sa.gov.au/transport_network/projects/port_xpress/stage1.asp. Retrieved 2007-02-04. 
  2. ^ "Stage 2 of the Port River Expressway". South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. 2007-08-17. http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/port_river_expressway/content/stage_2_and_3.html. Retrieved 2008-08-03. 
  3. ^ "Stage 3 of the Port River Expressway". South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. 2007-08-17. http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/port_river_expressway/content/stage_2_and_3.html. Retrieved 2008-05-25. 
  4. ^ "Port River Expressway, Adelaide, Australia". http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/port-river/. Retrieved 2011-11-27. 

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