South Road Superway

South Road Superway
Length 4.8 km (3 mi)
Direction North-South
From Salisbury Highway, Wingfield, Adelaide
Major suburbs Dry Creek, Globe Derby Park, Bolivar, St Kilda
To South Road, Regency Park, Adelaide
Established Under Construction
Major junctions Port River Expway
Grand Junction Rd

for full list see exits and intersections.

The South Road Superway is an elevated freeway under construction in the northern suburbs of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It will be constructed over a 4 km section of South Road as part of a long term plan to upgrade this road into a non-stop north-south route. At a cost of AUD$812 million, the freeway is the biggest single investment in a road project in South Australia’s history.[1] The South Road Superway is stage two of the north-south corridor upgrade and will deliver a 4.8 kilometre section of freeway grade road, including a 2.8 kilometer elevated roadway, from the Port River Expressway to Regency Road. Along the way, it will pass over the Dry Creek to Port Adelaide railway, Cormack Road, Grand Junction Road and Days Road, with exits at Grand Junction Road and Days road.

Contents

Purpose

The Australian Government, through the Nation Building Program project, has committed $500 million and the South Australian Government $432 million to the north-south corridor over five years. This funding allocation recognises that South Road is the only continuous link between the northern and southern suburbs as well as the spine connecting Adelaide’s major inter-modal transport hubs – Adelaide Airport, Islington Rail Terminal, Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor.[2]

Contracting

South Australian civil engineering and construction company, Bardavcol, was awarded the early works local roads contract, with the design and construction contract awarded to Urban Superway Joint Venture, comprising John Holland Pty Ltd, McMahon Contractors Pty Ltd and LEED Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd.[3]

Construction

Construction of the local connector roads was completed in early 2011, with the completion of construction of Gallipoli Drive. This road will replace South Road as the main distributor road in the area after South Road becomes a grade separated freeway. Construction of the superway proper commenced in early 2011 with drilling commencing. Construction is expected to be completed in 2014 [4]

External links

References

  1. ^ Infrastructure SA (21 May 2010). "South Road Superway: Demography". http://www.southroad.sa.gov.au/content/south_road_superway=. Retrieved 26 June 2010. 
  2. ^ Nation Building Program, "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}"]. http://www.economicstimulusplan.gov.au/pages/default.aspx Nation Building Program],. 
  3. ^ Infrastructure SA (30 April 2010). "Project Overview: Demography". http://www.southroad.sa.gov.au/content/south_road_superway/improving_transport_efficiency=. Retrieved 29 June 2010. 
  4. ^ Project official webpage "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://www.infrastructure.sa.gov.au/south_road_upgrade/content/south_road_superway Project official webpage.