Gawler bypass road

Gawler Bypass Road
South Australia
General information
Type Freeway
Length 7 km (4 mi)
Opened 1980s
Route number(s)
  • A52 (Evanston – Willaston)
  • National Highway A20 (Willaston – Hewett)
Former
route number		 National Highway 20 (Evanston – Willaston)
Major junctions
North end Main North Road (A52), Evanston
 
South end Sturt Highway (National Highway A20), Hewett
Location(s)
Major suburbs Evanston, Gawler West, Willaston
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National Highway • Freeways in Australia
Highways in South Australia

Gawler Bypass Road is a major north-south route in the outer northern suburbs of the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It has the national designation of National Highway A20 north of the Northern Expressway, while south of this intersection it has the state designation of A52.[1]

It is a freeway standard route connecting Main North Road to the Sturt Highway, bypassing Gawler. Major exits include Two Wells Road, Mallala Road and the Barrier Highway known as Main North Road. Each of these exits also have minor roads leading into Gawler.

The route was built in the mid-1980s in an attempt to redirect traffic on the national highway out of Gawler town centre.

Northern Expressway

The Northern Expressway is a 31 kilometre long freeway grade road, with construction on the expressway finishing in 2010. It begins at a freeway style interchange on the Gawler Bypass Road and heads south west towards Port Wakefield Road (National Highway A1) through the Adelaide suburbs of Angle Vale, Penfield and Macdonald Park. The new road was built to four-lane standard to provide a faster route between Adelaide and Gawler, whilst reducing the amount of traffic on Main North Road and Salisbury Highway. The Northern Expressway consists of 23 km of new road, in addition to an 8 km upgrade of the existing Port Wakefield Road.[2]

Exits and Interchanges

Gawler Bypass Road
Also known as Sturt Highway
Northbound exits Distance to
Sturt Hwy
(km)		 Distance to
Adelaide
(km)		 Southbound exits
End Gawler Bypass Road
continues as Sturt Highway
to Nurioopta / Mildura / Sydney		 0 43.7 Start Gawler Bypass Road
continues from Sturt Highway
Roseworthy, Riverton, Clare
Main North Road
Also known as Barrier Highway		 Hewett, Gawler
Main North Road
Kapunda, Eudunda, Morgan
Thiele Highway
(Also known as Freeling Road)
via Main North Road
Mallala, Balaklava
Redbanks Road
Also known as Mallala Road		 1.5 42.2 Gawler West, Hewett
Redbanks Road
Roseworthy Rail Line 3.9 39.8 Roseworthy Rail Line
Continues as 4.1 39.6 Elizabeth, Salisbury, Port Adelaide
Northern Expressway
to
no exit Continues as
no exit 4.6 39.1 Gawler West, Two Wells
Two Wells Road
Elizabeth, Salisbury, Port Adelaide
Northern Expressway
to
via Two Wells Road		 5.7 38 no exit
Evanston Gardens
Jack Cooper Drive
Gawler Rail Line 6.2 37.5 Gawler Rail Line
Start Gawler Bypass Road
continues from Main North Road 		7 36.7 End Gawler Bypass Road
continues as Main North Road
to Smithfield and Elizabeth
Evanston, Gawler
Adelaide Road

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

  1. ↑ "Nearmap". Nearmap. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-05.(subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Northern Expressway". South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2008-07-09.