North-South Motorway
| North-South Motorway South Australia | |
|---|---|
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| Signage at the interchange of the M2 North South Motorway/A9 Port River Expressway/A13 Salisbury Highway. | |
| General information | |
| Type | Freeway |
| Length | 4.8 km (3 mi) |
| Opened | 13 March 2014 |
| Route number(s) |
 M2[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |
 Salisbury Highway, Wingfield, Adelaide |
| South end |
South Road, Regency Park, Adelaide |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs / towns | Dry Creek, Wingfield, Angle Park, Regency Park |
| Highway system | |
|
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia | |
The North-South Motorway (previously the South Road Superway)[1] is an elevated freeway in the northern suburbs of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It has been 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 A$812 million, the freeway is the biggest single investment in a road project in South Australia’s history.[2] The North-South Motorway is stage two of the north-south corridor upgrade and delivers a 4.8 kilometre section of freeway grade road, including a 2.8 kilometre elevated roadway, from the Port River Expressway to Regency Road. Along the way, it passes over the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line, Cormack Road, Grand Junction Road and Days Road, with exits at Grand Junction Road and Days road.
Purpose
The Australian Government, through the Nation Building Program project, committed $500 million and the South Australian Government $432 million to the north-south corridor over five years. This funding allocation recognised 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.[3]
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 the John Holland Group, Macmahon Contractors and LEED Engineering & Construction.[4]
Construction
Construction of the local connector roads was completed in early 2011, with the completion of construction of Gallipoli Drive. This road replaced South Road as the main distributor road in the area during construction. Construction of the superway proper commenced in early 2011.[5] Construction was completed March 2014. The southbound lanes opened early February 2014, with the left turn entry from Port River Expressway opening on 31 January 2014.[6] The northbound lanes opened on 13 March 2014.[7]
See also
Australian Roads portal
References
- 1 2 Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (13 March 2014). "Use the South Road Superway and save time: Northbound lanes to open on Thursday night" (PDF). Media Release. Government of South Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ↑ Infrastructure SA (21 May 2010). "South Road Superway: Demography". Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ↑ Australian Government (26 June 2010). "Nation Building - Economic Stimulus Plan". Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ↑ Infrastructure SA (30 April 2010). "Project Overview: Demography". Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ↑ Infrastructure SA (30 April 2010). "Project official webpage". Retrieved 29 June 2010.
- ↑ Infrastructure SA (30 April 2010). "Project official webpage". Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ↑ "South Road Superway". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.