Port Wakefield Road

Port Wakefield Road
South Australia
General information
Type Highway
Length 92 km (57 mi)
Route number(s)
  • National Highway A1
  • (Port Wakefield - Dry Creek)
  • A1
  • (Dry Creek - Gepps Cross)
Former
route number		 National Highway 1
Major junctions
North end Augusta Highway (Snowtown Road), Port Wakefield, South Australia
 
South end Main North Road, Gepps Cross, Adelaide
Location(s)
Major settlements Two Wells, Virginia, Cavan, Gepps Cross
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National Highway • Freeways in Australia
Highways in South Australia

Port Wakefield Road is an important Australian highway. It connects Adelaide, the South Australian capital, to the Yorke Peninsula, Port Augusta, northern and western South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is designated National Highway A1 and a part of the National Highway. It is named after Port Wakefield, the first government town north of Adelaide.

Port Wakefield Road branches off of Main North Road at Gepps Cross in the northern suburbs of Adelaide. The highway is dual-carriageway until Port Wakefield and bypasses all of the small towns along its former route. The original bypass of Port Wakefield is now built up with roadhouses and other businesses, leading to calls to build a new bypass further east.[1]

In 2011 an upgrade including road widening of nine kilometres of Port Wakefield Road between Salisbury Highway and Waterloo Corner Road was completed as part of the Max Fatchen Expressway project.[2]

Major intersections

LGALocationkm[3]miDestinationsNotes
Port Adelaide EnfieldBlair Athol–Enfield–Gepps Cross tripoint00 Grand Junction Road (National Highway A16) / Main North Road (A1 south / A20 north-east) – Port Adelaide, Adelaide, Elizabeth, GawlerSouthern terminus; five-way traffic light intersection
Gepps Cross–Dry Creek boundary1.20.7 Cavan Road (A22) – Port Adelaide
SalisburyCavan2.31.4Montague Road east / Churchill Road North westbound – Elizabeth
Dry Creek–Mawson Lakes boundary4.02.5 Salisbury Highway (National Highway A13 south-west / A13 north-east) – Port Adelaide, SalisburyDiamond interchange; route transition: A1 northern terminus, National Highway A1 southern terminus
Bolivar–Paralowie9.45.8 Bolivar Road to Kings Road (A18) – Modbury
Waterloo Corner13.08.1Waterloo Corner Road – Angle Vale
Playford15.7–
17.0		9.8–
10.6		 Northern Expressway (National Highway M20) north-east – Gawler, RenmarkPartial T interchange: no access south-westbound to northbound
WakefieldPort Wakefield87.354.2 Augusta Highway (National Highway A1) north / Port Wakefield–Auburn Road (B84) north-east / North Street west – Port Augusta, BalaklavaNorthern highway terminus; continues as Augusta Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Towns

Approximate road distances (in kilometres) of towns along the Port Wakefield Road from Main North Road, Adelaide

Port Wakefield Road passes through the northern Adelaide Plains. To the west of the road is the coastal fringe of upper Gulf St Vincent, including a number of fishing and holiday villages. To the east is rich cropping and farming land.

The list of towns on or near the road include:

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

  1. ↑ "Mid North and Yorke Peninsula" (PDF). Strategic Infrastructure Plan. Government of South Australia. April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  2. ↑ "AusLink Projects: Northern Expressway". AusLink. Government of Australia. 2006-07-14. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  3. ↑ Google (12 June 2014). "Port Wakefield Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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