McIntyre Road

McIntyre Road

Kings Road, Bolivar Road

South Australia
Map
Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
LocationAdelaide
Length12.2 km (7.6 mi)[1]
Route number(s) A18 (1998–present)
Major junctions
Northwest end North-South Motorway
Bolivar, Adelaide
 
Southeast end North East Road
Modbury, Adelaide
Location(s)
RegionNorthern Adelaide[2]
Major suburbsSalisbury Downs, Parafield, Salisbury East, Gulfview Heights, Para Hills, Wynn Vale, Modbury North

McIntyre Road (and its northern sections as Kings Road and Bolivar Road) is an arterial road crossing through northern and northeastern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. It is designated route A18.

Route

Kings Road crosses the northern suburbs connecting Port Wakefield Road and Main North Road immediately north of Parafield Airport across the southern edge of Salisbury. The northern part of Kings Road passes through residential areas and crosses the Little Para River. East of the railway lines, the character changes to industrial manufacturing, and the Parafield Airport.

McIntyre Road continues east of Main North Road with a residential character again. It rises up the face of the Adelaide Hills through a corridor of native bushland and sweeps past the Golden Grove development of the 1980s to North East Road at Modbury. Much of the McIntyre Road corridor was originally reserved as part of the 1960s Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study (MATS Plan).

History

McIntyre Road was opened in 1989, funded primarily by the Australian Government.[3]

In 2016, the western end of Kings Road was realigned so that instead of it ending at a tee junction with Bolivar Road just short of Port Wakefield Road, the two roads meet at a large roundabout where Kings Road continues to Port Wakefield Road, enabling easier traffic flow to and from Kings Road. An adjacent interchange with the North–South Motorway was opened in 2020.[4] Prior to this alteration, route A18 included 300m of Bolivar Road to connect the end of Kings Road to Port Wakefield Road.

Major intersections

LGA[5]Location[1][6]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
SalisburyBolivar–Paralowie boundary0.00.0 North-South Motorway (M2) – Waterloo Corner, Wingfield, HindmarshNorthwestern terminus of Bolivar Road and route A18
Port Wakefield Road (A1) – North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Waterloo Corner, Port Wakefield
Paralowie0.20.12Bolivar Road – Salisbury NorthName change: Bolivar Road (west), Kings Road (east)
Little Para River1.71.1Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
SalisburySalisbury Downs–Parafield Gardens boundary3.72.3 Salisbury Highway (A9) – Salisbury, Port Adelaide
Salisbury Downs–Parafield Gardens–Salisbury South–Parafield quadripoint4.32.7Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines
Salisbury South–Parafield–Salisbury East–Para Hills West quadripoint6.13.8 Main North Road (A20) – North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Elizabeth, GawlerName change: Kings Road (northwest), McIntyre Road (southeast)
Salisbury East–Para Hills West–Gulfview Heights–Para Hills quadripoint7.24.5Bridge Road – Salisbury East, Para Hills, Northfield
Tea Tree GullyWynn Vale–Modbury Heights boundary9.55.9The Golden Way – Golden Grove
Modbury North–Modbury boundary11.47.1Montague Road – Cavan, Modbury
Modbury12.47.7 North East Road (A10) – North Adelaide, Houghton, BirdwoodSoutheastern terminus of McIntyre Road and route A18
  •       Route transition

References

  1. ^ a b c "McIntyre Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ Brown, Bob (22 June 1989), New $14 million road opened in North East Adelaide, retrieved 28 June 2016
  4. ^ "Kings/Bolivar Intersection Realignment". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.



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