Portrush Road

Road in Adelaide, South Australia

Portrush Road

Hampstead Road, Taunton Road, Ascot Avenue, Lower Portrush Road

South Australia

North end

South end

Coordinates|

* 34°50′50″S 138°37′03″E﻿ / ﻿34.847298°S 138.617375°E﻿ / -34.847298; 138.617375 (North end)
* 34°57′48″S 138°38′38″E﻿ / ﻿34.963398°S 138.644006°E﻿ / -34.963398; 138.644006 (South end)

General information
Type| Road
Location| Adelaide
Length| 13.7 km (8.5 mi)[1]
Route number(s)|  A17 (2017–present)
Former
route number|  National Highway A17 (1998–2017)
Major junctions
North end| Briens Road
Northfield, Adelaide

* Grand Junction Road
* North East Road
* Payneham Road
* Magill Road
* Greenhill Road
* Glen Osmond Road
* Cross Road

South end|  South Eastern Freeway
Glen Osmond, Adelaide
Location(s)
Region| Northern Adelaide, Eastern Adelaide[2]
Major suburbs| Clearview, Broadview, Manningham, Marden, Payneham, Norwood, Glenside

Portrush Road is a major arterial route through the eastern suburbs of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers except for the southernmost section, as the entire allocation is still best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Hampstead Road, Taunton Road, Ascot Avenue, Lower Portrush Road, and Portrush Road proper. Formerly, there were also sections known as Kensington Terrace and Wellington Road. This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations. Portrush Road (including all its constituent roads) is designated route A17.

## Route

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The Portrush Road corridor runs north–south through Adelaide's eastern and south-eastern suburbs, to the foot of the Adelaide Hills at its southern end. From its intersection with Grand Junction Road in Northfield, it runs south as Hampstead Road through to Manningham, where it turns southeast into Taunton Road to intersect with North East Road, changing name to Ascot Avenue and continuing southeast, crossing the River Torrens and changing name again to Lower Portrush Road, before intersecting with Payneham Road. It continues south as Portrush Road through Adelaide's inner eastern suburbs to eventually terminate with the western end of the South Eastern Freeway in Glen Osmond.[3]

Portrush road carries approximately 36,000 vehicles per day, including heavy freight trucks.[4] It is an authorised route for trucks up to 26 metres (85 ft) B-double and 25 metres (82 ft) vehicle carrier size.[5] Along with Grand Junction Road, Portrush Road constitutes a major heavy road transport route through suburban Adelaide from Port Adelaide to the South East of South Australia and the adjacent state of Victoria.

## History

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Portrush Road was named by Nathaniel A. Knox after Portrush in Northern Ireland. Knox owned land near the intersection with Greenhill Road, in the area now occupied by the suburbs of Glenunga and Glenside.[6]

In a 1949 street directory, the southern end of Portrush Road had its current route to Kensington Road. North of Kensington Road, it took the name Kensington Terrace, then Wellington Road north of the Magill Road intersection to Payneham Road. What is now Lower Portrush Road (including the bridge over the River Torrens) did not exist at all. Ascot Avenue was a minor street running off of North East Road which did not exactly line up with Taunton Road on the other side of North East Road. The nearest bridge over the River Torrens was the Felixstow Bridge on Felixstow Road, which is now O.G. Road.[7] Lower Portrush Road and the bridge across the Torrens was opened in November 1970.[8]

Had the Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study of the 1960s progressed, a Hills Freeway would have been constructed to link the South Eastern Freeway to the Port of Adelaide. This would have subsequently removed the freight that utilises Portrush Road today.

## Major intersections

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LGA[9]| Location[1][3]| km[1]| mi| Destinations| Notes

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Port Adelaide Enfield| Gepps Cross–Northfield–Clearview tripoint| 0.0| 0.0| Briens Road – Para Hills, Salisbury East| Northern terminus of Hampstead Road and route A17
Grand Junction Road (A16) – Port Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Hope Valley|
Broadview–Greenacres–Manningham tripoint| 2.8| 1.7| Regency Road – Kilkenny, Prospect
Muller Road – Hampstead Gardens|
Port Adelaide Enfield–Prospect boundary| Broadview–Manningham boundary| 3.8| 2.4| Hampstead Road (south) – Collinswood| Name change: Hampstead Road (north), Taunton Road (southeast)
Port Adelaide Enfield–Walkerville boundary| Manningham–Vale Park boundary| 4.1| 2.5|  North East Road (A10) – North Adelaide, Modbury, Houghton| Name change: Taunton Road (northwest), Ascot Avenue (southeast)
River Torrens| 5.1| 3.2| Ascot Bridge
Norwood Payneham & St Peters| Marden| 5.3| 3.3| O-Bahn Busway
Marden–Payneham border| 6.3| 3.9|  Payneham Road (A11) – Adelaide CBD, Campbelltown, Hope Valley| Name change: Lower Portrush Road (northwest), Portrush Road (south)
Norwood Payneham & St Peters–Burnside boundary| Maylands–Trinity Gardens–Beulah Park–Norwood quadripoint| 8.3| 5.2|  Magill Road (B27) – Norwood, Magill, Norton Summit, Lobethal|
Beulah Park–Kensington–Norwood| 9.0| 5.6| The Parade – Norwood, Kensington Park, Auldana|
Kensington–Marryatville–Norwood–Toorak Gardens quadripoint| 9.7| 6.0| Kensington Road – Adelaide CBD, Wattle Park|
Burnside| Toorak Gardens–Tusmore–Linden Park–Glenside quadripoint| 11.0| 6.8|  Greenhill Road (B26) – Adelaide CBD, Wayville, Uraidla, Balhannah|
Burnside–Unley–Mitcham tripoint| Glen Osmond–Myrtle Bank–Urrbrae tripoint| 13.7| 8.5|  Glen Osmond Road (A1 northwest) – Adelaide CBD
Cross Road (A3 west) – Plympton, Unley Park
South Eastern Freeway (M1 southeast) – Mount Barker, Murray Bridge| Southern terminus of Portrush Road and route A17

* Route transition

## See also

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Australian Roads portal

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Portrush 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. ^ a b "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
4. ^ "Greenways and bike boulevards". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 12 March 2015. Norwood-Magill Bicycle Boulevard. Retrieved 3 April 2015. "Portrush Road is a busy freight route carrying an average of 36,000 motor vehicles per day."
5. ^ "RAVnet - Heavy vehicle routing, South Australia". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
6. ^ "Portrush Road". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 17, no. 844\. South Australia. 28 July 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 28 October 2016 - via National Library of Australia.
7. ^ "Gregory's Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs" (1949 ed.). Retrieved 10 July 2016 - via OpenStreetMap Australia.
8. ^ Notes for the Opening of the Portrush Road Bridge at Marden, 13 November 1970, retrieved 10 July 2016
9. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

Portrush Road facing north, passing by Glenunga and Linden Park.

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* South Eastern Freeway
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* North–South Motorway (in progress)
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Highways and major roads|

* Anzac Highway
* Adelaide–Mannum Road (North East Road)
* Gawler Bypass
* Glen Osmond Road
* Grand Junction Road
* Main North Road
* Main South Road
* Mount Barker Road
* Port Road
* Port Wakefield Road
* Portrush/Lower Portrush/Ascot/Taunton/Hampstead Roads
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* Sir Donald Bradman Drive
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* Victor Harbor Road

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* Churchill Road
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* Daws Road
* Elder Smith Road
* Flagstaff Road
* Fullarton Road
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* Grange Road
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* Henley Beach Road
* Kensington Road
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* Marion Road
* Melbourne Street
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* Regency/Muller Roads
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* The Parade
* Torrens Road
* Unley Road
* Victoria Road

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* Angas Street
* East Terrace
* Carrington Street
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* Flinders Street
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* Gawler Place
* Gilbert Street
* Gilles Street
* Gouger Street
* Grenfell Street
* Grote Street
* Halifax Street
* Hindley Street
* Jeffcott Street
* King William Street
* Morphett Street
* North Terrace
* Pirie Street
* Pulteney Street
* Rundle Mall
* Rundle Street
* South Terrace
* Sturt Street
* Wakefield Street
* Waymouth Street
* West Terrace
* Wright Street

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