McIntyre Road, Adelaide
| McIntyre Road Kings Road South Australia | |
|---|---|
  northwest end southeasteast end | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Location | Adelaide |
| Route number(s) |
 A17 |
| Major junctions | |
| northwest end | Port Wakefield Road, Paralowie |
| Main North Road | |
| southeasteast end | North East Road, Modbury |
| Location(s) | |
| LGA(s) | |
| Major suburbs | |
| Highway system | |
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Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in South Australia | |
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McIntyre Road and Kings Road are arterial roads crossing the northern and northeastern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. They are together denoted as route A18.
Route description
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 western 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.[1]
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 enabling easier traffic flow to and from Kings Road. The Port Wakefield Road terminus is also going to become a crossroad with a new extension to an interchange on the Northern Connector to be completed by 2019.[2] 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 | Location[3] | km[4] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | Paralowie | 0 | 0.0 |  Port Wakefield Road national route A1 – Virginia, Port Wakefield, Adelaide city centre | |
| 0.4 | 0.25 | Bolivar Road | |||
| Paralowie, Salisbury Downs, Parafield Gardens | 1.7 | 1.1 | Little Para River | ||
| Salisbury Downs, Parafield Gardens | 3.9 | 2.4 |  Salisbury Highway A13 – Salisbury, Port Adelaide | ||
| Salisbury Downs, Salisbury South, Parafield Gardens, Parafield | 4.4 | 2.7 | Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line and Gawler Central railway line | ||
| Salisbury South, Salisbury East, Parafield, Para Hills West | 6.2 | 3.9 |  Main North Road – Gawler, Adelaide city centre | Kings Road to the northwest, McIntyre Road to the southeast | |
| Salisbury East, Gulfview Heights, Para Hills, Para Hills West | 7.4 | 4.6 | Bridge Road | ||
| Tea Tree Gully | Wynn Vale, Modbury Heights | 9.7 | 6.0 | The Golden Way – Golden Grove | |
| Modbury North, Modbury | 11.6 | 7.2 | Montague Road | ||
| Modbury | 12.4 | 7.7 |  North East Road A10 – Adelaide city centre | ||
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References
- ↑ Brown, Bob (1989-06-22), New $14 million road opened in North East Adelaide, retrieved 28 June 2016
- ↑ "Kings/Bolivar Intersection Realignment". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ↑ "Property Location Browser". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ↑ Google (30 June 2016). "McIntyre Road, Adelaide" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
