Port Road, Adelaide

Infobox Australian Road
road_name = Port Road
type = road
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photo = Port and south road.jpg‎
caption = Looking towards the city at the South Road intersection
length = 12
direction = southeast-northwest
start = North Terrace/West Terrace
finish = Grand Junction Road
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through = Adelaide, Thebarton, Hindmarsh, West Hindmarsh, Croydon, Welland, West Croydon, Allenby Gardens, Beverly, Kilkenny, Woodville Park, Woodville South, Woodville, Woodville West, Albert Park, Cheltenham, Queenstown, Alberton, Port Adelaide
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Port Road (state route A7) is a major road in Adelaide, South Australia connecting the central business district with Port Adelaide [cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd) |year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4] . It is twelve kilometres (7.5mi) long and exceptionally wide. When first conceived upon the establishment of Adelaide, it was designed to be able to accommodate a standard road, a railway line and a canal. The canal and railway line were never created in the road allotment - the railway line when built in 1853 was built a kilometre to the east.

In the 1968 MATS plan the road was destined to be upgraded to become the "Port Freeway". The plan fell through, yet in 2005 the Government of South Australia announced a 600m tunnel for South Road underneath Port Road and the railway line.

External links

* [http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/portadelaide.htm South Australian History: Port Adelaide]

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