Anzac Highway
Anzac Highway | |
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| View of Anzac Highway facing southwest towards the Morphett Road intersection | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Location | Adelaide |
| Length | 8.7 km (5.4 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  A5 (1998–present)(Keswick–Glenelg) |
| Former route number | (1998–2017) (Adelaide–Keswick) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end | West Terrace Adelaide |
| Southwest end | Colley Terrace Southern Adelaide[2] |
| Major suburbs | Plympton, Camden Park |
| Highway system | |
Anzac Highway is an 8.7-kilometre-long (5.4 mi) main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg.[3]
Originally named the Bay Road (which remains an informal synonym), it mostly follows the track made by the pioneer
James Chambers[4] from Holdfast Bay, the first governor's landing site, to Adelaide.[5] It gained its current name in 1923[6] to honour the contribution of the ANZACs
(Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) in World War I.
Route
Commencing at the intersection with South Terrace, West Terrace and Goodwood Road on the Adelaide city centre's south-western corner, Anzac Highway heads southwest through the Adelaide Park Lands, through Plympton, before turning west through Camden Park and eventually terminating at the bayside suburb of Glenelg.
The highway is serviced by a 15-minute "Go Zone",[note 1] serviced by the 262, 263 and 265 buses.
History
The road from the city to Holdfast Bay was originally named the Bay Road.central reservation and along the verges, to be maintained by the respective councils. The trees chosen were the claret ash.[8]
On 18 September 1918, a
Greenhill Road) before turning in to Bay Road, and terminating at the entry to the Keswick Barracks. After redevelopment of Anzac Highway in the 1930s, the tram line was eventually truncated at the new Keswick Road Bridge in March 1939, at a stop known as Wayville West. This line was closed in December 1957.[10]
The
grade-separated, with South Road proceeding through an underpass with bi-directional controlled exits onto Anzac Highway. The underpass model is a diamond interchange. Construction began in October 2007, and the underpass was opened in March 2009, named the Gallipoli Underpass, in keeping with the Anzac theme. Each of the four corners of the intersection has a display to commemorate those who fought in the war.[citation needed
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Major intersections
| LGA[11] | Location[1][12] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Adelaide | Adelaide | 0.0 | 0.0 | West Terrace (north) – Adelaide CBD South Terrace (east) – Adelaide CBD Goodwood Road (south) – Goodwood, Pasadena | Northeastern terminus of highway; no access from Anzac Highway to Goodwood Road |
Balhannah | Northeastern terminus of route A5 | ||||
Belair and Adelaide–Wolseley SG railway lines | |||||
| Diamond interchange (South Road free-flowing) | |||||
| West Torrens | Plympton | 4.4 | 2.7 |  Marion Road (A14) – Brooklyn Park, Park Holme, Darlington | |
| Camden Park | 5.1 | 3.2 |  Cross Road (A3 east) – Unley Park, Glen OsmondStonehouse Avenue (west) – Camden Park | ||
| Marion | Glengowrie | 6.4 | 4.0 | Morphett Road – Novar Gardens, Oaklands Park, Seacombe Gardens | |
| Southwestern terminus of route A5 | |||||
| 8.7 | 5.4 | Chapell Drive (west) – Glenelg Colley Terrace (south) – Glenelg | Roundabout; southwestern terminus of highway | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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In popular culture
Anzac Highway is mentioned in the song "One More Boring Night in Adelaide" by Redgum on their 1978 album If You Don't Fight You Lose.
See also
Notes
- ^ Adelaide Metro definition: "A Go Zone is an area that offers public transport services every 15 minutes between 7.30am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday, and every 30 minutes at night, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays until approximately 10pm. Stops within Go Zones are indicated by red hoop signs."
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anzac Highway, Adelaide.
- ^ a b c Google (29 June 2022). "Anzac Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
- ISBN 0 727010972
- ISBN 0-9589503-0-X.
- The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 September 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- Southern Australian. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 January 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Claret Ash (Fraxinus oxycarpa 'Raywood')". National Trust. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
The basis for much of this information is: The West Torrens Historian Volume 7 Number 2 August 2015
- ^ "Keswick Hospital: The Diggers Hospital". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "The Western Lines". Tramway Museum, St Kilda. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
Further reading
- Manning, Geoff. "Anzac Highway: A History of the Road to Glenelg". From Place Names of South Australia (1990). State Library of South Australia.
- "Road Photos & Information: South Australia: Anzac Highway (A5)". Expressway. 15 March 2009. The opening of the "Gallipoli Underpass".
- "The fascinating history of Anzac Highway". Metro425.
