Northern Expressway
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The Northern Expressway looking north, halfway along the expressway | |
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Type | Gawler, Adelaide |
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Southwest end | Angle Vale, Penfield |
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Northern Expressway, also known as the Fatchen Northern Expressway,[3][4] is a 21 kilometre long controlled-access highway in Adelaide, South Australia. Since March 2020, the North–South Motorway continues west of Port Wakefield Highway and intersects the Port River Expressway to reach the harbour at Port Adelaide. These are the northernmost two parts of the North–South Corridor.
Cycling is not permitted on the Expressway. The
Route
Northern Expressway starts at the
History
The largest road project undertaken in South Australia in at least sixty years, the expressway was delivered at a cost of approximately A$564 million jointly funded by the
The design joint venture, managed by Fulton Hogan York Joint Venture, consisted of Maunsell,
Construction began in 2008. The road opened in September 2010.[7]
The interchanges/bridges along the expressway were all named after famous battles in which Australian forces fought, such as Long Tan, Kokoda, Tobruk, Kapyong and Hamel.
In November 2013, one year after the death of prominent South Australian author and journalist Max Fatchen, the Northern Expressway was given the dual name "Fatchen Northern Expressway" in his honour.[3][4]
In December 2019, a bushfire started on the Northern Expressway at
In February 2020, the on ramp from northbound on Port Wakefield Road was permanently closed. Three weeks later, the Northern Connector project was opened, continuing the freeway south from the Northern Expressway as the North–South Motorway.
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LGA[8] | Location[1][9] | km[1] | mi | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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Mildura | Northeastern terminus of expressway and route M2 | |||||
Gawler | Southwest-bound entrance and northeast-bound exit only | |||||
Gawler River | 5.1 | 3.2 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | |||
Angle Vale | ||||||
Penfield Gardens–MacDonald Park–Penfield tripoint | 15.1 | 9.4 | Tobruk | Heaslip Road – Edinburgh, RAAF Base Edinburgh | ||
Penfield Gardens–Penfield boundary | 17.3 | 10.7 | Hamel | Penfield Road – Virginia | Southwest bound entrance and northeast bound exit only | |
Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line | ||||||
Adelaide | No entrance from or exit to Port Wakefield Road northbound | |||||
Northern Connector | ||||||
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See also
References
- ^ a b c Google (29 June 2022). "Northern Expressway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b "'Fatchen' a tourist name". The Bunyip. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ a b "More than memory lane: Fatchen's expressway". ABC News. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ Paul Starick (15 November 2006). "Major expressway opens up north". The Advertiser. Retrieved 15 November 2006.
- ^ Paul Starick (15 November 2006). "Major expressway opens up north". The Advertiser. Retrieved 15 November 2006.
- ^ Tom Zed, Transport reporter (13 September 2010). "Northern Expressway open for business". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ^ "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.
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