Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide
Sir Donald Bradman Drive Burbridge Road | |
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Looking east at the South Road intersection towards the city. | |
Coordinates | |
General information | |
Type | Road |
Location | Adelaide |
Length | 8.1 km (5.0 mi)[1] |
Route number(s) | A6 (1998–present) (Lockleys–Mile End) |
Former route number | (1998–2017) (Mile End–Adelaide) |
Major junctions | |
West end | Seaview Road West Beach, Adelaide |
East end | Eastern Adelaide[2] |
Major suburbs | Adelaide Airport, Cowandilla, Hilton, Mile End South |
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Sir Donald Bradman Drive (and its western section as Burbridge Road) is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the main route from the Adelaide city centre to the Adelaide Airport.
Route
Commencing at the intersection with Seaview Road, Burbridge Road heads directly east through
South Road, and continues across the Adelaide Parklands Terminal railyards, through the Adelaide Park Lands, to terminate with Grote Street at the intersection with West Terrace in Adelaide's city centre.[3]
History
Formerly known as Burbridge Road, the section between the city centre and
Sir Donald Bradman
. The remaining section of Burbridge Road, west of Tapleys Hill Road to the coast, retains its original name.
Major intersections
LGA[5] | Location[1][3] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Charles Sturt | West Beach | 0.0 | 0.0 | Seaview Road – Henley Beach, Tennyson | Western terminus of Burbridge Road and route A6 |
West Torrens | West Beach–Lockleys–Adelaide Airport tripoint | 1.6 | 0.99 | Tapleys Hill Road (A15) – Alberton, Glenelg, Brighton, Port Noarlunga | Name change: Burbridge Road (west), Sir Donald Bradman Drive (east) |
Lockleys–Adelaide Airport boundary | 3.8 | 2.4 | Airport Road – Adelaide Airport, Brooklyn Park | ||
Brooklyn Park–Cowandilla boundary | 4.8 | 3.0 | Marion Road (A14) – Plympton, Park Holme, Darlington | ||
Mile End–Mile End South boundary | 6.9 | 4.3 | James Congden Drive (R1) – Ovingham, Wayville | Eastern terminus of route A6 | |
Adelaide | 8.1 | 5.0 | West Terrace – Adelaide CBD | ||
Grote Street – Adelaide CBD | Eastern terminus of Sir Donald Bradman Drive | ||||
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See also
Australian Roads portal
References
- ^ a b c Google (28 June 2022). "Sir Donald Bradman Drive" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ South Australian Government Gazette Archived 11 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 3 August 2000, page 432
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.