Torrens Road, Adelaide

Torrens Road is an arterial road in the northwestern suburbs of Adelaide, Australia.[1] The road is aligned southeast to northwest and is parallel with Port Road for most of its length.

Torrens Road South Australia
Torrens Road, Ridleyton
General information
Type	Road
Length	8 km (5.0 mi)
Route number(s)	A22 (short section at southeastern end only)
Major junctions
SE end	Ovingham, Adelaide
NW end	Rosewater, Adelaide
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Ovingham, Bowden, Renown Park, Brompton, Ridleyton, Croydon, West Croydon, Croydon Park, Kilkenny, Woodville Park, Woodville North, Woodville, Cheltenham, Pennington, Rosewater

It commences at Park Terrace (R1). Travelling northwest, major roads that intersect Torrens Road include Churchill Road (A22), South Road (A13), and Regency Road. It meets the Outer Harbor railway line in Alberton, and ceases a short distance later, a couple of hundred metres south of Grand Junction Road (A16).

The short section between Park Terrace and Churchill Road at the southeastern end of Torrens Road is designated route A22, which then follows Churchill Road. The level crossing of the Gawler and Port Augusta railways is proposed to be replaced by a bridge. It carries an average of 23,000 vehicles a day, and the level crossing gates can be down for 22% of the time during peak hours.[2]

The former Cheltenham Park Racecourse (now the residential suburb of St Clair) and Armada Arndale Shopping Centre are both located on Torrens Road.

Torrens Road is located in the Cities of Prospect, Charles Sturt and Port Adelaide Enfield.

Major intersections

LGA	Location[3]	km[4]	mi	Destinations[4]	Notes
Adelaide, Charles Sturt, Prospect	North Adelaide, Ovingham, Fitzroy	0.0	0.0	City Ring Route, Adelaide (R1 Park Terrace and Fitzroy Terrace) – Medindie, City, Hindmarsh
Charles Sturt, Prospect	Ovingham	0.35	0.22	Churchill Road – Cavan
	Ovingham, Brompton, Renown Park	0.45	0.28	Gawler and Port Augusta railways	Level crossing
Charles Sturt	Renown Park, Ridleyton, Croydon	2.0	1.2	South Road and North–South Motorway (M2)	Traffic lights for South Road and a bridge over North–South Motorway in a trench in the South Road median.
	Kilkenny, Woodville Park	4.2	2.6	Regency Road, David Terrace
	Kilkenny, Woodville Park, Woodville, Woodville North	4.5	2.8	Hanson Road
	Pennington, St Clair, Cheltenham	6.7	4.2	Addison Road, Cheltenham Parade
Port Adelaide Enfield	Rosewater, Alberton	7.6	4.7	Newcastle Street
	Rosewater	8.4	5.2	No through road	Ends inside fork of junction of Dry Creek and Adelaide railway lines to Port Adelaide
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

 Australian roads portal

References

1. 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
2. "Ovingham Level Crossing Removal". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "map with LGA and suburb layers". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
4. Google (8 July 2017). "Torrens Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

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