Gawler bypass road
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| Gawler Bypass Road | |
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| Length | 7 km (4 mi) |
| Direction | North-South |
| From | |
| Major suburbs | Evanston, Gawler West, Willaston |
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| Established | 1980s |
| Allocation | Evanston - Willaston:
Formerly Willaston - Hewett: |
| Major junctions | for full list see exits and intersections. |
Gawler Bypass Road is a major north-south route in the outer northern suburbs of the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It has the National designation of
north of the Northern Expressway, while south of this intersection it has the State designation of
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It is a freeway standard route connecting Main North Road to the Sturt Highway, bypassing Gawler. Major exits include Two Wells Road, Mallala Road and the Barrier Highway
known as Main North Road. Each of these exits also have minor roads leading into Gawler.
The route was built in the mid-1980s in an attempt to redirect traffic on the national highway out of Gawler town centre.
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Northern Expressway
The Northern Expressway is a 31 kilometre long freeway grade road, with construction on the expressway finishing in 2010. It begins at a freeway style interchange on the Gawler Bypass Road and head south west towards Port Wakefield Road (National Highway
) through the Adelaide suburbs of Angle Vale, Penfield and Macdonald Park. The new road will be built to four-lane standard and provide a faster route between Adelaide and Gawler, whilst reducing the amount of traffic on Main North Road and Salisbury Highway. The Northern Expressway will consist of 23 km of new road, in addition to an 8 km upgrade of the existing Port Wakefield Road.[2]
Exits and Interchanges
| Gawler Bypass Road Also known as Sturt Highway |
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| Northbound exits | Distance to Sturt Hwy (km) |
Distance to Adelaide (km) |
Southbound exits |
| End Gawler Bypass Road continues as Sturt Highway to Nurioopta / Mildura / Sydney |
0 | 43.7 | Start Gawler Bypass Road continues from Sturt Highway |
| Roseworthy, Riverton, Clare Main North Road Also known as Barrier Highway |
Hewett, Gawler Main North Road |
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| Kapunda, Eudunda, Morgan Thiele Highway (Also known as Freeling Road) via Main North Road |
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| Mallala, Balaklava Redbanks Road Also known as Mallala Road |
1.5 | 42.2 | Gawler West, Hewett Redbanks Road |
| Roseworthy Rail Line | 3.9 | 39.8 | Roseworthy Rail Line |
| Continues as |
4.1 | 39.6 | Elizabeth, Salisbury, Port Adelaide Northern Expressway to |
| no exit | Continues as |
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| no exit | 4.6 | 39.1 | Gawler West, Two Wells Two Wells Road |
| Elizabeth, Salisbury, Port Adelaide Northern Expressway to via Two Wells Road |
5.7 | 38 | no exit |
| Evanston Gardens Jack Cooper Drive |
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| Gawler Rail Line | 6.2 | 37.5 | Gawler Rail Line |
| Start Gawler Bypass Road continues from Main North Road |
7 | 36.7 | End Gawler Bypass Road continues as Main North Road to Smithfield and Elizabeth |
| Evanston, Gawler Adelaide Road |
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References
- ^ "Nearmap". Nearmap. 5 December 2010. http://www.nearmap.com/. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ^ "Northern Expressway". South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. 2007-08-17. http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/northern_expressway.html. Retrieved 2008-07-09.[dead link]
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