Adelaide Terrace
{{Short description|Road in Perth, Western Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| road_name = Adelaide{{nbsp}}Terrace, Perth
| state = wa
| image = Adelaide Terrace high-up sign May 2013.jpg
| image_alt = Dual carriageway road in between office buildings
| caption = View down Adelaide Terrace
| type = road
| length = 1.3
| est =
| direction_a = East
| end_a = {{Plainlist|
- {{AUshield|S|5}} The Causeway (State Route 5)
- {{AUshield|S|5}} Riverside Drive (State Route 5)
- Hay Street
}}
| exits = {{Plainlist|
- {{AUshield|S|65}} Plain Street (State Route 65)
- Bennett Street
- Hill Street
}}
| direction_b = West
| end_b = {{Plainlist|
}}
| through = {{WAcity|East Perth|perth}}
}}
Adelaide Terrace is a major arterial road through the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It runs parallel to the Swan River, linking St Georges Terrace with The Causeway.
Route description
Adelaide Terrace's eastern end is at The Causeway, adjacent to the Swan River. It travels in a west-north-westerly, intersecting perpendicular roads in Perth's grid plan, which are spaced {{convert|300|to|400|m}} apart. All intersections are traffic light controlled, except for a couple of minor streets. The road's western end joins onto St Georges Terrace, at an intersection with Victoria Avenue.{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Adelaide+Tce&daddr=Adelaide+Tce+to:Adelaide+Tce+to:Adelaide+Tce+to:St+Georges+Tce&hl=en&ll=-31.961174,115.871773&spn=0.017823,0.026157&sll=-31.959144,115.87063&sspn=0.004438,0.006539&geocode=FeVKGP4d9ynoBg%3BFTBRGP4dQxvoBg%3BFWJVGP4dPg7oBg%3BFYVZGP4dzwHoBg%3BFTZdGP4d5PbnBg&mra=dme&mrsp=3&sz=18&t=m&z=16 |accessdate=14 August 2013}}
History
Adelaide Terrace has existed since the 1830s.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article642103 |title=GOVERNMENT NOTICE. |newspaper=The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal |location=WA |date=27 April 1833 |accessdate=15 August 2013 |page=65 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1838.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58418707 |title=PERTH STREETS |newspaper=Sunday Times (Perth) |issue=1645 |location=Western Australia |date=4 August 1929 |accessdate=21 August 2020 |page=12 (Second Section) |via=National Library of Australia}} It is named after Queen Adelaide, consort of King William IV, who reigned from 1830 to 1837.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85604946 |title=Street Names Tell Perth's History |newspaper=The Daily News |location=Perth |date=3 August 1935 |accessdate=15 August 2013 |page=18 Edition: LATE CITY |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|title=Origins Of Street Names In Perth|url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/docvault.nsf/web/MAP_DLI_Perth_200310/$FILE/MAP_DLI_Perth_200310.pdf|publisher=Western Australian Land Information Authority|accessdate=14 August 2013|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212191516/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/docvault.nsf/web/MAP_DLI_Perth_200310/$FILE/MAP_DLI_Perth_200310.pdf|archive-date=12 December 2013|url-status=dead}}
In the late nineteenth century, the southern side was lined by houses and properties of wealthy and powerful people in Western Australia of the time – and it earned the reputation of being the location of some of John Horgan's six hungry families.
By the late twentieth century, there were only a couple of houses from the nineteenth century remaining in the full length of the road.
Major intersections
All major intersections are traffic light controlled and are within the City of Perth.
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{{AUS-WAint
|location=East Perth
|lspan=5
|km=0
|road={{AUshield|S|5}} The Causeway (State Route 5) southeast / Riverside Drive (State Route 5) southwest / Hay Street northeast – {{WAcity|perth|Victoria Park|Albany}}.
|notes=Eastern terminus at traffic light controlled teardrop roundabout: No access from Hay Street, no access to Riverside Drive.
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|road= De Vlamingh Avenue
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|km=0.3
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|road= {{AUshield|S|65}} Plain Street (State Route 65) – {{WAcity|Mount Lawley|Maylands|Midland}}
|notes=Traffic light controlled. No right turns permitted from Plain Street during peak hour. Access to Graham Farmer Freeway.
|km=0.4
|type=
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{{AUS-WAint
|road=Bennett Street
|LGA=|location=
|notes=Traffic light controlled.
|km=0.7
|type=
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{{AUS-WAint
|road=Burt Way
|LGA=|location=
|notes=
|km=0.9
|type=
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{{AUS-WAint
|LGA=|location_special=East Perth–Perth boundary
|lspan=1
|km=1.0
|road=Hill Street
|notes=Traffic light controlled. Traffic cannot access Hill Street northbound due to southbound one-way operation.
|type=incomplete
}}
{{AUS-WAint
|LGA=|location_special=Perth
|lspan=1
|km=1.3
|road=Victoria Avenue – {{WAcity|Highgate|Mount Lawley}}
|notes=Western terminus, continues as St Georges Terrace westbound. Traffic light controlled. Victoria Avenue is one-way northbound north of intersection.
|type=incomplete
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See also
{{Portal-inline|Australian Roads}}
Notes
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References
{{refbegin}}
- Austen, Tommy The Streets of new Perth St George Books. 1988. {{ISBN|0-86778-038-X}}
- Stannage, C. T The people of Perth : a social history of Western Australia's capital cities Perth : Carroll's for Perth Cities Council, 1979. {{ISBN|0-909994-86-2}}
{{refend}}
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Category:Streets in Perth central business district, Western Australia