Anzac Highway

{{Infobox Australian road

| type = highway

| road_name = Anzac Highway

| state = sa

| image = Anzac Highway SW near Morphett.jpg

| caption = Anzac Highway facing southwest towards the Morphett Road intersection

| city = Adelaide

| urban = yes

| length = 8.7

| length_ref = {{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-34.9362472,138.5883523/-34.9766944,138.5121389/@-34.9593037,138.5417383,14.44z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en |title=Anzac Highway |access-date=29 June 2022}}

| est =

| route = {{AUshield|SA|A5}} A5 {{small|(1998–present)
(Keswick–Glenelg)}}

| former = {{AUshield|SA|A5}} {{small|(1998–2017)
(Adelaide–Keswick)}}

| direction_a = Northeast

| direction_b = Southwest

| coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.915676|138.622745|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}

| coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.936301|138.588401|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}

| alternative_location_map = nomap

| end_a = West Terrace
{{small|Adelaide}}

| end_b = Colley Terrace
{{small|Glenelg, Adelaide}}

| exits = {{plainlist|

Goodwood Road
{{AUshield|SA|R1}} Greenhill Road
{{AUshield|SA|A2}} South Road
{{AUshield|SA|A3}} Cross Road
{{AUshield|SA|A14}} Marion Road
{{AUshield|SA|A15}} Tapleys Hill Road}}

| region = Eastern Adelaide, Western Adelaide, Southern Adelaide{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=20 |title=Location SA Map viewer with regional layers |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 June 2022}}

| through = {{SAcity|Plympton|Camden Park}}

}}

Anzac Highway is an {{convert|8.7|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg.{{cite book|title=2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition |publisher=UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd) |year=2003 |isbn=0-7319-1441-4}}

Originally named the Bay Road, it mostly follows the track made by the pioneer James Chambers from Holdfast Bay, the first governor's landing site, to Adelaide.Kerr, Margaret Goyder Colonial dynasty: the Chambers family of South Australia Rigby Ltd., Adelaide, 1980. {{ISBN|0 727010972}}{{cite book |title=The Place of Waters, A story of Glenelg's first fifty years |last=Perry |first=Dulcie M. |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Glenelg, National Trust of South Australia |location =Glenelg, South Australia |year=1985 |isbn=0-9589503-0-X}} It gained its current name in 1923, to honour the contribution of the ANZACs in World War I.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65043994 |title="Anzac Highway". |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=11 September 1923 |access-date=16 January 2013 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Route

Beginning at the intersection with South Terrace, West Terrace and Goodwood Road on the Adelaide city centre's south-western corner, Anzac Highway heads southwest through the Adelaide Park Lands, through Plympton, before turning west through Camden Park and terminates at the bayside suburb of Glenelg.

The highway is serviced by a 15-minute "Go Zone",{{refn|group=note|Adelaide Metro definition: "A Go Zone is an area that offers public transport services every 15 minutes between 7.30am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday, and every 30 minutes at night, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays until approximately 10pm. Stops within Go Zones are indicated by red hoop signs."}} serviced by the 262, 263 and 265 buses.

History

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File:Anzac Highway NE from South Rd Ashford.jpg

The road from the city to Holdfast Bay was originally named the Bay Road.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71613946 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=Southern Australian |location=Adelaide |date=12 January 1841 |access-date=16 January 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} After the state government was lobbied in 1917 by the ANZAC Memorial League to rename it in honour of the ANZAC troops who fought in World War I, it was renamed Anzac Highway in 1923, at the same time doing some roadworks. In 1937, the government, in collaboration with the West Torrens Council, Unley Council and Glenelg Council Council agreed on a plan for the future of the road, which was ratified by Parliament by the passing of the Anzac Highway Memorial Act 1937. The plan included developing a dual carriageway which included trees on the central reservation and along the verges, to be maintained by the respective councils. Claret ash trees were chosen.{{cite web | title=Claret Ash (Fraxinus oxycarpa 'Raywood') | website=National Trust | date=24 May 2018 | url=https://trusttrees.org.au/tree/SA/Keswick/4_Anzac_Highway | access-date=12 February 2021|quote=The basis for much of this information is: The West Torrens Historian Volume 7 Number 2 August 2015 }}

On 18 September 1918, a tram line opened from Sturt Street in the city, via West Terrace and then down the Bay Road to Keswick. It was used to transport soldiers returned from World War I to the military hospital there.{{cite web | title=Keswick Hospital: The Diggers Hospital | website=State Library of South Australia | url=https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+26285/4 | access-date=12 February 2021}} Known as the West City Line, it ran down West Terrace and Goodwood Road, and turned west into Park Terrace, now Greenhill Road, before turning in to Bay Road. It terminated at the entry to the Keswick Barracks. After redevelopment of Anzac Highway in the 1930s, the tram line was truncated at the new Keswick Road Bridge in March 1939, at a stop known as Wayville West. In December 1957, this line was closed.{{cite web | title=The Western Lines | website=Tramway Museum, St Kilda | url=https://www.trammuseumadelaide.com/the-western-lines | access-date=15 February 2021}}

The South Road intersection with Anzac Highway had major construction works in 2007-2009, as part of a South Australian Government initiative to transform South Road into a non-stop north–south route. Both routes became grade-separated, with South Road travelling through an underpass, with bi-directional controlled exits onto Anzac Highway. The underpass model is a diamond interchange. In October 2007, construction began. In March 2009, the underpass was opened, and named the Gallipoli Underpass, in keeping with the Anzac theme. Each of the four corners of the intersection has a display to commemorate those who fought in the war.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Major intersections

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{{SAint

|type=incomplete

|LGAC=Adelaide

|location_special=Adelaide

|km=0.0

|road=West Terrace (north) – Adelaide CBD
South Terrace (east) – Adelaide CBD
Goodwood Road (south){{SAcity|p=on|Goodwood|Pasadena}}

|notes=Northeastern terminus of highway; no access from Anzac Highway to Goodwood Road

}}

{{SAint

|type=trans

|LGA=Adelaide–West Torrens–Unley tripoint

|LGAspan=2

|location_special={{SAcity|Adelaide}}–{{SAcity|Keswick Terminal}}–{{SAcity|Keswick}}–{{SAcity|Wayville}} quadripoint

|lspan=2

|km=0.8

|uspan=2

|road={{AUshield|SA|R1}} Richmond Road (R1 west){{SAcity|p=on|Mile End South|Thebarton}}
{{AUshield|SA|R1}} Greenhill Road (R1 east){{SAcity|p=on|Burnside|Uraidla|Balhannah}}

|notes=Northeastern terminus of route A5

}}

{{SAint

|km=none

|bridge=Seaford, Flinders, Belair and Adelaide–Wolseley SG railway lines

}}

{{SAint

|LGA=West Torrens–Unley boundary

|location_special={{SAcity|Kurralta Park}}–{{SAcity|Ashford}}–{{SAcity|Everard Park}}–{{SAcity|Wayville}} quadripoint

|km=2.4

|road={{AUshield|SA|A2}} South Road (A2){{SAcity|p=on|Hindmarsh|Edwardstown|Darlington}}

|notes=Diamond interchange (South Road free-flowing)}}

{{SAint

|LGAC=West Torrens

|LGAspan=2

|location=Plympton

|km=4.4

|road={{AUshield|SA|A14}} Marion Road (A14){{SAcity|p=on|Brooklyn Park|Park Holme|Darlington}}

|notes=

}}

{{SAint

|location=Camden Park

|km=5.1

|road={{AUshield|SA|A3}} Cross Road (A3 east){{SAcity|p=on|Unley Park|Glen Osmond}}
Stonehouse Avenue (west){{SAcity|p=on|Camden Park}}

|notes=

}}

{{SAint

|LGAC=Marion

|location=Glengowrie

|km=6.4

|road=Morphett Road{{SAcity|p=on|Novar Gardens|Oaklands Park|Seacombe Gardens}}

|notes=

}}

{{SAint

|type=trans

|LGAC=Holdfast Bay

|LGAspan=2

|location=Glenelg

|lspan=2

|km=8.0

|road={{AUshield|SA|A15}} Tapleys Hill Road (A15 north){{SAcity|p=on|Port Adelaide|Fulham}}
{{AUshield|SA|A15}} Brighton Road (A15 south){{SAcity|p=on|Brighton|Hallett Cove|Port Noarlunga}}

|notes=Southwestern terminus of route A5

}}

{{SAint

|km=8.7

|road=Chapell Drive (west){{SAcity|p=on|Glenelg}}
Colley Terrace (south){{SAcity|p=on|Glenelg}}

|notes=Roundabout; southwestern terminus of highway

}}

In popular culture

Anzac Highway is mentioned in the song "One More Boring Night in Adelaide" by Redgum, on their 1978 album If You Don't Fight You Lose.

Anzac Highway

Route

History

Major intersections

In popular culture

See also

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Further reading