Cross Road, Adelaide
{{Short description|Arterial road in Adelaide, South Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type = road
| road_name = Cross Road
| state = sa
| city = Adelaide
| urban = yes
| length = 8.8
| est =
| route = {{AUshield|SA|A3}} A3 {{small|(1998–present)}}
| direction_a = West
| direction_b = East
| coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.968305|138.548139|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
| coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.963395|138.644001|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}}
| pushpin_label_position_a = left
| pushpin_label_position_b = right
| alternative_location_map = Australia Greater Adelaide
| end_a = Stonehouse Avenue
{{small|Plympton, Adelaide}}
| end_b = {{AUshield|SA|M1}} South Eastern Freeway
{{small|Glen Osmond, Adelaide}}
| exits = {{plainlist|
- {{AUshield|SA|A5}} Anzac Highway
- {{AUshield|SA|A14}} Marion Road
- {{AUshield|SA|A2}} South Road
- {{AUshield|SA|A17}} Portrush Road
- {{AUshield|SA|A1}} Glen Osmond Road}}
| region = Western Adelaide, Eastern 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|Glandore|Unley Park|Highgate}}
}}
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Cross Road is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the inner southern suburbs of the Australian city of Adelaide.{{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}} It is designated route A3.
Route
Cross Road starts at the intersection at Anzac Highway in Plympton and heads directly east, crossing the Glenelg tram line shortly after, then crossing the Flinders railway line and Seaford railway line at Emerson Crossing under the South Road underpass, and the Belair and Adelaide-Wolseley railway lines in Unley Park. It continues east through Highgate and eventually ends at Glen Osmond and the Adelaide Hills, at the junction of Glen Osmond Road, Portrush Road, and South Eastern Freeway.
History
In a 1949 street directory, Cross Road had its current route, but was named "Cross Roads" (plural) and is shown as the aggregation of a number of local street names including:{{cite web |url=http://www.osmaustralia.org/gregorysmaps.php |title=Gregory's Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs |via=OpenStreetMap Australia |edition=1949 |accessdate=10 July 2016}}
- High Terrace (between Fullarton and Unley Roads)
- Napier Terrace (Between Unley and Goodwood Roads)
- South Terrace (between Goodwood and South Roads)
- Glen Osmond Road (between South and Marion Roads)
- Plympton Terrace (between Marion Road and Anzac Highway)
Major intersections
{{AUSinttop|LGA_ref={{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=11 |title=Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 June 2022}}|location_ref={{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=19 |title=Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 June 2022}}|length_ref=}}
{{SAint
|LGAC=West Torrens
|LGAspan=2
|location=Plympton
|lspan=2
|type=trans
|km=0.0
|uspan=2
|road=Stonehouse Avenue (west){{SAcity|p=on|Camden Park}}
|notes=Western terminus of road and route A3
}}
{{SAint
|km=none
|road={{AUshield|SA|A5}} Anzac Highway (A5 northeast, southwest){{SAcity|p=on|Glenelg}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|LGA=West Torrens–Marion boundary
|location_special={{SAcity|Plympton}}–{{SAcity|Plympton Park}} boundary
|km=0.5
|bridge=Glenelg tram line
}}
{{SAint
|LGAC=Marion
|location_special={{SAcity|South Plympton}}–{{SAcity|Plympton Park}} boundary
|km=0.7
|road={{AUshield|SA|A14}} Marion Road (A14){{SAcity|p=on|Brooklyn Park|Park Holme|Darlington}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|LGA=Marion–Unley–Mitcham tripoint
|LGAspan=2
|location_special={{SAcity|Black Forest}}–{{SAcity|Clarence Park}}–{{SAcity|Clarence Gardens}}–{{SAcity|Glandore}}–{{SAcity|Edwardstown}} meeting point
|lspan=2
|km=1.6
|uspan=2
|road={{AUshield|SA|A2}} South Road (A2){{SAcity|p=on|Hindmarsh|Mile End|St Marys}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|km=none
|bridge=Seaford railway line (Emerson Crossing)
}}
{{SAint
|LGAspan=5
|location_special={{SAcity|Kings Park}}–{{SAcity|Westbourne Park}}–{{SAcity|Clarence Park}}–{{SAcity|Cumberland Park}} quadripoint
|km=3.9
|road=Goodwood Road{{SAcity|p=on|Wayville|Goodwood|Pasadena}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|location_special={{SAcity|Unley Park}}–{{SAcity|Hawthorn}}–{{SAcity|Kings Park}}–{{SAcity|Westbourne Park}} quadripoint
|km=4.5
|bridge=Belair and Adelaide-Wolseley SG railway lines
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|location_special={{SAcity|Malvern}}–{{SAcity|Kingswood}}–{{SAcity|Unley Park}}–{{SAcity|Hawthorn}} quadripoint
|km=5.5
|road={{AUshield|SA|B29}} Unley Road (B29){{SAcity|p=on|Unley}}
{{AUshield|SA|B29}} Belair Road (B29){{SAcity|p=on|Torrens Park|Belair}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|location_special={{SAcity|Myrtle Bank}}–{{SAcity|Urrbrae}}–{{SAcity|Highgate}}–{{SAcity|Netherby}} quadripoint
|type=
|km=7.2
|road={{AUshield|SA|B28}} Fullarton Road (B28){{SAcity|p=on|Norwood|Eastwood|Fullarton|Springfield}}
|notes=
}}
{{SAint
|location_special={{SAcity|Myrtle Bank}}–{{SAcity|Urrbrae}}–{{SAcity|Glen Osmond}} tripoint
|type=trans
|km=8.8
|road={{AUshield|SA|A1}} Glen Osmond Road (A1 northwest) – Adelaide CBD, {{SAcity|Frewville}}
{{AUshield|SA|A17}} Portrush Road (A17 north){{SAcity|p=on|Northfield|Payneham|Norwood}}
{{AUshield|SA|M1}} South Eastern Freeway (M1 southeast){{SAcity|p=on|Mount Barker|Murray Bridge}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of road and route A3
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=trans|conv=no}}