Road Photos & Information: South Australia
Commercial Road and Port Road (A7)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 10 km
- Termini:
- Northern: St Vincent St (unnunmbered) and Commercial Rd, Port Adelaide
- Southern: Park Tce (R1), Port Rd (R1), Adam St, Hindmarsh
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Port Adelaide, Alberton, Queenstown, Cheltenham, Albert Park, Woodville South, Woodville Park, Beverley, West Croydon, Croydon, Welland, West Hindmarsh and Hindmarsh
Route Numbering:
- Current: A7
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 05648
General Information:
A7 is the main route between Port Adelaide and the Adelaide CBD. It is a dual carriageway route passing through commercial and residential areas.
When first conceived upon the establishment of Adelaide, the route corridor was designed to be able to accommodate a standard road, a railway line and a canal. The canal and railway line were never created in the road reserve, with the railway line, built in 1853, a kilometre to the east.
The original Port Road corridor was designed by Colonel Light as a primary element in the urban form and structure of Adelaide and it was the first main road constructed in South Australia. Port Road today is the city's third most heavily trafficked road. 2
History:
- 1964: Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study showed a plan to have the road upgraded to become the Port Freeway.
- 2013: Installation of pedestrian signal timers at Port Road in front of the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. 3
- April 2017: Port Road Bridge at junction with South Road opened to traffic. 4
Port Adelaide to Hindmarsh
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on St Vincent St, Port Adelaide, approaching Commercial Rd (A7), May 2013.
Image © Terry Siva
Advance Directional Signage:
Looking southeast on Port Road at Port Adelaide approaching Grand Junction Road (A16). March 2005. Note the missing A7 and A16 shields and remnant National Highway shields.
Image © Darrin Smith
Advance Directional Signage:
Looking Port Road (A7) at Kilkenny approaching East Av (A14), July 2014.
Image © Michael Greenslade
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Hindmarsh approaching Port Rd (A21 (now R1)), June 2016.
Image © Richard Wardle
2 City of Charles Sturt.
3 SA Government, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, News, World focus on pedestrian safety, 08 May 2013.
4 SA Government, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, News, T2T Port Road bridge open to traffic ahead of schedule, 10 Apr 2017.