Length:

52 km

Termini:

Northern: Barossa Valley Way (B19), Lyndoch

Southern: Lower North East Rd (A11), Campbelltown

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Lyndoch, Williamstown, Warren, Kersbrook, Chain of Ponds, Cudlee Creek, Paracombe, Castambul, Athelstone, Paradise and Campbelltown

Current: B31

Multiplexed with: B10

Road Authority Internal Classification: ¹

06000 (Campbelltown to Cudlee Creek)

04492 (Cudlee Creek to Chain of Ponds)

04489 (Chain of Ponds)

04483 (Chain of Ponds to Lyndoch)

General Information:

B31 is a very windy road through the Adelaide Hills linking the eastern suburbs of Adelaide with the Barossa Valley. It crosses the South Para Reservoir between Warren and Williamstown and is mostly of rural road standard, though closer to Adelaide it is of multi-laned arterial road standard.

B10, for 300 m, at Chain of Ponds.

29 April 2004: Commencement of road widening and drainage improvement works on Gorge Road, between Coulls Road and Hockley Terrace at Athelstone. ²

17 February 2005: Upgrade a traffic signal controller at the intersection of Darley Road, Newton Road and Gorge Road, Paradise. ²

19 April 2005: Upgrade a traffic signal controller at the intersection of Lower North East Road and Gorge Road, Campbelltown. ²

Campbelltown to Lyndoch

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign on Kent Road, Kersbrook, approaching South Para Rd (Scott St). April 2007.

Image © Darrin Smith

Black Distance Sign:

Northbound black RD sign with newer topknot at Kersbrook. April 2007.

Image © Darrin Smith

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign with newer topknot at Williamstown, approaching Williamstown Rd. December 2010.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Lyndoch to Campbelltown

Black AD Sign Assembly:

Southbound advance directional sign approaching the Kent Road intersection in the town centre of Kersbrook. April 2007.

Image © Darrin Smith