McIntyre Road

McIntyre Road (and its northern sections as Kings Road and Bolivar Road) is an arterial road crossing through northern and northeastern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. It is designated route A18.

McIntyre Road Kings Road, Bolivar Road South Australia
Coordinates	34°45′50″S 138°35′35″E / 34.763794°S 138.593092°E / -34.763794; 138.593092 (Northwest end) 34°50′08″S 138°40′50″E / 34.835686°S 138.680634°E / -34.835686; 138.680634 (Southeast end)
General information
Type	Road
Location	Adelaide
Length	12.2 km (7.6 mi)^[1]
Route number(s)	A18 (1998–present)
Major junctions
Northwest end	North-South Motorway Bolivar, Adelaide
	Port Wakefield Road Salisbury Highway Main North Road
Southeast end	North East Road Modbury, Adelaide
Location(s)
Region	Northern Adelaide^[2]
Major suburbs	Salisbury Downs, Parafield, Salisbury East, Gulfview Heights, Para Hills, Wynn Vale, Modbury North

Route

Kings Road crosses the northern suburbs connecting Port Wakefield Road and Main North Road immediately north of Parafield Airport across the southern edge of Salisbury. The northern part of Kings Road passes through residential areas and crosses the Little Para River. East of the railway lines, the character changes to industrial manufacturing, and the Parafield Airport.

McIntyre Road continues east of Main North Road with a residential character again. It rises up the face of the Adelaide Hills through a corridor of native bushland and sweeps past the Golden Grove development of the 1980s to North East Road at Modbury. Much of the McIntyre Road corridor was originally reserved as part of the 1960s Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study (MATS Plan).

History

McIntyre Road was opened in 1989, funded primarily by the Australian Government.^[3]

In 2016, the western end of Kings Road was realigned so that instead of it ending at a tee junction with Bolivar Road just short of Port Wakefield Road, the two roads meet at a large roundabout where Kings Road continues to Port Wakefield Road, enabling easier traffic flow to and from Kings Road. An adjacent interchange with the North–South Motorway was opened in 2020.^[4] Prior to this alteration, route A18 included 300m of Bolivar Road to connect the end of Kings Road to Port Wakefield Road.

Major intersections

LGA^[5]	Location^[1]^[6]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Salisbury	Bolivar–Paralowie boundary	0.0	0.0	North-South Motorway (M2) – Waterloo Corner, Wingfield, Hindmarsh	Northwestern terminus of Bolivar Road and route A18
				Port Wakefield Road (A1) – North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Waterloo Corner, Port Wakefield
	Paralowie	0.2	0.12	Bolivar Road – Salisbury North	Name change: Bolivar Road (west), Kings Road (east)
Little Para River		1.7	1.1	Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown)
Salisbury	Salisbury Downs–Parafield Gardens boundary	3.7	2.3	Salisbury Highway (A9) – Salisbury, Port Adelaide
	Salisbury Downs–Parafield Gardens–Salisbury South–Parafield quadripoint	4.3	2.7	Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines
	Salisbury South–Parafield–Salisbury East–Para Hills West quadripoint	6.1	3.8	Main North Road (A20) – North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Elizabeth, Gawler	Name change: Kings Road (northwest), McIntyre Road (southeast)
	Salisbury East–Para Hills West–Gulfview Heights–Para Hills quadripoint	7.2	4.5	Bridge Road – Salisbury East, Para Hills, Northfield
Tea Tree Gully	Wynn Vale–Modbury Heights boundary	9.5	5.9	The Golden Way – Golden Grove
	Modbury North–Modbury boundary	11.4	7.1	Montague Road – Cavan, Modbury
	Modbury	12.4	7.7	North East Road (A10) – North Adelaide, Houghton, Birdwood	Southeastern terminus of McIntyre Road and route A18
Route transition

References

1. Google (22 June 2022). "McIntyre Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. Brown, Bob (22 June 1989), New $14 million road opened in North East Adelaide, retrieved 28 June 2016
4. "Kings/Bolivar Intersection Realignment". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
5. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
6. "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.