Regency Road

Regency Road (and its eastern section as Muller Road) is a main east-west road forming a continuous connection between the inner northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Located approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the city centre, Regency Road carries a large amount of freight traffic, being located near Regency Park and the Churchill Road industrial area.

Regency Road Muller Road South Australia
West end East end
Coordinates	34°52′36″S 138°33′03″E / 34.876691°S 138.550815°E / -34.876691; 138.550815 (West end) 34°52′17″S 138°38′13″E / 34.871293°S 138.637007°E / -34.871293; 138.637007 (East end)
General information
Type	Road
Location	Adelaide
Length	7.9 km (4.9 mi)^[1]
Major junctions
West end	David Terrace Kilkenny, Adelaide
	Torrens Road South Road Churchill Road Prospect Road Main North Road Hampstead Road North East Road
East end	Thistle Avenue Hapmstead Gardens, Adelaide
Location(s)
Region	Western Adelaide, Eastern Adelaide, Northern Adelaide^[2]
Major suburbs	Regency Park, Prospect, Broadview

Route

Regency Road commences at the intersection of Torrens Road and David Terrance outside Arndale Shopping Centre, Kilkenny and heads east through Prospect to meet Hampstead Road in Broadview, where it continues eastwards as Muller Road to end at North East Road in Hampstead Gardens.

History

Regency Road was previously named Islington Road between Torrens Road and Churchill Road, Irish Harp Road between Churchill and Main North Roads, and Rakes Road from there to Hampstead Road.^[3] In 1970, four years after the Islington Sewage Farm had closed and the land fallen into disuse, the new suburb of Regency Park was created on the site and named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II (the regent) who visited Adelaide that year.^[4] At the same time, Islington Road, which formed the southern boundary of the suburb was re-gazetted (along with Irish Harp and Rakes Roads) as Regency Road.

In 2007 the intersection of Regency Road and Hampstead Road was upgraded to align Regency and Muller roads, creating a continuous east–west route from North East Road in the east to Torrens Road in the west.^[5]

The intersection of Regency Road and South Road was upgraded as part of the North–South Motorway. Construction started in 2019 and was completed in March 2021. The motorway now passes over Regency Road, with access in each direction via the South Road slip-roads.^[6]

Major intersections

LGA^[7]	Location^[1]^[8]	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Charles Sturt	Kilkenny	0.0	0.0	David Terrace (south) – Woodville Park	Western terminus of Regency Road
				Torrens Road (northwest, southeast) – Rosewater, Ovingham
Port Adelaide Enfield	Ferryden Park-Croydon Park-Regency Park tripoint	1.4	0.87	Days Road – Angle Park, Croydon Park
	Regency Park-Croydon Park boundary	1.9	1.2	South Road – Wingfield, Hindmarsh	Access to   North–South Motorway via South Road
	Regency Park-Dudley Park boundary	2.3	1.4	Naweena Road – Regency Park
Port Adelaide Enfield-Prospect boundary	Regency Park-Dudley Park-Prospect tripoint	2.8	1.7	Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines
Prospect	Prospect	3.1	1.9	Churchill Road – Cavan, Ovingham
		3.9	2.4	Prospect Road – Gepps Cross, Prospect
Prospect-Port Adelaide Enfield boundary	Prospect-Enfield-Sefton Park tripoint	4.7	2.9	Main North Road – Gawler, Waterloo Corner, Gepps Cross, North Adelaide
Port Adelaide Enfield	Broadview-Manningham boundary	6.3	3.9	Hampstead Road – Northfield, Payneham, Glen Osmond	Name change: Regency Road (west), Muller Road (east)
	Greenacres-Hampstead Gardens-Klemzig tripoint	7.9	4.9	North East Road – Walkerville, Modbury, Birdwood
				Thistle Avenue – Klemzig	Eastern terminus of Muller Road
Route transition

Notes

1. Google (7 July 2022). "Regency Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
2. "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. Fuller, W.C. (1940). "Adelaide - Map 8" (Map). Street Directory of Adelaide and Suburbs with Reference Maps. Keyplan. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
4. "Suburbs and subdivisions within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield" (PDF). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. p. 26. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
5. Hampstead Road, Regency Road, Muller Road intersection upgrade : final report, Government of South Australia, 2007 – via National Library of Australia
6. "Regency Road to Pym Street". Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
7. "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
8. "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.