Tapleys Hill Road
Tapleys Hill Road South Australia | |
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General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 13 km (8 mi) |
Route number(s) | A15 |
Major junctions | |
North end | Port Road, Queenstown, Adelaide |
Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Adelaide | |
South end | Anzac Highway, Glenelg, Adelaide |
Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | Seaton, Fulham Gardens, Fulham, Lockleys, West Beach, Glenelg North |
Tapleys Hill Road is a major arterial road in the western suburbs of Adelaide, Australia.[1]
Tapleys Hill Road passes through the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, City of Charles Sturt, City of West Torrens and City of Holdfast Bay.
Places of interest located on Tapleys Hill Road include Royal Adelaide Golf Course, Adelaide Shores Golf Park and Harbour Town.
Prior to an upgrade in the 1990s, Tapleys Hill Road's southern end was joined to Anzac Highway about 100 metres to the west of where it currently lays.[2] The upgrade involved re-aligning the roadway, and taking Tapleys Hill Road to Brighton Road's northern end, removing congestion in a busy area. The old roadway still exists, now named as Old Tapleys Hill Road, and is rarely used as a through route, servicing mainly residents of the area.
Tapleys Hill, on which the Victoria Hotel stands, was named for Thomas Tapley (1789–1856) who arrived in South Australia aboard the Rajahstan in November 1838 and took up land in that location,[3] which however bears little relation to the current road.
See also
Australian roads portal
References
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