Gawler bypass road

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Gawler Bypass Road
South Australia
General information
Type Freeway
Length 7 km (4 mi)
Opened 1980s
Route number(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • A52 (Evanston – Willaston)
  • National Highway A20 (Willaston – Hewett)
Former
route number		 National Highway 20 (Evanston – Willaston)
Major junctions
North end Main North Road (A52), Evanston
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South end Sturt Highway (National Highway A20), Hewett
Location(s)
Major suburbs Evanston, Gawler West, Willaston
Highway system
Highways in Australia
National Highway • Freeways in Australia
Highways in South Australia

Gawler Bypass Road is a major north-south route in the outer northern suburbs of the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It has the national designation of National Highway A20 north of the Northern Expressway, while south of this intersection it has the state designation of A52.[1][full citation needed]

It is a freeway standard route connecting Main North Road to the Sturt Highway, bypassing Gawler. Major exits include Two Wells Road, Mallala Road and the Barrier Highway known as Main North Road. Each of these exits also have minor roads leading into Gawler.

The route was built in the mid-1980s in an attempt to redirect traffic on the national highway out of Gawler town centre.

Northern Expressway

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Main article: Northern Expressway

The Northern Expressway is a 31 kilometre long freeway grade road, with construction on the expressway finishing in 2010. It begins at a freeway style interchange on the Gawler Bypass Road and heads south west towards Port Wakefield Road (National Highway A1) through the Adelaide suburbs of Angle Vale, Penfield and Macdonald Park. The new road was built to four-lane standard to provide a faster route between Adelaide and Gawler, whilst reducing the amount of traffic on Main North Road and Salisbury Highway. The Northern Expressway consists of 23 km of new road, in addition to an 8 km upgrade of the existing Port Wakefield Road.[2]

Exits and Interchanges

LGA[3] Location km mi Destinations Notes
Light Hewett, Gawler Belt 0 0 Sturt Highway continues towards Nuriootpa, Mildura and Sydney
Horrocks Highway (Main North Road) – Roseworthy, Riverton, Clare / Main North Road – Hewett, Gawler
Thiele Highway (Also known as Freeling Road) – Kapunda, Eudunda, Morgan via Main North Road
Gawler Belt, Willaston 1.5 0.9 Redbanks Road – Mallala, Balaklava / Gawler, Willaston Also known as Mallala Road
Gawler Belt, Willaston, Reid 3.9 2.4 Roseworthy railway line
Ward Belt, Reid, Buchfelde 4.1 2.5 Max Fatchen Expressway – Adelaide, Port Adelaide ramps on north side only; Gawler Bypass is south of here
Reid, Buchfelde 4.6 2.9 Two Wells Road – Gawler West, Two Wells ramps on north side only
Light, Gawler Evanston, Evanston Gardens Gawler River
Gawler Evanston, Hillier 5.7 3.5 Jack Cooper Drive – Evanston, Evanston Gardens south side ramps only
Evanston, Evanston Gardens 6.2 3.9 Gawler Central railway line
Evanston, Evanston Gardens, Evanston Park, Evanston South 7 4.3 Adelaide Road – Evanston, Gawler continues as Main North Road


See also

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References

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