Goodwood Road, Adelaide

Route

Goodwood starts at the intersection of Anzac Highway, West Terrace and South Terrace in the south-western corner of the Adelaide city centre. It heads south, through the southern Adelaide Parklands to meet with Greenhill Road. It continues south through Wayville, passing the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds. The traffic lights at Leader Street mark the boundary with the suburb of Goodwood, and the location of the Goodwood Park Hotel.

The road then crosses the Glenelg tram line and, although it retains 4 lanes, the speed limit is reduced to 50 km/h. The road narrows as it passes the Goodwood library, civic centre and shopping precinct which contains Capri Theatre, numerous restaurants, and Goodwood Primary School. Victoria Street marks the boundary with the suburb of Millswood. The road continues past the former Goodwood Orphanage through the so-called "Goodwood Subway", adjacent to Millswood railway station.

This is a deep road underpass which has double-lane traffic in both directions, and an elevated pedestrian walkway along the western wall. It was originally built for the Goodwood Road tram to pass safely under the Belair railway line and the main Adelaide-Melbourne Railway Line. Although the trams stopped travelling along Goodwood Road and the tracks were removed many decades ago, the subway continues to provide grade-separation between a very busy arterial road and a railway line with long, slow freight trains.

Past the subway, the road widens and the speed limit returns to 60 km/h again. It continues south through the suburbs of Kings Park, (east side and possibly Adelaide's smallest suburb), and Clarence Park (west side) to the intersection with Cross Road, a busy intersection now monitored by speed and red light cameras.

Passing through the suburbs of Cumberland Park (west side) and Westbourne Park (east side), the next major intersection is where Edward Street and Grange Road meet, and marks the start of Colonel Light Gardens (east side) and Daw Park (west side). Here the road widens considerably to 6 lanes and a dual carriageway separated by a wide central grassed nature strip containing many trees.

At the intersection of Springbank and Daws roads, although it retains 6 lanes and dual carriageway, the road narrows and its wide central nature strip is replaced by a narrow concrete curb. Located near this intersection are the Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, Springbank Secondary College, and Bedford Industries.

Goodwood Road continues south through Panorama for almost another kilometre, passing the Centennial Park Cemetery before turning south-west and changing name to Fiveash Drive. It heads through Pasadena for a short distance before turning west into St Marys and changing name to Ayliffes Road. It passes Shepherds Hill Recreation Park before ending at the intersection of South Road and Shepherds Hill Road, and the Southern Expressway beyond.

Major intersections

South Terrace (east) – Adelaide CBD Anzac Highway (southwest) Springbank Road (east) Main South Road (southwest) Shepherds Hill Road (south)

File:Capri Theatre, Goodwood.JPG |The Capri Cinema File:GoodwoodOrphanage-March2018.jpg |The Goodwood Orphanage File:GoodwoodSubway-March2018.jpg |Goodwood Subway and Belair Railway Line File:CLG church of christ 1.jpg |Church of Christ, Colonel Light Gardens File:Partially built Ayliffes Road access bridge.jpg|Ayliffes Road bridge: The above ground road bridges were assembled on-site and moved into their final position using multi-wheeled lifters.

Tram stop

Goodwood Road is also the location of a stop on the Glenelg tram line.

References

References

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6. [https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/timetables/view/GLNELG/0/1/0# Glenelg Tram Timetable (2018)] {{Webarchive. link. (2 April 2019 , [[Adelaide Metro]])