Road Photos & Information: South Australia

Grand Junction Road (A16 / National Highway A16)

Statistics:

• Length: 19 km
• Eastern Terminus: North East Road (A10), Holden Hill
• Southern Terminus: Old Port Road, Queenstown
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Holden Hill, Northfield, Gepps Cross, Regency Park, Ottoway, Port Adelaide

Route Numbering:

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General Information:

Grand Junction Road is in the Adelaide metropolitan area, and is north of the CBD. It is mostly dual carriageway.

It's an east-west route and acts as a connector to Port Adelaide from Adelaide's suburbs. Part of it is funded by Auslink and classified as part of what used to be known as the National Highway network. That section runs from Hampstead Road at Northfield and travels to South Road at Regency Park.

Major routes that intersect Grand Junction Road include:

• Port Road (A7), Alberton
• South Road (A13), Regency Park
• Cavan Road and Churchill Road (A22), Kilburn
• Main North Road (NH-A20), Gepps Cross
• Port Wakefield Road (NH-A1), Gepps Cross
• Hampstead Road (NH-A17), Northfield
• North East Road (A10), Holden Hill

History:

The road was originally known as Junction Road, acquiring its current name from a small settlement that contained a school and an inn and was known as the Grand Junction from at least 1850. The settlement lay at the intersection of the main roads to Adelaide, Port Adelaide and the northern towns of the Adelaide plains. *

• May 2005: Upgrade of the traffic signals at the intersection of Grand Junction Road, Churchill Road and Cavan Road, Kilburn. Also modification of the existing left-turn slip lane on Churchill Road. The upgrade also included modifications of the existing left-turn slip lane on Grand Junction Road for motorists turning left on to Churchill Road. **
• November 2005: Grand Junction Road proclaimed as a limited access road at Regency Park. ***

Preview:	Description:
	Advance Directional Sign: Westbound AD sign on Grand Junction Road at Northfield, approaching the intersection with Hampstead Road and Briens Road. October 2004. Image © Darrin Smith
	Advance Directional Sign: Westbound AD sign approaching the 5 way intersection with Port Wakefield Road (NH-A1), Main North Road (NH-A20 / A1). October 2004. Image © Darrin Smith

* Information courtesy of the John H Lewis publication, "Enfield and the Northern Villages"
** Information courtesy of Transport SA
*** Information courtesy of the South Australian Attorney General's Department