Hi all,
Here’s some more from South Australia. This time the Northern Expressway and surrounding area. Drove up from Adelaide, along Pt Wakefield Rd, Northern Expressway, Gawler Bypass and bit of the newly duplicated Sturt Hwy. Our kids woke up a few km north of Gawler so to avert the wrath of my wife I turned around before getting to Nuriootpa *grin*.
Some interesting finds as discussed below:
Pt Wakefield Rd1.jpg – new distance sign. Interesting to see Wallaroo getting a Guernsey here as traditionally no Yorke Peninsula towns were mentioned on the A1 until Port Wakefield. A bit of an overkill with both Virginia and Two Wells shown as well.
Pt Wakefield Rd2.jpg – interesting directional sign to show motorists to not use Waterloo Corner Road to connect to the Northern Expressway. Its bizarre that “Waterloo Corner Road” is associated with Angle Vale as the road actually heads south-east from the A1 and not north-west to Angle Vale! Nevertheless, when I was younger and our family trying to get to the mid north of SA from the Fleurieu Peninsula, we used to use Heaslip Road/Angle Vale Road to get to Gawler without having to trawl through Salisbury and Elizabeth on the A20. So maybe we weren’t the only ones!
I would’ve thought this sign could have been designed a bit better though. Looks a bit weird with two panels with different roads being “straight on”.
Pt Wakefield Rd3.jpg – new distance sign southbound from the Northern Exp interchange. This is the first time Gepps Cross has got onto any distance signs – as Adelaide traditionally has not had distance signs within its suburban area so its strange to see Adelaide suburbs actually on these signs!
Northern Exp1.jpg – first distance sign on the Northern Exp. The on-ramp southbound from the A1 onto the M20 was still getting built so theres no access from the north yet. As for the sign – Truro???? Why is that on there! Surely some allowance for a destination on the A32 was important, such as Broken Hill or Tarlee? Also, ive never understood why SA continues with state parochialism and tends to avoid targeting interstate destinations. I would’ve thought Mildura would be a better long range focal for the A20 than Renmark, given Mildura is 5-6 times larger!
Gawler bypass1.jpg – pretty sure this is a new sign.
Gawler Bypass2.jpg – southbound along the Gawler bypass – new distance sign with the distance to Adelaide VIA the M20, even though it’s a longer distance.
Gawler Bypass3.jpg – the Gawler bypass has been re-designed and modified such that you now have to exit to continue on the old alignment and to Main North Road.
Sturt Hwy1.jpg – start of the Sturt Hwy – note how the road is now duplicated. Here is what it used to look like: http://www.hotkey.net.au/~krool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg
This distance sign has also been taken away and NOT replaced!
Sandy Creek – Barossa Vly Hwy.jpg – Interesting to see “Barossa Valley” as the focal point here. It’s the only time Ive ever seen it as everywhere else references are made to Nuriootpa or Tanunda.
B34 Williamstown.jpg – BirdWood – I like the capital W in the towns name.
That’s all for now – enjoy!
Cheers,
Michael
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The Northern Expressway was built to stop trucks and cars using Heaslip
road and Angle Vale as an unofficial bypass of Elizabeth.
Tristan
On 8/01/2011 3:35 PM, Brett Watkins wrote:
> Angle Vale would have been used as a focal for Waterloo Corner Road as the
> intersection of Waterloo Corner Road and Heaslip Road (which goes to Angle
> Vale) is only just down the road from Port Wakefield Road
> http://tinyurl.com/29jqsrg
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Nihat <lbj2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> nice pictures.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Michael Greenslade <
>> m.gree...@goodwinmidson.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here�s some more from South Australia. This time the Northern Expressway
>>> and surrounding area. Drove up from Adelaide, along Pt Wakefield Rd,
>>> Northern Expressway, Gawler Bypass and bit of the newly duplicated Sturt
>>> Hwy. Our kids woke up a few km north of Gawler so to avert the wrath of my
>>> wife I turned around before getting to Nuriootpa **grin**.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some interesting finds as discussed below:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pt Wakefield Rd1.jpg � new distance sign. Interesting to see Wallaroo
>>> getting a Guernsey here as traditionally no Yorke Peninsula towns were
>>> mentioned on the A1 until Port Wakefield. A bit of an overkill with both
>>> Virginia and Two Wells shown as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pt Wakefield Rd2.jpg � interesting directional sign to show motorists to
>>> not use Waterloo Corner Road to connect to the Northern Expressway. Its
>>> bizarre that �Waterloo Corner Road� is associated with Angle Vale as the
>>> road actually heads south-east from the A1 and not north-west to Angle Vale!
>>> Nevertheless, when I was younger and our family trying to get to the mid
>>> north of SA from the Fleurieu Peninsula, we used to use Heaslip Road/Angle
>>> Vale Road to get to Gawler without having to trawl through Salisbury and
>>> Elizabeth on the A20. So maybe we weren�t the only ones!
>>>
>>> I would�ve thought this sign could have been designed a bit better though.
>>> Looks a bit weird with two panels with different roads being �straight on�.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pt Wakefield Rd3.jpg � new distance sign southbound from the Northern Exp
>>> interchange. This is the first time Gepps Cross has got onto any distance
>>> signs � as Adelaide traditionally has not had distance signs within its
>>> suburban area so its strange to see Adelaide suburbs actually on these
>>> signs!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Northern Exp1.jpg � first distance sign on the Northern Exp. The on-ramp
>>> southbound from the A1 onto the M20 was still getting built so theres no
>>> access from the north yet. As for the sign � Truro???? Why is that on there!
>>> Surely some allowance for a destination on the A32 was important, such as
>>> Broken Hill or Tarlee? Also, ive never understood why SA continues with
>>> state parochialism and tends to avoid targeting interstate destinations. I
>>> would�ve thought Mildura would be a better long range focal for the A20 than
>>> Renmark, given Mildura is 5-6 times larger!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gawler bypass1.jpg � pretty sure this is a new sign.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gawler Bypass2.jpg � southbound along the Gawler bypass � new distance
>>> sign with the distance to Adelaide VIA the M20, even though it�s a longer
>>> distance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gawler Bypass3.jpg � the Gawler bypass has been re-designed and modified
>>> such that you now have to exit to continue on the old alignment and to Main
>>> North Road.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sturt Hwy1.jpg � start of the Sturt Hwy � note how the road is now
>>> duplicated. Here is what it used to look like:
>>> http://www.hotkey.net.au/~krool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg<http://www.hotkey.net.au/%7Ekrool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg>
>>>
>>> This distance sign has also been taken away and NOT replaced!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sandy Creek � Barossa Vly Hwy.jpg � Interesting to see �Barossa Valley� as
>>> the focal point here. It�s the only time Ive ever seen it as everywhere else
>>> references are made to Nuriootpa or Tanunda.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> B34 Williamstown.jpg � BirdWood � I like the capital W in the towns name.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That�s all for now � enjoy!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Michael
Forgot to add, the A52 sign at the new interchange at the Gawler Bypass
and Northern Expressway is the only place I've seen that new route
number on signage.
I visited a friend at Blakeview, and all up and down Main North Road in
northern suburbs, it is still signposted as National A20.
Only Nearmap seems to have the new route on its maps.
I wonder how long it will take for the signs to be changed.
Tristan.
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>>>>> Here’s some more from South Australia. This time the Northern Expressway
>>>>> and surrounding area. Drove up from Adelaide, along Pt Wakefield Rd,
>>>>> Northern Expressway, Gawler Bypass and bit of the newly duplicated Sturt
>>>>> Hwy. Our kids woke up a few km north of Gawler so to avert the wrath of my
>>>>> wife I turned around before getting to Nuriootpa **grin**.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some interesting finds as discussed below:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd1.jpg – new distance sign. Interesting to see Wallaroo
>>>>> getting a Guernsey here as traditionally no Yorke Peninsula towns were
>>>>> mentioned on the A1 until Port Wakefield. A bit of an overkill with both
>>>>> Virginia and Two Wells shown as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd2.jpg – interesting directional sign to show motorists to
>>>>> not use Waterloo Corner Road to connect to the Northern Expressway. Its
>>>>> bizarre that “Waterloo Corner Road” is associated with Angle Vale as the
>>>>> road actually heads south-east from the A1 and not north-west to Angle Vale!
>>>>> Nevertheless, when I was younger and our family trying to get to the mid
>>>>> north of SA from the Fleurieu Peninsula, we used to use Heaslip Road/Angle
>>>>> Vale Road to get to Gawler without having to trawl through Salisbury and
>>>>> Elizabeth on the A20. So maybe we weren’t the only ones!
>>>>>
>>>>> I would’ve thought this sign could have been designed a bit better though.
>>>>> Looks a bit weird with two panels with different roads being “straight on”.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd3.jpg – new distance sign southbound from the Northern Exp
>>>>> interchange. This is the first time Gepps Cross has got onto any distance
>>>>> signs – as Adelaide traditionally has not had distance signs within its
>>>>> suburban area so its strange to see Adelaide suburbs actually on these
>>>>> signs!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Northern Exp1.jpg – first distance sign on the Northern Exp. The on-ramp
>>>>> southbound from the A1 onto the M20 was still getting built so theres no
>>>>> access from the north yet. As for the sign – Truro???? Why is that on there!
>>>>> Surely some allowance for a destination on the A32 was important, such as
>>>>> Broken Hill or Tarlee? Also, ive never understood why SA continues with
>>>>> state parochialism and tends to avoid targeting interstate destinations. I
>>>>> would’ve thought Mildura would be a better long range focal for the A20 than
>>>>> Renmark, given Mildura is 5-6 times larger!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gawler bypass1.jpg – pretty sure this is a new sign.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gawler Bypass2.jpg – southbound along the Gawler bypass – new distance
>>>>> sign with the distance to Adelaide VIA the M20, even though it’s a longer
>>>>> distance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gawler Bypass3.jpg – the Gawler bypass has been re-designed and modified
>>>>> such that you now have to exit to continue on the old alignment and to Main
>>>>> North Road.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sturt Hwy1.jpg – start of the Sturt Hwy – note how the road is now
>>>>> duplicated. Here is what it used to look like:
>>>>> http://www.hotkey.net.au/~krool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg<http://www.hotkey.net.au/%7Ekrool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> This distance sign has also been taken away and NOT replaced!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sandy Creek – Barossa Vly Hwy.jpg – Interesting to see “Barossa Valley” as
>>>>> the focal point here. It’s the only time Ive ever seen it as everywhere else
>>>>> references are made to Nuriootpa or Tanunda.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Here’s some more from South Australia. This time the Northern Expressway
>>>> and surrounding area. Drove up from Adelaide, along Pt Wakefield Rd,
>>>> Northern Expressway, Gawler Bypass and bit of the newly duplicated Sturt
>>>> Hwy. Our kids woke up a few km north of Gawler so to avert the wrath of my
>>>> wife I turned around before getting to Nuriootpa **grin**.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Some interesting finds as discussed below:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd1.jpg – new distance sign. Interesting to see Wallaroo
>>>> getting a Guernsey here as traditionally no Yorke Peninsula towns were
>>>> mentioned on the A1 until Port Wakefield. A bit of an overkill with both
>>>> Virginia and Two Wells shown as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd2.jpg – interesting directional sign to show motorists to
>>>> not use Waterloo Corner Road to connect to the Northern Expressway. Its
>>>> bizarre that “Waterloo Corner Road” is associated with Angle Vale as the
>>>> road actually heads south-east from the A1 and not north-west to Angle Vale!
>>>> Nevertheless, when I was younger and our family trying to get to the mid
>>>> north of SA from the Fleurieu Peninsula, we used to use Heaslip Road/Angle
>>>> Vale Road to get to Gawler without having to trawl through Salisbury and
>>>> Elizabeth on the A20. So maybe we weren’t the only ones!
>>>>
>>>> I would’ve thought this sign could have been designed a bit better though.
>>>> Looks a bit weird with two panels with different roads being “straight on”.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd3.jpg – new distance sign southbound from the Northern Exp
>>>> interchange. This is the first time Gepps Cross has got onto any distance
>>>> signs – as Adelaide traditionally has not had distance signs within its
>>>> suburban area so its strange to see Adelaide suburbs actually on these
>>>> signs!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Northern Exp1.jpg – first distance sign on the Northern Exp. The on-ramp
>>>> southbound from the A1 onto the M20 was still getting built so theres no
>>>> access from the north yet. As for the sign – Truro???? Why is that on there!
>>>> Surely some allowance for a destination on the A32 was important, such as
>>>> Broken Hill or Tarlee? Also, ive never understood why SA continues with
>>>> state parochialism and tends to avoid targeting interstate destinations. I
>>>> would’ve thought Mildura would be a better long range focal for the A20 than
>>>> Renmark, given Mildura is 5-6 times larger!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gawler bypass1.jpg – pretty sure this is a new sign.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gawler Bypass2.jpg – southbound along the Gawler bypass – new distance
>>>> sign with the distance to Adelaide VIA the M20, even though it’s a longer
>>>> distance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gawler Bypass3.jpg – the Gawler bypass has been re-designed and modified
>>>> such that you now have to exit to continue on the old alignment and to Main
>>>> North Road.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sturt Hwy1.jpg – start of the Sturt Hwy – note how the road is now
>>>> duplicated. Here is what it used to look like:
>>>> http://www.hotkey.net.au/~krool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg<http://www.hotkey.net.au/%7Ekrool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg>
>>>>
>>>> This distance sign has also been taken away and NOT replaced!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sandy Creek – Barossa Vly Hwy.jpg – Interesting to see “Barossa Valley” as
>>>> the focal point here. It’s the only time Ive ever seen it as everywhere else
>>>> references are made to Nuriootpa or Tanunda.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
The NHM20/NHA20 has been re-routed via the Northern Expressway. The
signs on the new road all confirm this.
However other than that Gawler Bypass sign, no other signage has been
updated with the new A52 route.
I would have though the signage would have been a part of the project
works for the new road.
I'd leave Main North Rd as the A52 because that is the intention of the
state government.
Regards,
Tristan
>>>>>> Here�s some more from South Australia. This time the Northern
>> Expressway
>>>>>> and surrounding area. Drove up from Adelaide, along Pt Wakefield Rd,
>>>>>> Northern Expressway, Gawler Bypass and bit of the newly duplicated
>> Sturt
>>>>>> Hwy. Our kids woke up a few km north of Gawler so to avert the wrath
>> of my
>>>>>> wife I turned around before getting to Nuriootpa **grin**.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some interesting finds as discussed below:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd1.jpg � new distance sign. Interesting to see Wallaroo
>>>>>> getting a Guernsey here as traditionally no Yorke Peninsula towns were
>>>>>> mentioned on the A1 until Port Wakefield. A bit of an overkill with
>> both
>>>>>> Virginia and Two Wells shown as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd2.jpg � interesting directional sign to show motorists
>> to
>>>>>> not use Waterloo Corner Road to connect to the Northern Expressway.
>> Its
>>>>>> bizarre that �Waterloo Corner Road� is associated with Angle Vale as
>> the
>>>>>> road actually heads south-east from the A1 and not north-west to Angle
>> Vale!
>>>>>> Nevertheless, when I was younger and our family trying to get to the
>> mid
>>>>>> north of SA from the Fleurieu Peninsula, we used to use Heaslip
>> Road/Angle
>>>>>> Vale Road to get to Gawler without having to trawl through Salisbury
>> and
>>>>>> Elizabeth on the A20. So maybe we weren�t the only ones!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would�ve thought this sign could have been designed a bit better
>> though.
>>>>>> Looks a bit weird with two panels with different roads being �straight
>> on�.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pt Wakefield Rd3.jpg � new distance sign southbound from the Northern
>> Exp
>>>>>> interchange. This is the first time Gepps Cross has got onto any
>> distance
>>>>>> signs � as Adelaide traditionally has not had distance signs within
>> its
>>>>>> suburban area so its strange to see Adelaide suburbs actually on these
>>>>>> signs!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Northern Exp1.jpg � first distance sign on the Northern Exp. The
>> on-ramp
>>>>>> southbound from the A1 onto the M20 was still getting built so theres
>> no
>>>>>> access from the north yet. As for the sign � Truro???? Why is that on
>> there!
>>>>>> Surely some allowance for a destination on the A32 was important, such
>> as
>>>>>> Broken Hill or Tarlee? Also, ive never understood why SA continues
>> with
>>>>>> state parochialism and tends to avoid targeting interstate
>> destinations. I
>>>>>> would�ve thought Mildura would be a better long range focal for the
>> A20 than
>>>>>> Renmark, given Mildura is 5-6 times larger!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gawler bypass1.jpg � pretty sure this is a new sign.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gawler Bypass2.jpg � southbound along the Gawler bypass � new distance
>>>>>> sign with the distance to Adelaide VIA the M20, even though it�s a
>> longer
>>>>>> distance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gawler Bypass3.jpg � the Gawler bypass has been re-designed and
>> modified
>>>>>> such that you now have to exit to continue on the old alignment and to
>> Main
>>>>>> North Road.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sturt Hwy1.jpg � start of the Sturt Hwy � note how the road is now
>>>>>> duplicated. Here is what it used to look like:
>>>>>> http://www.hotkey.net.au/~krool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg<http://www.hotkey.net.au/%7Ekrool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg>
>> <http://www.hotkey.net.au/%7Ekrool/photos/sa/SturtHwy2.jpg>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This distance sign has also been taken away and NOT replaced!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sandy Creek � Barossa Vly Hwy.jpg � Interesting to see �Barossa
>> Valley� as
>>>>>> the focal point here. It�s the only time Ive ever seen it as
>> everywhere else
>>>>>> references are made to Nuriootpa or Tanunda.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> B34 Williamstown.jpg � BirdWood � I like the capital W in the towns
>> name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
Hi all,
Here’s some more from South Australia. This time the Northern Expressway and surrounding area. Drove up from Adelaide, along Pt Wakefield Rd, Northern Expressway, Gawler Bypass and bit of the newly duplicated Sturt Hwy. Our kids woke up a few km north of Gawler so to avert the wrath of my wife I turned around before getting to Nuriootpa *grin*.
Some interesting finds as discussed below:
Pt Wakefield Rd2.jpg – interesting directional sign to show motorists to not use Waterloo Corner Road to connect to the Northern Expressway. Its bizarre that “Waterloo Corner Road” is associated with Angle Vale as the road actually heads south-east from the A1 and not north-west to Angle Vale! Nevertheless, when I was younger and our family trying to get to the mid north of SA from the Fleurieu Peninsula, we used to use Heaslip Road/Angle Vale Road to get to Gawler without having to trawl through Salisbury and Elizabeth on the A20. So maybe we weren’t the only ones!