Adelaide Superway
The Superway provides improved accessibility to Port Adelaide and key industrial hubs, reduced travel, increased the efficiency of freight transport, reduced the impact of peak hour traffic congestion, and improved road safety through the removal of a rail crossing.

The A$812 million South Road Superway project at the time of construction was the biggest single investment in a South Australian road project, and the state’s most complex engineering road construction project.

 

Located in Adelaide, the South Road Superway is a 4.8 km non-stop corridor, including a 2.8 km elevated roadway with multiple lanes (in each direction) from the Port River Expressway to Regency Road. The Superway connects industry to air and sea ports and intermodal sites, meets future residential and industrial demand and complements long term growth, mining and interstate exports and manufacturing investment.

 

SMEC provided detailed road, bridge and geotechnical designs as well as drainage, hydrology, traffic and transport planning services.

4.8
km
non-stop corridor
2.8
km
elevated roadway with multiple lanes (in each direction) from the Port River Expressway to Regency Road

Improved traffic efficiency and road safety

The Superway provides improved accessibility to Port Adelaide and key industrial hubs through a freight arterial route connecting Adelaide Airport, Islington Rail Terminal, Port Adelaide, Outer Harbour. This connects the rapidly expanding industrial and residential growth areas in the north and the south of the city.

The Superway has reduced travel times by up to seven minutes for the 45,000 vehicles that use this section of road every day, increased the efficiency of freight transport, reduced the impact of peak hour traffic congestion, and improved road safety through the removal of a rail crossing on South Road.

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