Anzac Highway

Anzac Highway

Anzac Highway facing southwest towards the Morphett Road intersection
Map
Coordinates
General information
TypeHighway
LocationAdelaide
Length8.7 km (5.4 mi)[1]
Route number(s) A5 (1998–present)
(Keswick–Glenelg)
Former
route number
(1998–2017)
(Adelaide–Keswick)
Major junctions
Northeast endWest Terrace
Adelaide
 
Southwest endColley Terrace
Glenelg, Adelaide
Location(s)
RegionEastern Adelaide, Western Adelaide, Southern Adelaide[2]
Major suburbsPlympton, Camden Park
Highway system
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Anzac Highway is an 8.7-kilometre-long (5.4 mi) main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg.[3]

Originally named the Bay Road, it mostly follows the track made by the pioneer James Chambers from Holdfast Bay, the first governor's landing site, to Adelaide.[4][5] It gained its current name in 1923, to honour the contribution of the ANZACs in World War I.[6]

  1. ^ "Anzac Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
  4. ^ Kerr, Margaret Goyder Colonial dynasty: the Chambers family of South Australia Rigby Ltd., Adelaide, 1980. ISBN 0 727010972
  5. ^ Perry, Dulcie M. (1985). The Place of Waters, A story of Glenelg's first fifty years. Glenelg, South Australia: The Corporation of the City of Glenelg, National Trust of South Australia. ISBN 0-9589503-0-X.
  6. ^ ""Anzac Highway"". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 September 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2013.