Anzac Highway | |
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| Anzac Highway facing southwest towards the Morphett Road intersection | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Location | Adelaide |
| Length | 8.7 km (5.4 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  A5 (1998–present)(Keswick–Glenelg) |
| Former route number | (1998–2017) (Adelaide–Keswick) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end | West Terrace Adelaide |
| Southwest end | Colley Terrace Glenelg, Adelaide |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Eastern Adelaide, Western Adelaide, Southern Adelaide[2] |
| Major suburbs | Plympton, Camden Park |
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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]
- ^ "Anzac Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
- ^ Kerr, Margaret Goyder Colonial dynasty: the Chambers family of South Australia Rigby Ltd., Adelaide, 1980. ISBN 0 727010972
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""Anzac Highway"". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 September 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2013.