# Salisbury Highway

Salisbury Highway (and its northern section as John Rice Avenue) is a 15 kilometre major connecting road in the northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area. It is designated part of route A9.

## Route

Salisbury Highway starts at the interchange with the North-South Motorway in Wingfield and heads east as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road and then north-east through the north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, runs parallel to Main North Road from Mawson Lakes through Salisbury where it intersects with Commercial Road, changing name to John Rice Avenue and narrowing to a four-lane, single-carriageway road. It continues a short distance east to terminate with Main North Road in Elizabeth Vale.

## History

Until the early 1990s, Salisbury Highway terminated at Port Wakefield Road. The Salisbury Highway Extension project built the bridge and interchange at Port Wakefield Road, and extended the highway to Wingfield, where it joined the north end of what was then the South Road Interconnector. Neither the Port River Expressway nor the North–South Motorway had been built at that time.
Salisbury Highway (and John Rice Avenue) was originally designated as part of route A13 when South Australia switched to the alpha-numeric road route system in 1998 (with Salisbury Highway between Port River Expressway and Port Wakefield Road was shown as part of National Highway A13 on local road signage and major street directory publications); it was replaced by route A9 in 2017.

## Major intersections

| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | Dry Creek–Wingfield boundary | 0.0 | 0.0 | Port River Expressway (A9) – Port Adelaide | Western terminus of Salisbury Highway, route A9 continues west along Port River Expressway |
| Port Adelaide Enfield | Dry Creek–Wingfield boundary | 0.0 | 0.0 | North–South Motorway (M2) – Waterloo Corner, Regency Park, Hindmarsh South Road – Wingfield | |
| Salisbury | Dry Creek–Mawson Lakes boundary | 4.6 | 2.9 | Port Wakefield Road – Port Wakefield, Waterloo Corner, Gepps Cross | |
| Dry Creek | Dry Creek | 5.1 | 3.2 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) |
| Salisbury | Mawson Lakes | 5.9 | 3.7 | Elder Smith Road – Mawson Lakes | |
| Salisbury | Salisbury Downs–Parafield Gardens boundary | 9.0 | 5.6 | Kings Road – Paralowie, Parafield, Para Hills | |
| Salisbury | Salisbury | 11.2 | 7.0 | Park Terrace (east) – Salisbury Waterloo Corner Road (northwest) – Burton | |
| Salisbury | Salisbury | 11.6 | 7.2 | Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines | Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines |
| Little Para River | Little Para River | 11.8 | 7.3 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) |
| Salisbury–Playford boundary | Salisbury–Elizabeth South boundary | 12.5 | 7.8 | Commercial Road – Edinburgh, Salisbury | Name change: Salisbury Highway (southwest), John Rice Avenue (northeast) |
| Playford | Elizabeth South–Elizabeth Vale boundary | 13.4 | 8.3 | Philip Highway – Elizabeth | |
| Playford | Elizabeth Vale | 15.2 | 9.4 | Main North Road – Gawler, Elizabeth, Gepps Cross, North Adelaide | Northeastern terminus of John Rice Avenue and route A9 |
| Incomplete access Route transition ||||||

## Gallery

* Salisbury Highway, looking southwards at Parafield Gardens.
* Intersection with Port Wakefield Road, looking southwards.