# McIntyre Road

McIntyre Road (and its northern sections as Kings Road and Bolivar Road) is an arterial road crossing through northern and northeastern suburbs of Adelaide in South Australia. It is designated route A18.

## Route

Kings Road crosses the northern suburbs connecting Port Wakefield Road and Main North Road immediately north of Parafield Airport across the southern edge of Salisbury. The northern part of Kings Road passes through residential areas and crosses the Little Para River. East of the railway lines, the character changes to industrial manufacturing, and the Parafield Airport.
McIntyre Road continues east of Main North Road with a residential character again. It rises up the face of the Adelaide Hills through a corridor of native bushland and sweeps past the Golden Grove development of the 1980s to North East Road at Modbury. Much of the McIntyre Road corridor was originally reserved as part of the 1960s Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study (MATS Plan).

## History

McIntyre Road was opened in 1989, funded primarily by the Australian Government.
In 2016, the western end of Kings Road was realigned so that instead of it ending at a tee junction with Bolivar Road just short of Port Wakefield Road, the two roads meet at a large roundabout where Kings Road continues to Port Wakefield Road, enabling easier traffic flow to and from Kings Road. An adjacent interchange with the North–South Motorway was opened in 2020. Prior to this alteration, route A18 included 300m of Bolivar Road to connect the end of Kings Road to Port Wakefield Road.

## Major intersections

| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Salisbury | Bolivar–Paralowie boundary | 0.0 | 0.0 | North-South Motorway (M2) – Waterloo Corner, Wingfield, Hindmarsh | Northwestern terminus of Bolivar Road and route A18 |
| Salisbury | Bolivar–Paralowie boundary | 0.0 | 0.0 | Port Wakefield Road (A1) – North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Waterloo Corner, Port Wakefield | |
| Salisbury | Paralowie | 0.2 | 0.12 | Bolivar Road – Salisbury North | Name change: Bolivar Road (west), Kings Road (east) |
| Little Para River | Little Para River | 1.7 | 1.1 | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) | Bridge over the river (bridge name unknown) |
| Salisbury | Salisbury Downs–Parafield Gardens boundary | 3.7 | 2.3 | Salisbury Highway (A9) – Salisbury, Port Adelaide | |
| Salisbury | Salisbury Downs–Parafield Gardens–Salisbury South–Parafield quadripoint | 4.3 | 2.7 | Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines | Gawler and Adelaide–Port Augusta SG railway lines |
| Salisbury | Salisbury South–Parafield–Salisbury East–Para Hills West quadripoint | 6.1 | 3.8 | Main North Road (A20) – North Adelaide, Gepps Cross, Elizabeth, Gawler | Name change: Kings Road (northwest), McIntyre Road (southeast) |
| Salisbury | Salisbury East–Para Hills West–Gulfview Heights–Para Hills quadripoint | 7.2 | 4.5 | Bridge Road – Salisbury East, Para Hills, Northfield | |
| Tea Tree Gully | Wynn Vale–Modbury Heights boundary | 9.5 | 5.9 | The Golden Way – Golden Grove | |
| Tea Tree Gully | Modbury North–Modbury boundary | 11.4 | 7.1 | Montague Road – Cavan, Modbury | |
| Tea Tree Gully | Modbury | 12.4 | 7.7 | North East Road (A10) – North Adelaide, Houghton, Birdwood | Southeastern terminus of McIntyre Road and route A18 |
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