Type: | road |
Road Name: | Cross Road |
State: | sa |
City: | Adelaide |
Urban: | yes |
Length: | 8.8 |
Route: | A3 |
Direction A: | West |
Direction B: | East |
Coordinates A: | -34.9683°N 138.5481°W |
Coordinates B: | -34.9634°N 138.644°W |
Pushpin Label Position A: | left |
Pushpin Label Position B: | right |
Alternative Location Map: | Australia Greater Adelaide |
End A: | Stonehouse Avenue |
End B: | South Eastern Freeway |
Exits: | |
Region: | Western Adelaide, Eastern Adelaide[1] |
Cross Road is a major arterial road that travels east–west through the inner southern suburbs of the Australian city of Adelaide.[2] It is designated route A3.
Cross Road starts at the intersection at Anzac Highway in Plympton and heads directly east, crossing the Glenelg tram line shortly after, then crossing the Flinders railway line and Seaford railway line at Emerson Crossing under the South Road underpass, and the Belair and Adelaide-Wolseley railway lines in Unley Park. It continues east through Highgate and eventually ends at Glen Osmond and the Adelaide Hills, at the junction of Glen Osmond Road, Portrush Road, and South Eastern Freeway.
In a 1949 street directory, Cross Road had its current route, but was named "Cross Roads" (plural) and is shown as the aggregation of a number of local street names including:[3]