Adelaide Terrace
Adelaide Terrace, Perth | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 1.3 km (0.8 mi)[1] |
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| Major suburbs | East Perth, Perth |
Adelaide Terrace is a major arterial road through the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It runs parallel to the Swan River, linking St Georges Terrace with The Causeway.
Route description
[edit]Adelaide Terrace's eastern end is at The Causeway, adjacent to the Swan River. It travels in a west-north-westerly, intersecting perpendicular roads in Perth's grid plan, which are spaced 300 to 400 metres (980 to 1,310 ft) apart. All intersections are traffic light controlled, except for a couple of minor streets. The road's western end joins onto St Georges Terrace, at an intersection with Victoria Avenue.[1]
History
[edit]Adelaide Terrace has existed since the 1830s.[2] Its name appears for the first time on maps of the Land Department in 1838.[3] It is named after Queen Adelaide, consort of King William IV, who reigned from 1830 to 1837.[4][5]
In the late nineteenth century, the southern side was lined by houses and properties of wealthy and powerful people in Western Australia of the time – and it earned the reputation of being the location of some of John Horgan's six hungry families.
By the late twentieth century, there were only a couple of houses from the nineteenth century remaining in the full length of the road.
Major intersections
[edit]All major intersections are traffic light controlled and are within the City of Perth.
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| East Perth | 0 | 0.0 |  The Causeway (State Route 5) southeast / Riverside Drive (State Route 5) southwest / Hay Street northeast – Perth, Victoria Park, Albany. | Eastern terminus at traffic light controlled teardrop roundabout: No access from Hay Street, no access to Riverside Drive. | |
| 0.3 | 0.19 | De Vlamingh Avenue | |||
| 0.4 | 0.25 |  Plain Street (State Route 65) – Mount Lawley, Maylands, Midland | Traffic light controlled. No right turns permitted from Plain Street during peak hour. Access to Graham Farmer Freeway. | ||
| 0.7 | 0.43 | Bennett Street | Traffic light controlled. | ||
| 0.9 | 0.56 | Burt Way | |||
| East Perth–Perth boundary | 1.0 | 0.62 | Hill Street | Traffic light controlled. Traffic cannot access Hill Street northbound due to southbound one-way operation. | |
| Perth | 1.3 | 0.81 | Victoria Avenue – Highgate, Mount Lawley | Western terminus, continues as St Georges Terrace westbound. Traffic light controlled. Victoria Avenue is one-way northbound north of intersection. | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Adelaide Terrace" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "GOVERNMENT NOTICE". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. WA: National Library of Australia. 27 April 1833. p. 65. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "PERTH STREETS". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1645. Western Australia. 4 August 1929. p. 12 (Second Section). Retrieved 21 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Street Names Tell Perth's History". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1935. p. 18 Edition: LATE CITY. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Origins Of Street Names In Perth" (PDF). Western Australian Land Information Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
References
[edit]- Austen, Tommy The Streets of new Perth St George Books. 1988. ISBN 0-86778-038-X
- Stannage, C. T The people of Perth : a social history of Western Australia's capital cities Perth : Carroll's for Perth Cities Council, 1979. ISBN 0-909994-86-2