Unley Road
Road in Unley, South Australia
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Unley Road is a road in the City of Unley, located south of the City of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from South Terrace to Cross Road, where it becomes Belair Road.[3] The road was named after the family name of the wife of Thomas Whistler, owner of land in Unley which was laid out around 1857.[4]
Coordinates
- 34.935362°S 138.606514°E (North end)
- 34.965470°S 138.608613°E (South end)
TypeRoad
LocationAdelaide
Length3.4 km (2.1 mi)[1]
Unley Road | |
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| Corner of Unley Road and Arthur Street, 2012 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Location | Adelaide |
| Length | 3.4 km (2.1 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  B29 (2020–present)(Unley–Unley Park) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Pulteney Street Adelaide |
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| South end | Belair Road Kingswood, Adelaide |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Eastern Adelaide[2] |
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The road contains numerous cafés, restaurants, shops and churches. It is known for its boutique shopping scene selling designer fashion and artisan gifts and homewares. The road is two-lane with parking on both sides plus bicycle lanes. A tramline ran through the road up until the 1960s.[5]
Major intersections
| LGA[6] | Location[1][7] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Adelaide | Adelaide | 0.0 | 0.0 | Pulteney Street – Adelaide CBD | Northern terminus of road |
| South Terrace – Adelaide CBD | |||||
| Adelaide–Unley boundary | Adelaide–Unley–Parkside boundary | 0.6 | 0.37 |  Greenhill Road (R1) – Wayville, Burnside | Northern terminus of route B29 |
| Unley–Mitcham boundary | Unley Park–Malvern–Hawthorn–Kingswood quadripoint | 3.3 | 2.1 |  Cross Road (A3) – Plympton, Glen Osmond | |
| Belair Road (B29) – Torrens Park, Belair | Route B29 continues south along Belair Road | ||||
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