Tapleys Hill Road is a section of the north–south arterial road which runs parallel to the coast through western Adelaide, Australia.[3] This entire allocation is best known as by the names of its constituent parts: Tapleys Hill Road proper, Brighton Road, Ocean Boulevard, Lonsdale Road, Dyson Road, Murray Road, and Gawler Street. This article deals with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations. The section Tapleys Hill Road is a remnant of an historic road, and no longer runs to the geographic feature Tapleys Hill.

Tapleys Hill Road

Brighton Road, Ocean Boulevard, Lonsdale Road, Dyson Road; Murray Road, Gawler Street

Tapleys Hill Road at Glenelg North, facing north
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Coordinates
General information
TypeRoad
LocationAdelaide
Length35.9 km (22 mi)[1]
Route number(s) A15 (1998–present)
Major junctions
North end Port Road
Queenstown, Adelaide
 
South end Grey Street
Port Noarlunga, Adelaide
Location(s)
RegionWestern Adelaide, Southern Adelaide[2]
Major suburbsSeaton, Fulham, Glenelg, Hove, Brighton, Seacliff Park, Hallett Cove, Christies Beach

Route

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The Tapleys Hill Road corridor runs north–south through Adelaide's western and south-western suburbs, to the mouth of the Onkaparinga River at its southern end. From its intersection with Port Road in Queenstown, it runs south as Tapleys Hill Road through Seaton and Fulham, passing Adelaide Airport to its west, until it reaches Anzac Highway in Glenelg. It changes name to Brighton Road and continues south through Hove and Brighton.

At Seacliff Park, it changes its name to Ocean Boulevard. At Majors Road in Trott Park, it changes name to Lonsdale Road. It continues in a south-westerly direction through Hallett Cove to meet Sherriffs Road in Lonsdale. It changes name to Dyson Road and continues in a south-westerly direction to Christies Beach. It turns west into Murray Road and turns southwest into Gawler Street to terminate in Port Noarlunga.

Places of interest located on Tapleys Hill Road include the Royal Adelaide Golf Course, Harbour Town and a viewing area at the western end of Adelaide Airport.

Tapleys Hill Road, including all its constituent roads, was designated part of route A15 in 1998. In 2021, this was extended south of the Onkaparinga River, along Saltfleet Street, Commercial Road and Maslin Beach Road to Tatachila.

History

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Prior to an upgrade in the 1990s, Tapleys Hill Road's southern end was joined to Anzac Highway, about 100 metres to the west of where it currently lays.[4] The upgrade involved re-aligning the roadway, and taking Tapleys Hill Road to Brighton Road's northern end, removing congestion in a busy area. The old roadway still exists, now named Old Tapleys Hill Road, and is rarely used as a through route, servicing mainly residents of the area.

Tapleys Hill (35°03′S 138°34′E / 35.050°S 138.567°E / -35.050; 138.567) is located west of Flagstaff Road and east of Main South Road on the boundary of the suburbs of O'Halloran Hill and Flagstaff Hill, near the Victoria Hotel (colloquially "Top of Taps Hotel"). The hill was named for Thomas Tapley (1789–1856).[a]

The hill is the source of the name for Tapleys Hill Road. The road forms the initial half of the traditional route from Port Adelaide to Tapley's Hill. The remainder of the traditional route, from Glenelg onwards, being via Diagonal Road and since-altered local roads up the hill from Darlington.

Major intersections

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LGA[7]Location[1][8]km[1]miDestinationsNotes
Port Adelaide EnfieldAlbertonQueenstown boundary0.00.0  Port Road (A7) – Port Adelaide, Woodville, HindmarshNorthern terminus of Tapleys Hill Road and route A15
Port Adelaide EnfieldCharles Sturt boundaryQueenstownRoyal ParkHendon tripoint0.40.25Old Port Road – Port Adelaide, Cheltenham
Charles SturtRoyal ParkSeaton boundary2.01.2West Lakes Boulevard – West Lakes, Albert Park
SeatonFulham Gardens boundary5.03.1Grange Road – Grange, Findon, Hindmarsh
West TorrensFulham7.34.5Henley Beach Road – Henley Beach, Lockleys, Mile End
River Torrens7.84.8Bridge over the river
West TorrensWest BeachAdelaide Airport boundary8.15.0  Burbridge Road (A6 west) – West Beach
   Sir Donald Bradman Drive (A6 east) – Hilton, Adelaide CBD, Adelaide Airport
Holdfast BayGlenelg NorthGlenelgGlenelg East tripoint13.18.1  Anzac Highway (A5 east, unallocated west) – Glenelg, Plympton, WayvilleName change: Tapleys Hill Road (north), Brighton Road (south)
GlenelgGlenelg East boundary13.58.4Jetty Road – GlenelgGlenelg tram line runs through intersection along Jetty Road
GlenelgGlenelg EastGlenelg South tripoint14.18.8Diagonal Road – Oaklands Park, Darlington
HoveBrighton boundary17.210.7Seaford railway line
Brighton17.911.1Sturt Road – Oaklands Park, Tonsley
Holdfast BayMarion boundarySeacliffSeacliff Park boundary20.112.5Scholefield Road – MarinoName change: Brighton Road (north), Ocean Boulevard (south)
MarionSeacliff ParkHallett CoveTrott Park boundary22.313.9Majors Road – O'Halloran HillName change: Ocean Boulevard (north), Lonsdale Road (south)
OnkaparingaLonsdale29.718.5Sherriffs Road – ReynellaName change: Lonsdale Road (north), Dyson Road (south)
30.619.0Seaford railway line
Port Noarlunga34.521.4Dyson Road (south) – Port NoarlungaName change: Dyson Road (north), Murray Road (west)
35.522.1Murray Road (west) – Port NoarlungaName change: Murray Road (east), Gawler Street (southwest)
35.922.3Gawler Street (west) – Port Noarlunga
  Grey Street (A15 south) – Seaford, AldingaRoute A15 continues south along Grey Street
  •       Route transition

See also

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  Australian roads portal

Notes

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  1. ^ Thomas Tapley (1789 – 14 June 1856) and his wife Mary Tapley, née Morford (1791 – c. 20 January 1867), and nine children arrived South Australia aboard Rajasthan, Captain Ritchie, in November 1838.[5] they farmed in the area and established the Victoria Hotel, first licensed March 1844.[6] His granddaughter Edith Tapley (1869–1971) married J. D. Somerville. Around January 1855 Tapley, his wife and youngest daughter, moved to South Terrace, Adelaide, where he died the following year.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tapleys Hill Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with regional layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD. 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
  4. ^ Adelaide Street Directory, 28th Edition. Adelaide: UBD. 1990. ISBN 0-7319-0115-0.
  5. ^ "Advertising". South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register. Vol. I, no. 48. South Australia. 22 December 1838. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Government Gazette". The Southern Australian. Vol. VII, no. 506. South Australia. 22 March 1844. p. 2. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2022.