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5 unusual facts about Southern Expressway


Southern Expressway

Construction of the expressway also included the Adelaide Southern Veloway for cyclists, which runs alongside it for 7 km, from Marion/Main South Road to the Panalatinga Tunnel.

This has caused some anger with many southern residents and those that work in the area due to the longer routes and travel times required, with most of the work affecting the heavier populated areas around Morphett Vale and Noarlunga for well over 12 months from May 2012.

The expressway is the southern part of a north-south freeway originally conceptualised under the Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study (MATS), completed in 1965, as a freeway bypassing the city from Dry Creek to Old Noarlunga.

Originally proposed as 'Noarlunga Freeway', it was built as a corridor to relieve heavy traffic from the major arterial, Main South Road, in Adelaide's south.

The expressway crosses over the Coast to Vines rail trail at both Panalatinga Road and at the expressway's Southern end.


Field River

The catchment area of the Field River includes the Happy Valley Reservoir, part of Main South Road and the Southern Expressway and covers a total area of 55.3 km2.

Southern Times Messenger

The Southern Times area stretches from Lonsdale in the north, through to Sellicks Beach in the south, and covers the southern suburbs, accessible from the city via Main South Road and the more recently constructed Southern Expressway.


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Ambalangoda

Kurundugahahetekma entrance of the E01 expressway is 13 km from Ambalangoda and it takes about 45 minutes to travel via the Southern Expressway from Ambalangoda to Kottawa, a suburb of Colombo.