Prospect Road

{{Short description|Road in Adelaide, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox Australian road | type = road | road_name = Prospect Road | state = sa | city = Adelaide | urban = yes | length = 6.3 | length_ref = <ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/-34.8452735,138.5911033/-34.901927,138.594488/@-34.8749279,138.57958,14.19z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en |title=Prospect Road |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref> | est = | direction_a = North | direction_b = South | coordinates_a = {{coord|-34.845284|138.591097|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}} | coordinates_b = {{coord|-34.901927|138.594488|type:landmark_region:AU-SA|display=inline}} | alternative_location_map = nomap | end_a = '''Waldaree Street'''<br />{{small|Gepps Cross, Adelaide}} | end_b = '''O'Connell Street'''<br />{{small|North Adelaide}} | exits = {{plainlist| *{{AUshield|SA|A16}} Grand Junction Road *{{AUshield|SA|R1}} Fitzroy Terrace *Main North Road}} | region = Northern Adelaide, Eastern Adelaide<ref name="SARegions">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=20 |title=Location SA Map viewer with regional layers |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref> | through = {{SAcity|Blair Athol|Kilburn|Prospect|Thorngate}} }} '''Prospect Road''' is a north–south road in the inner north suburbs of Adelaide, Australia.

==Route== Prospect road starts in the industrial suburb of Gepps Cross, at the intersection with Waldaree Street. It heads directly south, crossing Grand Junction Road, and continues south through Prospect. It crosses Fitzroy Terrace and ends soon after, meeting the southern end of Main North Road and O'Connell Street, on the northern edges of North Adelaide.

==History== In the 1840s, Prospect Road was called Eliza Street, and was not considered a main road. The two main roads heading north from North Adelaide were Main North Road and Lower Main North Road, now Churchill Road.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prospect.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1525 |title=Local History |publisher=City of Prospect |accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref> Eliza Street was named after Eliza Harrington, the eldest daughter of James Harrington, a local landholder, farmer and businessman. The Harringtons lived for a time at 20 Prospect Road in 'Stone Hall'. In the 1960s the Harringtons built St Helen's House on Prospect Road, where St Helen's Park is today.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.prospect.sa.gov.au/contentFile.aspx?filename=COP%20Spring%202017%20Magazine_web.pdf |journal=City of Prospect Magazine |issue=Spring 2017 |title=Prospect's Pioneers – connection to our past |pages=18 |date=2017 |publisher=City of Prospect |accessdate=9 January 2018}}</ref>

==Notable sites== {{unreferencedsect|date=June 2025}} There are many murals, sculpture pieces and significant buildings along the length of Prospect Road. Recognisable pieces include ''Pulse'' by Warren Langley which are illuminated clusters of two and three stylised 'blossoms' of varying size in the Prospect Village Heart. They were commissioned as part of the Prospect Road Masterplan in 2011. There are also murals by members of the Prospect Mural Group including: * '''History Of Australia''' 1982 ''repainted 1999'' Prospect Mural Group Prospect Road opposite Johns Road, Prospect * '''South Australian Flora''' 1979 ''repainted 1999'' Prospect Mural Group ''corner of'' Le Hunte Avenue ''and'' Prospect Road, Prospect

==Development== Prospect Road runs through two council areas: the City of Prospect and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Both councils have allocated funding to upgrades in the last 10 years.

In 2017 Port Adelaide Enfield completed a 3-stage upgrade including paving, landscaping and artwork in Kilburn and Blair Athol.<ref>{{Citation |title=Prospect Road Upgrade |date=2015 |url=https://www.portenf.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=2443 |publisher=City of Port Adelaide Enfield |language=en |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> {{As of|January 2018}} the City of Prospect is completing its aesthetic upgrades and the undergrounding of power lines along the length of the road within the suburb of Prospect.<ref>{{Citation |title=Undergrounding of Powerlines |date=2016 |url=http://www.prospect.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=3053 |publisher=City of Prospect |language=en |accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{AUSinttop|LGA_ref=<ref name="SALGAs">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=11 |title=Location SA Map viewer with LGA layers |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>|location_ref=<ref name="gmaps" /><ref name="SAlocs">{{cite web |url=https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=hybrid&x=136.19383&y=-32.61774&z=7&uids=19 |title=Location SA Map viewer with suburb layers |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=16 June 2022}}</ref>|length_ref=<ref name="gmaps" />}} {{SAint |LGAC=Port Adelaide Enfield |LGAspan=2 |location=Gepps Cross |type=trans |km=0.0 |road=Waldaree Street{{SAcity|p=on|Gepps Cross}} |notes=Northern terminus of road }} {{SAint |location_special={{SAcity|Gepps Cross}}–{{SAcity|Kilburn}}–{{SAcity|Blair Athol}} tripoint |km=0.4 |road={{AUshield|SA|A16}} Grand Junction Road (A16){{SAcity|p=on|Port Adelaide|Northfield|Hope Valley}} |notes= }} {{SAint |LGAC=Prospect |location=Prospect |km=3.2 |road=Regency Road{{SAcity|p=on|Kilkenny|Hampstead Gardens}} |notes= }} {{SAint |LGA=Prospect–Adelaide boundary |location_special={{SAcity|Fitzroy}}–{{SAcity|Thorngate}}–{{SAcity|North Adelaide}} tripoint |km=5.9 |road={{AUshield|SA|R1}} Fitzroy Terrace (R1){{SAcity|p=on|Thebarton|Kent Town}} |notes= }} {{SAint |LGAC=Adelaide |LGAspan=2 |location=North Adelaide |lspan=2 |km=6.3 |uspan=2 |road=Main North Road (northeast){{SAcity|p=on|Gepps Cross|Salisbury|Gawler}}<br />Barton Terrace West (west){{SAcity|p=on|North Adelaide}} |notes= }} {{SAint |type=trans |km=none |road=O'Connell Street – Adelaide CBD |notes=Southern terminus of road }} {{Jctbtm|keys=trans|conv=no}}

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia (aerial view, 2010).jpg|Prospect Road aerial view, facing north File:Prospect Rd N from Victoria.jpg|Prospect Road facing north from Victoria Street/Gordon Road File:Prospect shop.JPG|Historic shop frontage at 106, Prospect Road File:OIC prospect road uniting church.jpg|Prospect Road Uniting Church at 174, Prospect Road </gallery>

==See also== {{portal-inline|Australian roads}}

==References==

Category:Roads in Adelaide