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Statistics:

• Length: 71 km (Mount Jagged to Victor Harbour: km)
• Northern Terminus: Southern Expressway (M2) & Main South Road (A2), Bedford Park
• Southern Terminus: Victoria St (B37 & unnumbered) and Wills St, Victor Harbor
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Mount Jagged, Hindmarsh Valley, Hayborough and Victor Harbor

Route Numbering:

• Current: A13

• Former:

• Multiplexes: B37
• Road Authority Internal Classification: 04760 (Victor Harbor to Old Noarlunga) 1

General Information:

The A13, is one of the main north-south routes through metropolitan Adelaide and to the Fleurieu Peninsula, the route starts in Bedford Park and continues through Morphett Vale, Reynella and Old Noarlunga. From Old Noarlunga, Main South Road continues south as the B23, while the A13 follows Victor Harbor Road to the small town of Mount Compass then south onto the holiday destination of Victor Harbor. 2

Multiplexes along the route include:

• B37, for 3 km, between Hayborough and Victor Harbor

History:

• 1998: A13 route number given when Transport SA was rolling out route numbers with the introduction of the alphanumeric numbering system
• April 2014: Work starts on the construction of a sheltered left turn lane on Victor Harbor Road into Hindmarsh Tiers Road. 3
• October 2015: Safety upgrades implemented between Old Noarlunga and Victor Harbor. Work included 1.2 metre wide central painted median along a 3 kilometre section of the Noarlunga to Victor Harbor Road, between Old Willunga Hill Road and Yundi Road. Audio-tactile line marking was also installed as part of the central median, to help prevent the risk of head on road crashes. The work also included extending the sheltered right turn lane at the junction with Pages Flat Road, resurfacing works and the replacement safety barriers. 4

Mount Jagged to Victor Harbor			Victor Harbor to Mount Jagged
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	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Yundi, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade			Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at McCracken, July 2020. Click here for a photo of this location by Michael Greenslade from December 2013. Image © Alexander Czarnecki
	Black Kilometre Plate: Black kilometre plate at McCracken, December 2003. Image © Michael Greenslade			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Hindmarsh Valley on Welch Rd approaching Victor Hbr Rd (A13) and Waterport Rd, December 2003. This sign has since been replaced due to the construction of a roundabout. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Hayborough approaching Port Elliot Rd (B37) and Hindmarsh Dr (A13 / B37), July 2020. Image © Alexander Czarnecki
Click here for A13 between Old Noarlunga and Willunga

1 Location SA Map Viewer
2 Tristan Anderson
3 Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, News, Safety upgrade at Victor Harbour Rd intersection, 20 Jan 2014
4 Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, News, Works begins on Noarlunga to Victor Harbor Road

Last updated: 30-Nov-2020 12:49

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