[U/C] M2 North-South Motorway

[NTRabbit]

South Rd will still exist as the b road above/beside the motorway

[Brucetiki]

South Rd will still exist as the b road above/beside the motorway

I wonder if down the track whether some of the more fragmented parts of South Rd will get a new game (for example, the isolated bit in Wingfield between Salisbury Highway and Grand Junction Rd).

[aaronjameslange]

So from Gawler to Aldinga and beyond we will have Northern Expressway, Northern Connector, North South Motorway, South Road, Main South Road. Would it be wise to have one name for the whole stretch or less names? Northern Expressway (Gawler to Regency Park), South Road (Regency Park to Tonsley), Main South Road (Tonsley onwards)

M2 Northern Expressway (Gawler to PRexy)
M2 North South Motorway (PRexy to Darlington)
M2 Souteren Expressway (Darlington to Noarlunga)

Simple

Northen connector will be M2. One of the signs at the waterloo corner intersection says so

[aaronjameslange]

So from Gawler to Aldinga and beyond we will have Northern Expressway, Northern Connector, North South Motorway, South Road, Main South Road. Would it be wise to have one name for the whole stretch or less names? Northern Expressway (Gawler to Regency Park), South Road (Regency Park to Tonsley), Main South Road (Tonsley onwards)

M2 Northern Expressway (Gawler to PRexy)
M2 North South Motorway (PRexy to Darlington)
M2 Souteren Expressway (Darlington to Noarlunga)

Simple

Northen connector will be M2. One of the signs at the waterloo corner intersection says so

Update:
drove through the waterloo corner intersection today and the stickers covering the signs are coming off just enough to read that the northern connector is sign posted as north south motorway.

[Spotto]

Longtime lurker, first time poster. Here we go!

Update:
drove through the waterloo corner intersection today and the stickers covering the signs are coming off just enough to read that the northern connector is sign posted as north south motorway.

Makes sense since the North-South Motorway is the new "built one-after-the-other" part of the corridor.

I'd have signed it as NEXY and keep N-S M/way for the parts between the Superway and Darlington that augment South Road.

[NTRabbit]

I wouldn't be surprised if both NEXY and SEXY were dropped, and the whole thing was rebadged as the North-South Motorway from start to finish

[aaronjameslange]

I wouldn't be surprised if both NEXY and SEXY were dropped, and the whole thing was rebadged as the North-South Motorway from start to finish

Nexy was built as M20 as it joined A20. It was rebranded as the M2 a couple years back. I think when the superway was opened as M2

[SouthAussie94]

This isn't a recent addition by any means, but they have numbered the bridges which go over the SEXY, starting with Number 1 at Seacombe Rd.

In 60 years time when the South Rd corridor is finished, you will have driven 50km along it from Gawler, passing under numerous bridges, only to reach Seacombe Rd and a sign declaring this as bridge Number 1. Does this seem weird to anyone else? Why would they number them North-South, rather than South-North?

Does this maybe give some indication to how the corridor will be named? Will the SEXY retain its name, with everything from Darlington onwards being the North-South Motorway?

[alexczarn]

This isn't a recent addition by any means, but they have numbered the bridges which go over the on the SEXY, starting with Number 1 at Seacombe Rd.

In 60 years time when the South Rd corridor is finished, you will have driven 50km along it from Gawler, passing under numerous bridges, only to reach Seacombe Rd and a sign declaring this as bridge Number 1. Does this seem weird to anyone else? Why would they number them North-South, rather than South-North?

Does this maybe give some indication to how the corridor will be named? Will the SEXY retain its name, with everything from Darlington onwards being the North-South Motorway?

Those bridges were numbered as reference points to report object-throwing incidents.

[Hooligan]

The northern expressway is technically called the Max Fatchen Northern Expressway. I wish we named more roads after prominant South Australians than just naming them after the directions they travel.

[SBD]

This isn't a recent addition by any means, but they have numbered the bridges which go over the on the SEXY, starting with Number 1 at Seacombe Rd.

In 60 years time when the South Rd corridor is finished, you will have driven 50km along it from Gawler, passing under numerous bridges, only to reach Seacombe Rd and a sign declaring this as bridge Number 1. Does this seem weird to anyone else? Why would they number them North-South, rather than South-North?

Does this maybe give some indication to how the corridor will be named? Will the SEXY retain its name, with everything from Darlington onwards being the North-South Motorway?

Those bridges were numbered as reference points to report object-throwing incidents.

Bridges on the Northern Expressway have the names of significant military battles that Australian forces have been involved in. Perhaps that theme will be extended to the Port River Expressway. There are no footbridges separate from the road interchanges so it's a bit easier to decide what to name.

[SBD]

The northern expressway is technically called the Max Fatchen Northern Expressway. I wish we named more roads after prominent South Australians than just naming them after the directions they travel.

We do have

• Horrocks Highway
• Eyre Highway
• Sturt Highway
• Stuart Highway

named after the leaders of the first party to follow roughly those routes.

• Thiele Highway
• Stott Highway
• Playford Highway
• Goyder Highway
• RM WIlliams Way
• Riddoch Highway
• Tod Hiighway
• Birdseye Highway

named after prominent people who lived or worked in the areas passed by the highways (like Max Fatchen).

[how good is he]

Waiting for the Jimmy Barnes Highway...

[SBD]

Waiting for the Jimmy Barnes Highway...

Perhaps that should be a new name for Philip Highway/Salisbury Highway/Port River Expressway - the road that links his birthplace to the Largs Pier Hotel where he performed.

Only one of the list above is named for a woman. We have many more notable women to consider.

[Hooligan]

Waiting for the Jimmy Barnes Highway...

Perhaps that should be a new name for Philip Highway/Salisbury Highway/Port River Expressway - the road that links his birthplace to the Largs Pier Hotel where he performed.

Only one of the list above is named for a woman. We have many more notable women to consider.

We're building a road from Largs Bay to Glasgow?