For other similarly named roads, see Goodwood Road

Goodwood Road

Goodwood Road may refer to a number of roads:* Goodwood Road, Adelaide, a road to the south of Adelaide, South Australia* Goodwood Road, Tasmania, link road to the Bowen Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania* Goodwood Road, Singapore, a road in Singapore...

Goodwood Road is a major north-south arterial road, approximately 10 kilometres long, in Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

. It runs between the Adelaide city centre

Adelaide city centre

The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...

 and the suburbs of Pasadena

Pasadena, South Australia

Pasadena is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Mitcham.-Facilities:*Centennial Park Cemetery*Naomi Reserve*Pasadena High School, formerly Daws Road High School*Saddie Hill Reserve...

 and Panorama

Panorama, South Australia

-References:...

, and has a speed limit of 60 km/h (37.3 mph).

Starting at the intersection of Anzac Highway

Anzac Highway, Adelaide

The Anzac Highway is an 11 kilometre main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg....

, West Terrace

West Terrace, Adelaide

West Terrace is a street in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the western-most street of the Adelaide city centre. It ends at North Terrace and South Terrace, and connects to Port Road and Anzac Highway....

 and South Terrace in the south-western corner of the Adelaide city centre

Adelaide city centre

The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...

, the road continues south, through the southern Adelaide Parklands, as part of the A21, the city ring route

City Ring Route, Adelaide

The City Ring Route is a South Australian state route that loops around the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide.The route is a collection of major arterial roads...

. At Greenhill Road

Greenhill Road, Adelaide

Greenhill Road is a major road in Adelaide, South Australia, that provides a vital transport artery for those living in the eastern and hills suburbs. In Adelaide's early days, trams used to run up and down the road...

 the A21 turns east. Goodwood Road continues south through the suburb of Wayville

Wayville, South Australia

Wayville is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It is most notable for its hosting of the Royal Adelaide Show at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds. The suburb is bordered to the north with the South Park Lands of Adelaide, and to the south with the tramline.Wayville Post Office...

, passing the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds

Royal Adelaide Showgrounds

The Adelaide Showgrounds, formerly the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds and most commonly known as the Wayville Showgrounds holds many of Adelaide's most popular events, including the Royal Adelaide Show....

. The next set of traffic lights at Leader street marks the boundary with the suburb of Goodwood

Goodwood, South Australia

Goodwood is an inner southern suburb of the city of Adelaide. It neighbours the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds and features several churches in its commercial district...

, and the location of the Goodwood Park Hotel. The road then crosses the Glenelg Tram

Glenelg Tram

The Glenelg Tram is a route from the centre of Adelaide, South Australia to the beach-side suburb of Glenelg. It is Adelaide's only remaining tramway, running at approximately 15-minute intervals, and is part of the integrated Adelaide Metro public transport network...

line and, although it retains 4 lanes, narrows as it passes the Goodwood library, civic centre and shopping precinct which also contains a theatre, a cinema, numerous restaurants, and the Goodwood Primary school. Victoria Street marks the boundary with the suburb of Millswood

Millswood, South Australia

Millswood is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It is dissected by Goodwood Road, which travels north to the Adelaide central business district from the southern suburb of Pasadena. Millswood also had its own railway station along the Goodwood-Belair line, but this was...

. The road continues through the so-called "Goodwood" Subway

Subway (underpass)

In England and Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong and some Commonwealth countries , the term subway normally refers to a specially constructed underpass for pedestrians and/or cyclists beneath a road or railway, allowing them to reach the other side in safety.The term is also used in the...

, (adjacent to the now closed Millswood Railway Station

Millswood railway station, Adelaide

Millswood railway station is a closed railway station on the Belair railway line in Adelaide, South Australia. It is situated 5.9 km from Adelaide Railway Station, adjacent to the Goodwood Road underpass, on the border of the suburbs of Millswood and Kings Park.-History:The station opened...

). This is a deep road underpass which has double lane traffic in both directions, and an elevated pedestrian walkway along the western wall. It was originally built for the Goodwood Road tram traffic to pass safely under the Belair Railway Line and the main Adelaide-Melbourne Railway Line. Although the trams stopped travelling along Goodwood Road, and the tracks were removed, many decades ago, the subway continues to provide grade-separation between a very busy arterial road and a railway line with long slow freight trains.

Past the subway, the road widens again and continues south through the suburbs of Kings Park

Kings Park, South Australia

Kings Park is a small, triangular shaped suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley surrounded by Goodwood Road, Cross Road and the Belair railway line. The nearest railway station is Unley Park.-References:...

, (possibly Adelaide's smallest suburb), and Clarence Park

Clarence Park, South Australia

Clarence Park is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Unley. Its borders are Mills Street , the Noarlunga railway line , Goodwood Road and Cross Road .-History:Goodwood Park Post Office opened on 27 December 1877, was renamed Goodwood South in...

 to the intersection with Cross Road

Cross Road, Adelaide

Cross Road is a major arterial road that travels east-west through the inner southern suburbs of the Australian city of Adelaide. Its western terminus is at Anzac Highway, travelling east and ending at Glen Osmond and the Adelaide Hills, joining the junction of Glen Osmond Road, Portrush Road, and...

 and the A3, a busy intersection now monitored by speed and red light cameras. Passing through the suburbs of Cumberland Park

Cumberland Park, South Australia

Cumberland Park is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Mitcham.The suburb's borders are Cross Road, Goodwood Road, Edward Street and Winston Avenue....

 and Westbourne Park

Westbourne Park, South Australia

Westbourne Park is an inner southern suburb of the State capital of South Australia, Adelaide. The suburb was named after Westbourne, a village in Sussex, England, and was laid out in 1881.-History:It was originally known as Cottonville and Unley Park...

, the next major intersection is where Edward Street and Grange Road meet, and marks the start of Colonel Light Gardens and Daw Park

Daw Park, South Australia

Daw Park is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, Australia, in the Local Government Area of the City of Mitcham. The suburb is divided into two parts, with a smaller exclave separated from the larger southern part by a section of Colonel Light Gardens...

. Here the road widens considerably to 6 lanes and dual carriageway separated by a wide central grassed nature strip containing many trees. At the rather disjointed intersection of Springbank and Daws

Daws Road, Adelaide

Daws Road is a major double lane arterial road in the central southern suburbs of Adelaide, running east-west between Goodwood Road in the east and Marion Road in the west. Daws Road crosses South Road and the Tonsley railway line. It passes under one of the two diagonal railway bridges of the...

 roads, although it retains 6 lanes and dual carriageway, the road narrows and its wide central nature strip is replaced by a narrow concrete curb. Also located at this intersection are the Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park

Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park

The Repatriation General Hospital at Daw Park, South Australia , also commonly referred to as "The Repat" or just "Repat", is one of a number of Repatriation General Hospitals set up by the Commonwealth Government around the time of World War II to cater for returned serviceman...

, the Pasadena High School

Pasadena High School, South Australia

Pasadena High School is a secondary school located in the southern Adelaide suburb of Pasadena, on the corner of Goodwood and Daws Roads. It was opened in 1964 as Daws Road High School and operated under this name until 2001....

, the Douglas Mawson Institute of TAFE

TAFE South Australia

TAFE South Australia provides vocational education and training in South Australia. The acronym TAFE stands for Technical and Further Education and is used and recognised nationally throughout Australia....

 and Bedford Industries.

Goodwood Road continues south through Pasadena

Pasadena, South Australia

Pasadena is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Mitcham.-Facilities:*Centennial Park Cemetery*Naomi Reserve*Pasadena High School, formerly Daws Road High School*Saddie Hill Reserve...

 and Panorama

Panorama, South Australia

-References:...

 for almost another kilometre, passing Centennial Park Cemetery

Centennial Park Cemetery

Centennial Park Cemetery is a large, 40.5 hectare cemetery in the southern Adelaide suburb of Pasadena, located at along Goodwood Road. It is the largest cemetery in the southern suburbs and one of the largest in the Adelaide metropolitan area...

on the right before bending in a south-westerly direction. It is a this point that the name "Goodwood Road" ends, and is replaced by Fiveash Drive, although there is no change in the structure of the thoroughfare itself.