King William Street, Adelaide
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King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide (the capital of South Australia).[1] It was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after King William IV, the monarch at the time,[2] (he died less than a month later). King William Street is 132 feet (40 m) wide, and is the widest main street of all the Australian State capital cities.[citation needed]
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[edit] Glenelg Tram
The Glenelg Tram runs the length of the street; the city terminus is in the western part of North Terrace. Travel on the tram is free of charge along King William Street and North Terrace.
[edit] King William Road
The name King William is applied several times to the continuous stretch of road that begins in the inner southern suburbs and terminates in North Adelaide. Where it runs through the Adelaide city centre, it is named "King William Street"; elsewhere it is named "King William Road". It starts in the south as King William Road, just within Unley Park and runs through Hyde Park and Unley. It runs through, the south parklands (as Peacock Road), the Adelaide CBD (King William Street) and continues north from North Terrace as King William Road to Brougham Place, North Adelaide. The road continues north but the name King William is not again used. The northern section called King William Road (connecting the Adelaide CBD with North Adelaide) passes several of Adelaide's landmarks, including Government House, Elder Park, the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Oval and St Peter's Cathedral.
[edit] Historical photographs
 Sometime between 1869 and 1889. Town Hall on left, Post Office on right. |
.jpg) Sometime between 1869 and 1889. Hall's Southern Cross Hotel, the Imperial and various shops, horse and buggy and tram. |
.jpg) Sometime between 1869 and 1889. |
[edit] Name changes on streets crossing King William Street
Between North Terrace and South Terrace, all east-west roads change their names as they cross King William Street. It is said this is because noone is allowed to cross the path of a monarch.[2] Also, travelling north-south, the cross-streets alternate between being wide (4-lanes) and narrow (2-lanes), with the exception that Grote Street and Wakefield Street are 6-lanes wide.
Travelling south from North Terrace, the street pairs are:[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
- ^ a b "History of Adelaide through street names - Street Names". www.historysouthaustralia.net. http://www.historysouthaustralia.net/STlist4.htm#kw. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ Map of the Adelaide CBD, North Adelaide and the Adelaide Parklands.
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