Northern Connector

The $867 million Northern Connector is a six-lane, 15.5 kilometre motorway. It provides a vital freight and commuter link between the Northern Expressway, South Road Superway and Port River Expressway.

Project overview

This project focused on delivering economic benefits to the local South Australian community. This includes creating 480 full-time equivalent jobs each year during construction.

The Australian Government committed $694 million to the project. The South Australian Government committed $173 million.

Planning visualisation

Key benefits

Benefits of the Northern Connector Project include:

• improved safety and more efficient road travel
• facilitates economic growth and development in Adelaide’s northern region
• 90% of all on-site labour hours by South Australians
• 480 jobs for SA each year during construction
• 3 lanes in each direction
• 16 km of cycle and pedestrian path
• Improved freight reliability for economic growth
• 110 km/h posted speed limit
• maximising the use of South Australian steel with about 6,500 tonnes of billet from the Whyalla steel works.