Public transport

Construction works will affect some bus services that normally use the expressway, interchanges and surrounding roads and bridges. The project team is making every effort to minimise the disruption by staging closures, arranging alternative routes and giving advance notice of service interruptions.

The following bus services are likely to experience extra travel time, particularly during peak periods, before 9.30am and after 3.30pm, Monday to Friday:

> T748, 750, 751, 751W - between the Beach Road interchange and the southern exit at Old Noarlunga

> 721X, T721, T721X, 722X, T722, 723X - between the Reynella interchange and Bedford Park junction with Main South Road.

Other bus services that use bridges and roads surrounding the Southern Expressway will be affected by construction works as shown in the table below. The closure of bridges or roads will be carefully staged to provide buses alternative routes and minimise inconvenience.

Road bridge	Traffic restriction	Bus service impacted
Beach Road	speed and lane restrictions (May 2012 to early / mid 2014)	743, 744, 702A, 702C, 721, T721, T721X, 721A, 721F, 721L, 721X, N721
Honeypot Road	completed and open to traffic	743, 744
Flaxmill Road	completed and open to traffic	723, 725, 725F, 733
Seacombe Road	completed and open to traffic	N721, 733, 640, 200, 200B, 734, 734S
Elizabeth Road	completed and open to traffic	722, 722A, 722F, 722L, 722X
Sherriffs Road	speed and lane restrictions from April 2013 (weekend closures)	721L, 722L, 724, 734, 734S
Majors Road	completed and open to traffic	734, 734S

In addition, some South Road bus services at the Panalatinga Interchange and Bedford Park junction may experience extra travel time, likewise those services that use roads adjacent to the Southern Expressway including:

Road bridge	Traffic restriction	Bus service impacted
Brodie Road / O'Sullivan Beach Road intersection	speed and lane restrictions	725, 725A, 725B, 725F
Barcelona Road	speed and lane restrictions	745, 745A, 747, 747A
Adams Road	speed and lane restrictions	734, 734S

For details of current detours and service changes, please visit http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/Announcements/Service-updates/Southern-Expressway-Duplication-Project-bus-detours

Panalatinga / Main South Road, Reynella bus services

The Main South Road, Reynella interchange will be modified to service a two-way road, including modifications at the intersection of Panalatinga Road / Main South Road to provide:

two lanes plus a left-turn bus lane for city-bound traffic to the expressway from Panalatinga Road
bus lane priority with a B Signal
new bus stop locations on the western and eastern side of Panalatinga Road. This will provide improved pedestrian links from the Panalatinga Park and Ride to the nearby bus stops.

A public transport fact sheet (586KB) is also available for downloading.