Wellington Road (and Meechi Road at its south-eastern end) is a South Australian secondary road, connecting Mount Barker with the towns of Wistow, Highland Valley, Woodchester and Langhorne Creek.[3] Its north-western portion has been designated part of route B37.
Wellington Road Meechi Road | |
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  Northwest end Southeast end | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 31.3 km (19 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  B37 (1998–present)(Mount Barker–Wistow) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northwest end | Adelaide Road Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Long Valley Road | |
| Southeast end |  Langhorne Creek RoadLanghorne Creek, South Australia |
| Location(s) | |
| Region | Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[2] |
| Major suburbs | Mount Barker, Wistow, Woodchester |
History
Wellington Road previously served as an early alignment of the Princes Highway some time after it was first declared in South Australia in February 1922,[4] initially defined along the route via now known as Strathalbyn Road from Adelaide via Aldgate, Mylor, Macclesfield, Strathalbyn, Langhorne Creek, crossing the Murray River at Wellington and then continuing along the present route beyond Meningie,[5] By 1928, the route was re-aligned to run through Mount Barker and along Wellington Road via Wistow and Woodchester to Langhorne Creek,[6] although by 1935 this alignment was changed to run via Nairne, Kanmantoo, Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend (along what is now known as the Old Princes Highway).[7]
Major intersections
| LGA[8] | Location[1][3] | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Mount Barker | Mount Barker | 0.0 | 0.0 | Adelaide Road (B37) – Littlehampton, Hahndorf, to  South Eastern Freeway | Northern terminus of road, route B37 continues north along Adelaide Road |
| Wistow | 5.5 | 3.4 | Long Valley Road (B37) – Strathalbyn | Route B37 continues south along Long Valley Road | |
| Alexandrina | Woodchester | 18.7 | 11.6 | Callington Road (north) – Callington | |
| 19.3 | 12.0 | Callington Road (south) – Strathalbyn | Name transition: Wellington Road (north), Meechi Road (south) | ||
| Langhorne Creek | 31.3 | 19.4 | Langhorne Creek Road (B45) – Strathalbyn, Wellington | Southern terminus of road | |
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