Adelaide - King William Street

King William Street, a broad avenue 42m wide, cuts through the center of the city from south to north and continues as King William Road, with the same width, over the Torrens River into North Adelaide. The cross streets change their names at King William Street except for South Terrace and North Terrace, which bound the city on the south and north and keep their names for their whole length. Thanks to the far-sighted planning of the city's founder, King William Street is still able to cope with modern traffic, though many of its 19th C buildings have given place to modern high-rise blocks.