The Stuart O'Grady Bikeway is a sealed shared cycling and walking path adjacent to the eastern side of the expressway.

It heads southwest, just beyond the northern fringes of suburban Adelaide, to the Port Wakefield Highway at Waterloo Corner.

It allows freight vehicles to avoid residential areas and go straight to Port Wakefield Road.

The Design and Construct contract was awarded to the Fulton Hogan York Joint Venture, a partnership between trans-Tasman contractor Fulton Hogan and South Australian based York Civil.

[7] The interchanges/bridges along the expressway were all named after famous battles in which Australian forces fought, such as Long Tan, Kokoda, Tobruk, Kapyong and Hamel.