Type Highway Length 4.52 km Major cities Canberra, Lyneham | Route number(s) A23
(Entire Length) Gazetted 20 September 1928 | |
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Former
route number National Route 23
(Until 2013) Tourist routes ACT Tourist Drive 1
(Vernon Circle to London Circuit)
ACT Tourist Drive 4
(Entire Length)
ACT Tourist Drive 7
(Vernon Circle to Barry Drive) South end Vernon Circle (A23)
City, Canberra North end Federal Highway (A23)
Barton Highway (A25)
Downer / Lyneham, Canberra | ||
Northbourne avenue canberra sunday morning january 2010
Northbourne Avenue is a major road in Canberra, Australia. It extends from City Hill in the south to the Federal Highway in the north.
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- Northbourne avenue canberra sunday morning january 2010
- Map of Northbourne Ave Australian Capital Territory Australia
- References
Map of Northbourne Ave, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
It is a north-south running road which has three lanes for motorised traffic, and one lane for bicycles running in each direction, with a large median strip with rows of trees. The speed limit is 60 km/h, with an 80 km/h speed limit north of the intersection with Mouat Street and Antill Street. These speed limits are strictly enforced with multiple fixed red light/speed cameras in the 60 km/h zone and mobile speed cameras being permitted to operate along the entire length of the road.
Northbourne Avenue is the dividing line between the suburbs of Turner and Lyneham on the west, with the suburbs of Braddon, Dickson and Downer on the east.
Many ACTION buses travelling between City and Dickson, Gungahlin or Belconnen use the road, which has many bus stops along it. A project plan to install a light rail network, called Capital Metro along the median strip is under construction.
Northbourne Avenue was planted with Eucalyptus elata (River Peppermint Gums) between 1983 and 1986, the third generation of Eucalyptus on the road. The previous generation was Corymbia maculata (spotted gums). The River Peppermint Gums are being cleared for Capital Metro and are to be replanted with Eucalyptus mannifera (Brittle Gums).