Adelaide Avenue

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Adelaide Avenue

General information
Type Freeway
Length2.0 km (1.2 mi) [1]
Gazetted 20 September 1928 [2]
Maintained by Transport Canberra & City Services
Former
route number
Australian Capital Territory Tourist Drive 5.svg ACT Tourist Drive 5
Major junctions
East end Capital Circle
Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory
West end Yarra Glen
Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns Deakin / Yarralumla , Canberra
Highway system

Adelaide Avenue is a limited-access road in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

The road connects Yarralumla with the Parliament House area. Adelaide Avenue is a popular tourist route, since Parliament house, The Lodge, the residence of the Australian Prime Minister, and the Royal Australian Mint, can be seen from it.[ citation needed ] It continues as Yarra Glen to link to the district of Woden.

The far right lane was used as a bus lane until December 2006, but due to the Gungahlin Drive Extension it was changed to a T2 transit lane. [3] The T2 lane was reverted to a bus lane on 14 November 2011 after the completion of the Gungahlin Drive Extension. [4] However a week after the lane was turned back to a bus lane the ACT Liberals and the ACT Greens overturned the decision, resulting in the lane changing to a T2 lane despite the wishes of the Labor party and the Transport Workers Union. [5]

See also

Australia road sign W5-29.svg Australian Roadsportal

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References

  1. "Adelaide Avenue, Canberra" (Map). Google Maps . Google. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. "Search for street and suburb names". ACT Planning and Land Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. "TRANSIT LANE ON ADELAIDE AVENUE" (PDF). Department of Territory and Municipal Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  4. Staff writers (5 November 2011). "T2 lane scrapped". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  5. Kathleen Dyett (17 November 2011). "Libs, Greens force U-turn on bus lane". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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