Northbourne Avenue

Northbourne Avenue
Northbourne Avenue
Australian Route 23.svg Australian Tourist Route 4.jpg
Length 4.52 km (3 mi)
Direction North-South
From Federal Highway
via Braddon, Turner, Lyneham, Dickson and Downer
To Vernon Circle
Established 1930s
Allocation Part of National Route 23
Major junctions London Circuit, Barry Drive/Cooyong Street, Macarthur Avenue/Wakefield Avenue, Mouat Street/Antill Street, Barton Highway

Northbourne Avenue is a major road in Canberra, Australia. It extends from City Hill in the south to the Federal Highway in the north.

Sydney and Melbourne buildings, City, either side of Northbourne Avenue in 1929. Commenced building 1920s and completed 1946; for many years the only commercial buildings in the City.

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 60km/h, with an 80km/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 60km/h zone and mobile speed cameras being permitted to operate along the entire length of the road. Many ACTION buses travelling between City and Dickson, Gungahlin or Belconnen use the road, which has many bus stops along it.

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.

It has often been suggested that a light rail system be put on the middle of the road. This would likely involve the removal of the trees located in the wide median strip in the road.

City Hill, looking across London Circuit, where the south end of Northbourne Avenue joins the north end of Commonwealth Avenue. City Hill is looped by a small road known as Vernon Circle.


Coordinates: 35°15′39″S 149°07′55″E / 35.2608°S 149.132°E / -35.2608; 149.132


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