Adelaide Avenue is a limited-access road in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
Adelaide Avenue | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Freeway |
| Length | 2.0 km (1.2 mi)[1] |
| Gazetted | 20 September 1928[2] |
| Maintained by | Transport Canberra & City Services |
| Former route number |  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 | |
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Google (8 July 2013). "Adelaide Avenue, Canberra" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Search for street and suburb names". ACT Planning and Land Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Staff writers (5 November 2011). "T2 lane scrapped". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ Kathleen Dyett (17 November 2011). "Libs, Greens force U-turn on bus lane". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 December 2011.