Northbourne Avenue

Northbourne Avenue Australian Capital Territory
Looking south along Northbourne Avenue, at the intersection of Macarthur Avenue (west) / Wakefield Avenue (east)
Coordinates	35°15′39″S 149°07′55″E / 35.2608°S 149.132°E / -35.2608; 149.132
General information
Type	Highway
Length	4.52 km (2.8 mi)
Gazetted	20 September 1928
Route number(s)	A23 (Entire Length)
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)
Major junctions
South end	Vernon Circle (A23) City, Canberra
	London Circuit Barry Drive / Cooyong Street Macarthur Avenue / Wakefield Avenue Mouat Street / Antill Street
North end	Federal Highway (A23) Barton Highway (A25) Downer / Lyneham, Canberra
Location(s)
Major suburbs	City, Braddon, Turner, Dickson, Lyneham, Downer
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Road infrastructure in Canberra
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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 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.

Aerial view of Northbourne Avenue looking north from Civic. City Hill is in the foreground.

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.

See also

Australian Roads portal

External links

Media related to Northbourne Avenue, Canberra at Wikimedia Commons

Route map: Bing / Google

Road infrastructure in Canberra
Controlled-access roads:	Adelaide Avenue Capital Circle Gungahlin Drive Extension Majura Parkway Parkes Way* Tuggeranong Parkway Yarra Glen
Limited-access roads:	Athllon Drive Barry Drive Barton Highway Belconnen Way Canberra Avenue Commonwealth Avenue Constitution Avenue Drakeford Drive Fairbairn Avenue Federal Highway Ginninderra Drive Gungahlin Drive Horse Park Drive Hindmarsh Drive Isabella Drive Kings Avenue Kings Highway Limestone Avenue Majura Road Monaro Highway^ Northbourne Avenue State Circle Tharwa Drive William Hovell Drive Vernon Circle Yamba Drive
Major interchanges:	Glenloch Interchange
Proposed or cancelled	Monash Drive (Cancelled) Tuggeranong Parkway - West Murrumbidgee Extension (Cancelled)
Roads ACT Transport in the Australian Capital Territory Streets in Canberra *Partially limited-access          ^Partially controlled-access          roadway under construction