Parkes Way | |
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| Parkes Way heading towardsBlack Mountain | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Opened | 29 November 1961[1] |
| Gazetted | 21 July 1960[2] |
| Maintained by | Transport Canberra & City Services |
| History | Further stages of Parkes Way were built progressively and completed on the following dates:
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| Highway system | |
Parkes Way is a major road inCanberra, Australia, which runs east-west betweenKings Avenue and theGlenloch Interchange. At Glenloch Interchange it intersects with William Hovell Drive,Tuggeranong Parkway, and Caswell Drive (Gungahlin Drive Extension). The road is freeway standard from the Coranderrk Street roundabout to Glenloch Interchange. Parkes Way is named for prominent Australian federalist,Sir Henry Parkes.[2]
It passes by the edge ofBlack Mountain and part of theAustralian National University via theActon Tunnel. It also passes just south ofthe City and north ofCommonwealth Park andKings Park on the shore ofLake Burley Griffin.
Parkes Way was created with an 80 km/h speed limit that remained in place until 2008 when it was changed to 90 km/h.
Draft plans of the "City to Lake" Plan by the ACT government would see Parkes Way be split into 2 levels from the Edinburgh Avenue exit to the Anzac Parade exit.[4] The top level would be a boulevard with street level access to new buildings in the area and intersections to other roads. The bottom level would be a freeway standard tunnel.
| District | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Canberra Central | Barton–Russell–Parkestripoint | 0 | 0.0 | Kings Avenue /Morshead Drive – Russell,Parkes | Eastern terminus at interchange |
| Parkes | 1.2 | 0.75 | Anzac Parade –Australian War Memorial,Reid,Campbell | Roundabout, with one bypass lane westbound | |
| Parkes–City boundary | 1.9 | 1.2 | Coranderrk Street –Civic,Reid | Roundabout, with bypass lanes westbound | |
| Parkes–City–Acton tripoint | 2.5 | 1.6 |  Commonwealth Avenue (A23) – Parkes | Half-cloverleaf interchange, no access to Commonwealth Avenue northbound or from Commonwealth Avenue southbound | |
| Acton–City boundary | 3 | 1.9 | Edinburgh Avenue north / Lawson Crescent south – Civic,Australian National University | Interchange | |
| Acton | 4.4 | 2.7 | Clunies Ross Street north / Lady Denman Drive south | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| Canberra Central –Molonglo Valley –Belconnen tripoint | | 6.6 | 4.1 | Tuggeranong Parkway south /William Hovell Drive west /Caswell Drive north – Woden,Tuggeranong,Belconnen,Gungahlin | Western terminus at Glenloch Interchange |
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*Partially limited-access ^Partially controlled-access roadway under construction | ||
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