Adelaide Avenue

Adelaide Avenue

Australian Capital Territory
Adelaide Avenue; Australian Capital Territory
General information
Type	Freeway
Length	2.0 km (1.2 mi)
Gazetted	20 September 1928
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
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Road infrastructure in Canberra; ; ;

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]

References

^ "Adelaide Avenue, Canberra" (Map). Google Maps. 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.

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[Google_Maps-1] "Adelaide Avenue, Canberra" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 July 2013.

[ACTPLA-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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v t e 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:	Anzac Parade 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 Kings Avenue Kings Highway Limestone Avenue Majura Road Monaro Highway^{^} Northbourne Avenue Pialligo Avenue State Circle Tharwa Drive Vernon Circle Yamba Drive
Bridges:	Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Tharwa Bridge
Major interchanges:	Glenloch Interchange
Related articles:	Remembrance Driveway
Roads ACT Transport in the Australian Capital Territory Streets in Canberra ^Partially limited-access ^{^}Partially controlled-access roadway under construction*

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