Gungahlin Drive

Gungahin drive is an arterial road in Canberra, Australia. It is 12.5 km (8 mi) long, and serves as one of the major thoroughfares in the Gungahlin district, before becoming a parkway standard roadway south of the Barton Highway, this high quality section was built as the major part of the Gungahlin Drive Extension project.

Route Description

The route begins at roundabout that forms the end of Clarrie Hermes Drive, and Horse Park Drive. It heads in a roughly south-easterly direction, passing by several suburbs, and becoming dual carriageway to the east of Gundaroo Drive. It then crosses between the Mulanggari and Gungaderra Grasslands and heads in a southerly direction along the western edge of the Mitchell industrial area. It then switches to a southwesterly heading and crosses over the Barton Highway, the interchange at this location also marks the start of the parkway standard section of the roadway. Continuing south-west the road crosses Ginninderra Drive and traverses the Bruce Ridge, before reaching its terminus at the Belconnen Way interchange. The roadway crosses over Belconnen Way and continues on as Caswell Drive towards Glenloch Interchange.

Junctions

Gungahlin Drive has multiple junctions along its length providing access to suburbs and facilities in the Gungahlin and Belconnen districts as well as the Inner North, there are links to several other arterial roads.[1][2]

DistrictLocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Gungahlin-00Horse Park Drive / Clarrie Hermes DriveRoundabout
-0.70.4Wanganeen Avenue / Kelleway AvenueRoundabout
-1.50.9Amagula Avenue / Lexcen AvenueRoundabout
-2.31.4Gundaroo Drive
-2.61.6Kosciuszko Avenue / The Valley Avenue
-3.42.1Kosciuszko Avenue
-5.03.1Well Station Drive
-6.54.0Sandford Street
Gungahlin, BelconnenMitchell, Kaleen7.44.6 Barton Highway (A25)   City, Hall, Yass, North Canberra, GungahlinModified diamond interchange with single cloverleaf, signal-controlled access onto Barton Highway
BelconnenKaleen, Bruce9.86.1Ginninderra Drive   Lyneham, North Canberra, Belconnen, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra StadiumDiamond interchange, signal-controlled access onto Ginninderra Drive
Belconnen, Canberra CentralBruce, Aranda12.57.8 Belconnen Way   City, Belconnen, Calvary HospitalFreeway-over SPUI, with additional U-turn ramps.;
Gungahlin Drive Terminus; roadway continues as Caswell Drive
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australian Roads portal

References

  1. Google Maps - Gungahlin Drive, Google, accessed 18 April 2013
  2. ACTMAPi, ACT Government, accessed 18 April 2013
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