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
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)
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
Major suburbs	City, Braddon, Turner, Dickson, Lyneham, Downer
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Road infrastructure in Canberra

Northbourne Avenue is a major road in Canberra, Australia. It extends from City Hill in the south to the Federal Highway in the north.

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.

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.

Northbourne Avenue was planted with Eucalyptus elata (River Peppermint Gums) between 1983 and 1986, the third generation of Eucalyptus on the road. The previous generation was Corymbia maculata (spotted gums). The River Peppermint Gums are being cleared for Capital Metro and are to be replanted with Eucalyptus mannifera (Brittle Gums).

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