Fairbairn Avenue is a major arterial road in the eastern suburbs of

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, the capital city of

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. The road travels from a junction with Pialligo Avenue near Canberra Airport to the

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, a distance of . It is the primary access route to the

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and Mount Ainslie. Fairbairn Avenue carries the Alternative National Highway 23 designation for a short distance between

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and

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. This eastern section suffers from heavy traffic congestion during morning and afternoon peak periods and a number of recent upgrades aim to address this. In 2009, works to improve access and traffic flows around the airport precinct saw Fairbairn Avenue duplicated between Pialligo Avenue - where an existing roundabout was replaced with traffic lights - and Morshead Drive, also improving the intersection with Majura Road. A grade separated interchange constructed over Fairbairn Avenue as part of the Majura Parkway project was completed in 2016. The name Fairbairn Avenue was officially gazetted on 8 February 1968, in honour of Federal Minister for Civil Aviation James Fairbairn, who was killed on 13 August 1940

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