Ginninderra Drive is a major arterial road in the northern suburbs of
Canberra
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, the capital city of
Australia
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. The road provides an important access corridor to facilities including the
Australian Institute of Sport
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,
Canberra Stadium
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, the
University of Canberra
The University of Canberra (UC) is a public university, public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is from Belconnen Town Centre, and from Canberra's Civic, Australian ...
and
Belconnen Town Centre
Belconnen Town Centre is the town centre of the district of Belconnen in the Australian Capital Territory. Is located on the south-western shore of Lake Ginninderra.
Belconnen Town Centre contains several Federal and Territory government depa ...
. It is built to a dual carriageway standard carrying two or three traffic lanes in each direction for most of its length, with a speed limit of . A short section from
Charnwood to
Dunlop is single carriageway with a speed limit of . The first section of the road, connecting
Lyneham with the new suburb of
Evatt opened to traffic in October 1976.
Route
The road follows a generally westward alignment from an intersection with Mouat Street in the suburb of
Lyneham. A
grade separated
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interchange is provided at
Gungahlin Drive. The road passes over
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra is a dam located on the Ginninderra Creek in Canberra. It is adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre. The lake was constructed in 1974 to collect stormwater discharge from a catchment that includes the surrounding suburbs of A ...
north of Belconnen Town Centre and continues towards Kingsford Smith Drive in the West Belconnen area. Beyond Tillyard Drive in the suburb of Charnwood, the road becomes single carriageway until its terminus in Dunlop. Original plans for the road included a direct connection from Mouat Street to
Northbourne Avenue
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 bicycl ...
via a corridor between Southwell Park and the Yowani Golf Course however there are no plans to construct this section, evidenced by the removal of the corridor from the planning scheme in 1998.
Ginninderra Drive crosses the eastern reach of Lake Ginninderra over dual curved spans. Both bridges were significantly upgraded in 2009. Further to the west the road embankment crossing Ginninderra Creek, constructed in 1974 forms the dam wall.
See also
References
{{Road infrastructure in Canberra
Streets in Canberra