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Tuggeranong Parkway

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The Tuggeranong Parkway is 4 lanes wide, has a speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) and is divided variously by a concrete wall or large median strip planted with trees. Four speed cameras were installed on the road in July 2007 to enforce the 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph)
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over Red Rocks Gorge, to connect suburbs on the west side of the River. Due to the environmental sensitivity of the Murrumbidgee River corridor, especially the Red Rocks Gorge, this plan was cancelled, along with the planned suburbs on the western side of the River.
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In parts, space has been set aside for duplication of the road (to eight lanes) if future needs require it. An example can be seen in the dual road cuttings behind the suburb of Weston.
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speed limit. They are at the Cotter Road and Hindmarsh Drive interchanges, monitoring both directions of traffic. The road was involved in the
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interchange. The parkway then continues a slow descent toward its terminus at the
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Parkway north-eastern terminus: roadway continues north as Caswell Drive
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Parkway terminus: roadway continues south as Drakeford Drive
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intersection. The roadway itself continues southwards as
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is an 11-kilometre-long (6.8 mi) major highway in
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Territory and Municipal Services – Fixed Speed Cameras
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in which the fires came up to the edge of the road.
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Index

Australian Capital Territory


Motorway
Gazetted
Caswell Drive
Molonglo Valley, Australian Capital Territory
Parkes Way
Hindmarsh Drive
Drakeford Drive
Kambah, Australian Capital Territory
Highways in Australia
National Highway
Freeways in Australia
Road infrastructure in Canberra
Canberra
Civic
Tuggeranong
Woden Valley
Weston Creek
Glenloch Interchange
Belconnen
Glenloch Interchange
Caswell Drive
National Arboretum
Molonglo River
Cotter Road
Oakey Hill
Hindmarsh Drive
Sulwood Drive

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