Parkes Way | |
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| Parkes Way heading towards Black Mountain | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Opened | 29 November 1961[1] |
| Gazetted | 21 July 1960[2] |
| Maintained by | Transport Canberra & City Services |
| History | Further stages of Parkes Way were built progressively and completed on the following dates:
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| Major junctions | |
| East end | |
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| West end |
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| Highway system | |
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Parkes Way is a major road in Canberra, Australia, which runs east-west between Kings Avenue and the Glenloch Interchange. At Glenloch Interchange it intersects with William Hovell Drive, Tuggeranong Parkway, and Caswell Drive (Gungahlin Drive Extension). The road is freeway standard from the Coranderrk Street roundabout to Glenloch Interchange. Parkes Way is named for prominent Australian federalist, Sir Henry Parkes.[2]
It passes by the edge of Black Mountain and part of the Australian National University via the Acton Tunnel. It also passes just south of the City and north of Commonwealth Park and Kings Park on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin.
Parkes Way was created with an 80 km/h speed limit that remained in place until 2008 when it was changed to 90 km/h.
- ^ "FIRST WAY SECTION OPEN TO-DAY". The Canberra Times. 29 November 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Search for street and suburb names". ACT Planning and Land Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "NEW PARKES WAY SECTION OPEN". The Canberra Times. 4 April 1963. p. 7. Retrieved 1 June 2013 – via National Library of Australia.