State Circle
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State Circle is a circular road surrounding Capital Hill in the centre of Canberra, Australia's capital city. It is the outermost of the three concentric roads on the hill, with Capital Circle and Parliament Drive located within State Circle. State Circle is a bi-directional four-lane road with most intersections being signalised and at-grade. The speed limit is 70 km/h.[2]
It is named for the states of Australia. Roads named for each of Australia's state capitals are also among those that intersect or terminate at State Circle. The main roads leading from the circle are Commonwealth Avenue, Kings Avenue, Adelaide Avenue, and Canberra Avenue.[3][4]
State Circle featured prominently on Walter Burley Griffin's plans for Canberra. It was originally envisaged there would be a number of circular concentric roads around Capital Hill. Only Capital Circle and State Circle were ever fully completed.[5] It is considered a main avenue, and a road of national significance, by the National Capital Authority.[6][7]
Intersections & Interchanges
[edit | edit source]As State Circle is a circular road, the table below lists all intersections and interchanges starting at Commonwealth Avenue interchange and proceeding clockwise.[2][8]
| District | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canberra Central | Capital Hill, Yarralumla, Parkes | 0.00 | 0.00 | File:New South Wales alphanumeric route A23.svg Commonwealth Avenue – City, Parkes | Partial trumpet interchange, northbound anticlockwise exit, and southbound clockwise entry only. |
| Capital Hill, Parkes | 0.01 | 0.0062 | Capital Circle overpass (southbound) | ||
| 0.19 | 0.12 | Federation Mall overpass (northbound) | |||
| 0.28 | 0.17 | Federation Mall overpass (southbound) | |||
| Capital Hill, Parkes, Barton | 0.50 | 0.31 | Kings Avenue – Parkes, Barton, Parliament House | Signal-controlled crossroads | |
| Capital Hill, Barton | 0.75 | 0.47 | Brisbane Avenue – Barton | Signal-controlled crossroads | |
| Capital Hill, Barton, Forrest | 1.00 | 0.62 | Sydney Avenue – Barton, Forrest | Signal-controlled T-intersection | |
| Capital Hill, Forrest | 1.25 | 0.78 | File:New South Wales alphanumeric route A23.svg Canberra Avenue – Queanbeyan, Cooma, Forrest | Signal-controlled crossroads | |
| 1.40 | 0.87 | Hobart Avenue – Forrest | Signal-controlled T-intersection | ||
| Capital Hill, Forrest, Deakin | 1.70 | 1.06 | Melbourne Avenue – Forrest, Deakin, Red Hill Lookout, Federal Golf Course, Parliament House | Signal-controlled T-intersection | |
| Capital Hill, Deakin, Yarralumla | 2.00 | 1.24 | Adelaide Avenue – Woden, Tuggeranong, Deakin, Yarralumla | Modified trumpet interchange, exit and entry ramps in place for both clockwise and anticlockwise lanes, but only for traffic heading to/from the west. | |
| Capital Hill, Yarralumla | 2.25 | 1.40 | Perth Avenue – Yarralumla | Uncontrolled T-intersection | |
| 2.50 | 1.55 | Rhodes Place – (No through road) | Uncontrolled T-intersection | ||
| 2.75 | 1.71 | Flynn Drive – City, Yarralumla, Parkes, Lennox Gardens | Uncontrolled T-intersection | ||
| 2.99 | 1.86 | Capital Circle overpass (northbound) | |||
| Capital Hill, Yarralumla, Parkes | 3.00 | 1.86 | Clockwise loop completed, refer back to top of table | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
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- ^ a b Google Maps/Google Street View, Google, accessed 20 April 2013
- ^ ACT Planning and Land Authority - Place name search, ACT Government
- ^ OpenStreetMap, OpenStreetMap contributors
- ^ Striking the Right Balance: Draft Amendment 39, National Capital Plan, Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories, Chapter 3, Page 29, October 2002
Referring to a submission to the committee by the Royal Australian Planning Institute – ACT Division. - ^ Main Avenues and Approach Routes, National Capital Authority, 5 January 2010
- ^ Designated Area 'Main Avenues and Approach Routes', National Capital Authority, 25 January 2010
- ^ ACTMAPi Archived 2 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ACT Government
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