Statistics:

• Length: 14 km
• Western Terminus: Eucumbene Drive, Duffy
• Southern Terminus: Canberra Ave & Newcastle St, Fyshwick
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Chifley, Duffy, Fyshwick, Garran, Holder, Lyons, Narrabundah, O'Malley, Phillip, Red Hill, Stirling, Symonston, Waramanga and Weston

Route Numbering:

• Current: None

General Information:

Major routes Hindmarsh Drive intersects or conencts with include Tuggeranong Parkway, Yamba Drive, Jerrabomberra Avenune (former NR23), and Canberra Avenue.

Hindmarsh Drive is all dual carriageway, with 4 to 6 lanes for traffic and is used as a major cross city route from the Woden and Tuggeranong to connect to Queanbeyan and the eastern Canberra suburbs.

The route is named after John Hindmarsh (1782-1860), who was the first governor of South Australia, from 1836 to 1838. He was knighted in 1851. 1

History:

• 29 September 1966: Name was gazetted. 1
• 9 March 1967: Official opening of Hindmarsh Drive by Commissioner of NCDC, Rt Hon John Douglas Anthony. 2
• 1978: Construction begins on grade separating Hindmarsh Drive / Tuggeranong Parkway junction. 3
• 1979: At grade junction with Tuggeranong Parkway replaced by grade separated interchange. 4
• 1989: Hindmarsh Drive extended from Jerrabomberra Av to junction of Canberra Av and Newcastle Street during Monaro Hwy construction.
• 27 June 2005: Minister for Urban Services John Hargreaves officially opened the on-road cycle lanes constructed on Hindmarsh Drive. 5

1 ACT Planning & Land Authority, Place Name Search, Hindmarsh Drive
2 ACT Heritage Library, ImagesACT, Official opening of Hindmarsh Drive. Rt Hon John Douglas Anthony, 9 March 1967.
3 ACT Heritage Library, ImagesACT, Concrete beam placed in position on the Tuggeranong Parkway overpass of Hindmarsh Drive, 5 December 1978.
4 ACT Heritage Library, ImagesACT, Tuggeranong Parkway, Hindmarsh Drive interchange is nearing completion, 11 January 1979.
5 Chief Minister, Australian Capital Territory, Media Release, Opening of $900 000 Woden Valley On-Road Cycle Lane, 27 June 2005.

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