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 today officially opened the on-road cycle lanes constructed on Hindmarsh Drive. ⁵

Fyshwick to Duffy (Westbound)			Duffy to Fyshwick (Eastbound)
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	Entering Weston Creek District: Hindmarsh Av near the Tuggeranong Pkwy interchange at Waramanga, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Black Intersection Directional Sign assembly: Black ID signs on the corner Brierly St and Hindmarsh Dr in Weston, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Badimara Street Intersection: Corner of Hindmarsh Dr and Badimara St at Waramanga, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Weston for the junction with Namatjira Dr, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Larakia Street Intersection: Corner of Hindmarsh Dr & Larakia St in Waramanga, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Namatjira Drive Intersection: Hindmarsh Dr at the junction with Namatjira Dr in Weston, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	McInnes Street Junction: Corner of Hindmarsh Dr & McInnes St at Waramanga, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			McInnes Street Intersection: Hindmarsh Dr at Weston, near McInnes St, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advanced Directional Sign: AD sign on Hindmarsh Dr at Waramanga, approaching the Namatjira Dr intersection, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Larakia Street Junction: Corner of McInnes St, Larakia St and Hindmarsh Dr in Weston, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Namatjira Drive Intersection: Corner of Hindmarsh Dr & Namatjira Dr at Waramanga, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Weston approaching the interchange with Tuggeranong Pkwy and also the intersection with Badimara St, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Entering Stirling: Hindmarsh Dr as it enters the suburb of Stirling, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Badimara Street Junction: Corner of Hindmarsh Dr and Badimara St in Weston, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Hindmarsh Dr at Stirling approaching Brierly St, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Tuggeranong Parkway Interchange: Eastbound at Weston at the interchange with the Tuggeranong Pkwy, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign near Brierly St in Stirling, for the junction with Streeton Dr, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands			Tuggeranong Parkway Interchange: Eastbound at Weston at the interchange with the Tuggeranong Pkwy, Feburary 2010. Image © Paul Rands
				Advance Directional Sign: AD sign as you approach Hindmarsh Drive from Yamba Drive, outside the Canberra Hospital at Garran. July 2006. Image © Paul Rands
				Hindmarsh Drive Eastbound: Looking east as you begin the ascent to Red Hill as you pass Palmer Street at Garran, July 2006. Image © Paul Rands
				Climbing Red Hill: Eastbound at Garran as you head up Red Hill. July 2006 . Image © Paul Rands
				Speed Camera Signage: Typical ACT speed camera signage, eastbound at Garran, July 2006. Image © Paul Rands
				Red Hill: Eastbound at Red Hill, just before the turn off to Tamar Street which connects to Mugga Way. July 2006. Image © Paul Rands

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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