Australian Capital Territory

Entering the ACT from Queanbeyan on Canberra Av. Image © Paul Rands

You've arrived at the road photos and information section that covers the Australian Capital Territory.

One of only 2 territories in Australia, the ACT was established as the FCT (Federal Capital Territory) in 1911. In 1912, Chicago based architect and planner, Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion won the design competition to plan the city. His design was used in part, along with adaptations by local authorities, then later additional planning was performed by the NCDC (National Capital Development Committee) from 1958-1989. The NCDC was abolished with the introduction of self-government to the Australian Capital Territory in 1989 and the establishment of the National Capital Planning Authority (now the National Capital Authority). ¹

The ACT covers an area of 2 358 square kilometres on the eastern part of Australia within the boundaries of NSW and has more than 178 intersections controlled by traffic lights. Additionally, there's over 23 signalised pedestrian crossings. There are over 1000 bridges in the ACT, ranging from pedestrian foot bridges to multi-lane long span bridges and there is over 67 000 streetlights along the streets, community paths, and in public places in the ACT. ²

On this site, numbered routes are sorted by their route number and unnumbered routes alphabetically. To view each gallery, click or tap on a sign or route number below. The ACT has a very limited number of roads with route numbers, with most major arterial routes unnumbered.