Length:

11 km

Termini:

Northern Terminus: Hindmarsh Drive & Callam Street, Phillip

Southern Terminus: Isabella Drive & Drakeford Drive, Greenway

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Phillip, Mawson, Chifley, Pearce, Torrens, Kambah, Wanniassa, Oxley and Greenway

Current: None

General Information:

Athllon Drive is mostly a divided arterial road linking the Woden Town Centre (Phillip) with the Tuggeranong Town Centre (Greenway). The route services residential, commercial and light industrial areas and passes west of the man-made Lake Tuggeranong.

27 March 1979: Athllon Drive between Melrose Drive and Beasley Street opened to traffic. ¹

December 1981: Work started on a $110 000 traffic roundabout to replace the T-junction where Athllon Drive meets Sulwood Drive at Wanniassa. ²

13 October 1988: The main northern access to Tuggeranong Town Centre, Athllon Drive, was opened to traffic. The road traverses the dam forming Lake Tuggeranong. ³

1991: Road widening, improved intersections, special bus lanes and better pedestrian access was carried out on Athllon Drive between Hindmarsh Drive, Phillip, and Sulwood Drive, Wanniassa. ⁴

July 1995: Bus lanes along Athllon Drive converted to transit lanes. ⁵

25 June 2015: Part-time traffic signals installed on the eastern approach to the Isabella Drive / Drakeford Drive / Athllon Drive roundabout switched on. ⁶

Tuggeranong To Woden

Black Advance Directional Sign:

Black AD sign on Athllon Dr at Kambah approaching Fincham Cr, August 2013. This sign has since been replaced.

Image © Paul Rands

Beasley Street:

Beasley St Torrens at the junction with Athllon Dr, April 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Pearce on Beasley St approaching Athllon Dr, April 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Woden To Tuggeranong

Beasley Street:

Beasley St Farrer at the junction with Athllon Dr, April 2015.

Image © Paul Rands

Advance Directional Sign:

AD sign at Wanniassa approaching Drakeford Dr, August 2013.

Image © Paul Rands