Length:

6 km

Termini:

Eastern: Coulter Drive & Luxton Street, Florey

Western: Parkwood Road, Britten-Jones Drive & MacFarlane Burnet Avenue, Holt

Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:

Holt, Macgregor, Higgins, Latham, Scullin, Page and Florey

Current: None

General Information:

Southern Cross Drive is a direct feeder route connecting the western suburbs of the Belconnen district, in the northwest of the ACT with the central business district of Belconnen.

The route varies from dual carriageway to single carriageway standard.

Southern Cross Drive is named after the aircraft in which Sir Charles Kingsford Smith made a number of epic flights, including the first across the Pacific Ocean in 1928. ¹

15 January 1970: Gazettal of the road name 'Southern Cross Drive' ¹

Holt to Florey

Eastbound at Florey:

Southern Cross Dr, east of Kingsford Smith Dr in Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

Ross Smith Crescent Junction:

Corner of Southern Cross Drive and Ross Smith Crescent at Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

Ratcliffe Cresent Intersection:

Corner of Southern Cross Dr and Ratcliffe Cr at Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

Chewings Street Intersection:

Corner of Southern Cross Dr and Chewings St in Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

Ratcliffe Cresent Intersection:

Corner of Southern Cross Dr and Ratcliffe Cr (eastern end) at Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

Coulter Drive / Luxton Street Intersection:

Corner of Southern Cross Dr, Coulter Dr and Luxton St at Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

Coulter Drive / Luxton Street Intersection:

Corner of Southern Cross Dr, Coulter Dr and Luxton St at Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

Coulter Drive / Luxton Street Intersection:

Corner of Southern Cross Dr, Coulter Dr and Luxton St at Florey, February 2010.

Image © Paul Rands

¹ ACT Planning & Land Authority, Place Name Search, Southern Cross Drive