Statistics:

• Length: 18 km
• Western Terminus: McMinn Street, Darwin
• Eastern Terminus: Stuart Highway (A1) and Roystonea Av, Pinelands
• Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route: Darwin, Woolner, Bayview, Winnellie, Berrimah, Hidden Valley, Wishart, Tivendale & Pinelands

Route Numbering:

• Current: A15

General Information:

Tiger Brennan Drive is a mostly limited access dual carriageway arterial road which bypasses a large swathe of strip development in Darwin's eastern suburbs. It also directly links the satellite town of Palmerston with Darwin. Northbound traffic heading to Darwin on the Stuart Highway is directly funnelled onto Tiger Brennan Drive. The route passes through bushland, industrial, commerical and residential areas.

Signage along the route is inconsistent in showing the A15 route number, with the majority of A15 signs at the eastern end of the route.

Tiger Brennan Drive is named after Harold "Tiger" Brennan (1905-1979), a prospector and politician; a battler for the underdog and a champion for self Government, in later years he was Mayor of Darwin and was awarded the OBE. 1

History:

• 11 April 1984: The name Tiger Brennan Drive first gazetted. 1
• 26 November 1997: Gazettal of Tiger Brennan Drive name on the extension between Hook Road and Berrimah Road. 1
• April 2008: Work began on 7 km extension of Tiger Brennan Drive to Stuart Highway. 2
• April 2009: Work to construct new passing lanes along Tiger Brennan Drive started. The existing inbound overtaking lane between Amy Johnson Avenue and Bombing Road was extended by about 1.4km, and the outbound overtaking lane between Woolner Road and Benison Road was extended by about 600m. 3
• 07 April 2010: Gazettal of Tiger Brennan Drive name on the easterly extension of Tiger Brennan Drive from Berrimah Road towards the Stuart Highway. 1
• 18 November 2009: A report details that the construction of the northbound and southbound bridges of the interchange with Stuart Highway had commenced. The report also mentions a large culvert section near Tivendale Road was almost complete at that time. The large culvert is 3m x 3m and was designed to allow wet season flows through, as well as allowing fish species to travel downstream. 4
• 20 December 2010: Official opening of the Tiger Brennan Drive extension and bridges with Stuart Highway. 5
• 20 April 2011: Official naming of the bridges at the intersection of Tiger Brennan Drive and Stuart Highway in Palmerston: (a) Beekman Bridge – being the road bridge over the inbound lanes of Tiger Brennan Drive, which is named after Ron Beekman, an engineer who was instrumental in major civil infrastructure projects across the Territory. (b) Graham Ross Bridge – being the road bridge over the outbound lanes of Tiger Brennan Drive, which is named after Graham Ross, a pioneer of the Territory trucking industry. (c) Midpul Bridge – being the pedestrian bridge over the Stuart Highway, which is named after Prince of Wales, a Larrakia artist who was born with the tribal name Midpul. 6
• April 2013: Completion of works to prepare for the new road pavement and associated drainage works has been completed between Dinah Beach Road and Woolner Road.
• June 2013: Duplication works commenced and include duplication of Tiger Brennan Drive from Dinah Beach Road to Woolner Road, signalisation at the intersection of Tiger Brennan Drive and Gonzales Road, modifications to the intersection of Tiger Brennan Drive and Gothenburg Crescent and an upgrade of the intersection of Woolner Road and Stoddart Drive. 7
• July 2013: Construction began on Dinah Beach Road to Berrimah Road Duplication. 8
• 25 July 2014: The switching on of traffic lights between Dinah Beach and Woolner Roads today marked completion of the first section of duplication works on Tiger Brennan Drive. The Dinah Beach Road section of the upgrade was the first section to be completed in a string of projects to increase capacity of the route. 9
• December 2014: Work begins on the Tiger Brennan Drive Duplication from Woolner Road to Berrimah Road. The project duplicated the existing Tiger Brennan Drive carriageway between Berrimah Road and Woolner Road. It included the construction of an additional bridge at Hidden Valley, a shared user path for cyclists and pedestrians and four major intersection upgrades. 10
• November 2015: Construction to upgrade the Woolner Road and Tiger Brennan Drive intersection commenced. The intersection upgrade included relocation of the slip lanes in and out of Bayview, the shared user path and essential infrastructure such as traffic signals and street lights. 11
• 2 August 2016: New carriageway between Woolner Road and Berrimah Road opened to traffic. 10
• May 2018: Duplication works commenced between McMinn Street, Frances Bay Road and Dinah Beach Road. 12

Pinelands to Darwin			Darwin to Pinelands
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	Start A15: Start of A15 at Tivendale, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry			Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign on McMinn St Darwin, approaching Tiger Brennan Dr (A15) and Bennett St, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Reassurance Directional Sign: Distance sign at Tivendale, July 2017. Image © Michael Greenslade			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on McMinn St Darwin, approaching Tiger Brennan Dr (A15) and Bennett St, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Tivendale approaching Wishart Rd, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry			Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Pinelands, approaching Stuart Hwy (A1), Marjorie St and Roystonea Av, July 2017. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Wishart approaching Berrimah Rd, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the junction with Berrimah Rd, Wishart, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Hidden Valley Road: Tiger Brennan Dr (A15) at the Hidden Valley Rd interchange, Winnellie, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Winnellie, approaching Charles Darwin National Park entrance and Bowen St, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Intersection Directional Sign : ID sign at the entrance to Charles Darwin National Park and Bowen St at Winnellie, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Benison Rd at Woolner, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Stoddard Dr at Wishart approaching Tiger Brennan Dr (A15) and Woolner Rd, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Stuart Park approaching Gonzales St, July 2018. Image © Dean Sherry
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign without route number at Darwin, approaching Frances Bay Dr and Dinah Beach Rd, July 2017. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 NT Place Names Register, Place Names Register Extract, Tiger Brennan Drive
2 Territory Stories, Media Release, $110 million Tiger Brennan Extension Begins, 8 April 2008
3 Territory Stories, Media Release, Work Begins On New Tiger Brennan Drive Passing Lanes, 6 April 2009
4 Department of Planning and Infrastructure, Tiger Brennan Drive Extension - Project Update, November 2009
5 Territory Stories, Media Release, New Tiger Brennan Drive Extension Opens, 20 December 2010
6 Northern Territory Place Names Committee, Naming of Place Notice, Palmerston Bridges, 20 April 2011
7 Northern Territory Department of Transport, Tiger Brennan Drive Duplication, Dinah Beach to Woolner Road Update, April 2013
8 Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Projects, Tiger Brennan Drive – Dinah Beach Road to Berrimah Road Duplication, 26 July 2018
9 Ministers of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Media Releases, Tiger Brennan Drive: Lights, Commuters, Action! 25 July 2014
10 Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, Tiger Brennan Drive duplication: Woolner to Berrimah Road, 28 November 2017
11 Territory Stories, NT News Classifieds, Public Notices, Tiger Brennan Drive Duplication, 7 November 2015
12 Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Garramilla Boulevard (formerly Barneson Boulevard) and Tiger Brennan Drive Stage 3, 12 November 2018

Last updated: 17-Feb-2019 8:16

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