List of road routes in the Australian Capital Territory

Road routes in the Australian Capital Territory assist drivers navigating roads. Many major roads in the ACT are not assigned a route number.

Current routes

Current road routes in the ACT.^[1][2]
Legend:

  Routes

  Urbanised Land

  Water

  Native Vegetation

  Plantation

Route	Component roads	From	Via (Districts)	To	Length	Notes
A23	Commonwealth Avenue Vernon Circle Northbourne Avenue Federal Highway	B23 terminus at Capital Hill–Parkes–Yarralumla triple point	Canberra Central Gungahlin Majura	ACT–NSW border at Sutton, New South Wales	14.4 km (8.9 mi)[3]	Continues northeast into NSW as M23
A25	Barton Highway	A23 junction at the Lyneham–Downer boundary	Canberra Central Belconnen Gungahlin Hall	ACT–NSW border at Wallaroo, New South Wales	11.9 km (7.4 mi)[4]	Continues northwest into NSW as A25
B23	State Circle Canberra Avenue Hindmarsh Drive Monaro Highway	A23 terminus at Capital Hill–Parkes–Yarralumla triple point	Canberra Central Jerrabomberra Tuggeranong	ACT–NSW border at Williamsdale, New South Wales	39.0 km (24.2 mi)[5]	Continues south into NSW as B23
B52	Canberra Avenue Gap in route (NSW) Kings Highway	First Section: B23 junction at the Fyshwick–Symonston boundary Second (Kowen) Section: ACT–NSW border at Carwoola, New South Wales	Canberra Central Jerrabomberra Gap in route (NSW) Kowen	First Section: ACT–NSW border at Queanbeyan West–Crestwood, New South Wales boundary Second (Kowen) Section: ACT–NSW border at Bungendore, New South Wales	3.0 km (1.9 mi)[6] 7.5 km (4.7 mi)[7]	Continues east into NSW as B52

Former routes

Former road routes in the ACT.^[8]
Legend:

  Routes

  Urbanised Land

  Water

  Native Vegetation

  Plantation

Route	Component roads	From	Via (Districts)	To	Length	Notes
National Highway 23	Federal Highway	NH25 and NR23 terminus at the Lyneham–Downer boundary	Canberra Central Gungahlin Majura	ACT–NSW border at Sutton, New South Wales	7.1 km (4.4 mi)[9]	Replaced by A23
National Highway 25	Barton Highway	NH23 and NR23 terminus at the Lyneham–Downer boundary	Canberra Central Belconnen Gungahlin Hall	ACT–NSW border at Wallaroo, New South Wales	11.9 km (7.4 mi)[4]	Replaced by A25
National Route 23	Northbourne Avenue Vernon Circle Commonwealth Avenue State Circle Canberra Avenue Monaro Highway	NH23 and NH25 terminus at the Lyneham–Downer boundary	Canberra Central Jerrabomberra Tuggeranong	ACT–NSW border at Williamsdale, New South Wales	44.7 km (27.8 mi)[10]	Largely replaced by A23 and B23
Alternate National Route 23	Majura Road Fairbairn Avenue Morshead Drive Monaro Highway	NH23 junction at the Gungahlin–Majura district boundary	Majura Canberra Central	NR23 junction and NR52 terminus at the Fyshwick–Symonston–Narrabundah triple point	15.1 km (9.4 mi)[11]	Not replaced
National Route 52	Canberra Avenue Gap in route (NSW) Kings Highway	First Section: NR23 junction and ALT NR23 terminus at the Fyshwick–Symonston–Narrabundah triple point Second (Kowen) Section: ACT–NSW border at Carwoola, New South Wales	Canberra Central Jerrabomberra Gap in route (NSW) Kowen	First Section: ACT–NSW border at Queanbeyan West–Crestwood, New South Wales boundary Second (Kowen) Section: ACT–NSW border at Bungendore, New South Wales	4.6 km (2.9 mi)[12] 7.5 km (4.7 mi)[7]	Largely replaced by B52 Replaced by B52

See also

• Road Infrastructure in Canberra
• List of road routes in New South Wales

References