Road Photos & Information: Australian Capital Territory: Drakeford Drive

Road Photos & Information: Australian Capital Territory
Drakeford Drive

Statistics:

Length: 9 km
Northern Terminus: Tuggeranong Parkway & Sulwood Drive, Kambah
Southern Terminus: Tharwa Drive, Calwell
Suburbs, Towns & Localities along route: Bonython, Calwell, Gordon, Greenway (Tuggeranong CBD), Isabella Plains, Kambah, Monash, Oxley and Waniassa

Route Numbering:

Current: None

General Information:

Drakeford Drive acts as a connector to the Tuggeranong Parkway and acts as a major route for the ACT's southwestern suburbs in the Tuggeranong Valley.

The route is named after Arthur Samuel Drakeford (1879-1957), who was an MLA in Essendon, Victoria, from 1927-1929; MHR for Maribyrnong, Victoria, from 1934-1955; Minister for Air and Civil Aviation, from 1941-1949.

History:

23 April 1974: Gazettal of the road name. 1
1995: Duplication of Drakeford Drive, south of Isabella Drive intersection. 2
January 2001: Commissioning of the fixed red light and speed camera at the junction of Drakeford Drive and Marconi Crescent. 3
2002: duplication of Drakeford Drive from Taverner Street to Erindale Drive. 4
September 2005: Announcement of the installation of traffic signals at Athllon Drive and Drakeford Drive intersections in Kambah. 5

Calwell to Kambah		Kambah to Calwell
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	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the roundabout at the junction with Tharwa Dr (TD5) at Gordon, February 2011. Image © Paul Rands		Entering Kambah: Southbound as you enter Kambah, just after Tuggeranong Parkway and Sulwood Drive, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign on Drakeford Dr at Gordon approaching Woodcock Dr & Johnson Dr, August 2011. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Marconi and Boddington Crescents in Kambah, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the roundabout with Johnson Dr & Woodcock Dr at Bonython, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Boddington & Marconi Crescents Junction: Drakeford Drive as it passes thru the junction with Boddington and Marconi Crescents in Kambah, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Hurtle Avenue Intersection: Corner of Drakeford Drive and Hurtle Avenue at Bonython, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching Summerland and O'Halloran Circuits in Kambah, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Noorooma Street Junction: Corner of Drakeford Dr and Noorooma St at Bonython, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign approaching the second crossing with Summerland and O'Halloran Circuits in Kambah, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Noorooma Street Junction: Corner of Drakeford Dr and Noorooma St at Bonython, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Summerland Circuit & O'Halloran Circuit Intersection: Looking southeast at Kambah at the second junction with Summerland Circuit and O'Halloran Circuit, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Bonython approaching the roundabout with Athllon Dr and Isabella Dr, May 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign near the junction with Athllon Drive at Kambah, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Athllon Drive / Isabella Drive Roundabout: Intersection directional sign on the Athllon Dr exit of the roundabout with Athllon Dr and Isabella Dr at Bonython, May 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign near the junction with Athllon Drive at Kambah, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Athllon Drive / Isabella Drive Roundabout: Intersection directional sign on the Athllon Dr exit of the roundabout with Athllon Dr and Isabella Dr at Bonython, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Entering Wanniassa: Sign indicating the suburb of Wanniassa, next the Athllon Dr junction, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Greenway, approaching Soward Way and Erindale Drive, February 2011. Click here for a photo from August 2010, of the old black sign that this sign replaced. Image © Paul Rands		AD Sign: Advance directional sign at Wanniassa, approaching Taverner Street and Mortimer Lewis Drive, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Erindale Drive / Soward Way Junction: Intersection directional sign at Greenway at the junction with Erindale Dr and Soward Way, August 2011. Image © Paul Rands		Taverner Street and Mortimer Lewis Drive Intersection: Intersection directional signs at the junction with Taverner Street and Mortimer Lewis Drive in Wanniassa, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Erindale Drive / Soward Way Junction: Intersection directional sign at Greenway at the junction with Erindale Dr and Soward Way, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		AD Sign: Advance directional sign at Oxley, approaching Soward Way and Erindale Drive, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Black Intersection Directional Sign: Black intersection directional sign at Greenway at the junction with Erindale Dr and Soward Way, April 2015. Image © Paul Rands		Soward Way & Erindale Drive Junction: Corner of Soward Way and Erindale Drive in Oxley, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Mortimer Lewis Drive: Corner of Drakeford Dr and Mortimer Lewis Dr at Greenway, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Black Intersection Directional Sign: Black intersection directional sign at Oxley at the junction with Erindale Dr and Soward Way, April 2015. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Greenway approaching Mortimer Lewis Dr and Taverner St, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Monash, near Isabella Pond, for the Isabella Drive and Athllon Drive roundabout, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Mortimer Lewis Drive & Taverner Street Junction: Drakeford Dr at Greeway at the junction with Mortimer Lewis Dr and Taverner St, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands		Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign for the Isabella Drive leg of the roundabout on the corner Isabella Drive and Athllon Drive at Monash, January 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Greenway approaching Athllon Drive, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Athllon Drive Intersection: Corner of Drakeford Dr and Athllon Dr at Greenway, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kambah, approaching O'Hallaron Cct & Summerland Cct, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	O'Halloran Circuit / Summerland Circuit Intersection: Corner of Drakeford Dr, O'Hallaron Cct & Summerland Cct at Kambah, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at Kambah, approaching the northern section of O'Hallaron Cct & Summerland Cct, May 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	O'Halloran Circuit / Summerland Circuit Intersection: Corner of Drakeford Dr, plus the northern section of O'Hallaron Cct & Summerland Cct at Kambah, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Boddington Circuit & Marconi Crescent Junction: ID sign at the Boddington Cct & Marconi Cr intersection at Kambah, August 2011. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: AD sign at the corner of Drakeford Dr and Sulwood Dr at Kambah, August 2011. Image © Paul Rands
	Advance Directional Sign: Older style AD sign at the corner of Drakeford Dr and Sulwood Dr at Kambah, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands
	Intersection Directional Sign: ID sign at the corner of Drakeford Dr and Sulwood Dr at Kambah, August 2010.
	Intersection Directional Sign: Older ID sign at the corner of Drakeford Dr and Sulwood Dr at Kambah, August 2010. Image © Paul Rands

1 ACT Planning & Land Authority, Place Name Search, Drakeford Drive
2 Legislative Assembly for the ACT, Week 5 Hansard, 23 August 1995, Page 1365
3 Legislative Assembly for the ACT, Week 8 Hansard, 5 August 2004, Page 3626
4 ACT Department of Treasury
5 Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope, Media Release, New Traffic Lights in Tuggeranong to Improve Traffic Flow, 19 September 2005

Last updated: 13-Aug-2020 0:20

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