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Commonwealth Ave bridge set to be half closed for two years starting later this year

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'Essential works' to shrink major Canberra bridge to three lanes

For two years, Commonwealth Avenue Bridge will have its six lanes reduced to three for strengthening works.

The works will also see a temporary reduction in the frequency of weekday bus services, which Transport Minister Chris Steel said was unavoidable.

Construction on the $137.5 million project is expected to begin later this year.

3 comments

  • So i've been looking at a map, this is that big drive that leads down to the Australian Parliament, does that road get that busy? Seems more ceremonial. You know used once a century when the Monarchs in town.

    • It does get pretty busy, particularly during peak times. It's the primary north-south route across the lake for the inner north and inner south suburbs and you've got a lot of workplaces at either end (both Civic to the north and the parliamentary triangle to the south) so it can attract a fair amount of traffic.

      There are obviously other routes to take but closing half this bridge will cause a bit of traffic chaos both from people still trying to go this way and jamming it up and from people taking the alternate routes and jamming them up. The eastbound Parkes Way route to Civic for example is already crawling in the mornings and will receive a good amount of the flow on traffic from this so will probably be a logjam.