Barry Drive is a major arterial road in

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, the capital city of

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. The road forms part of the most direct route between the city centre,

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and Calvary Hospital, as well as providing access to the

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and laboratories of the

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. Barry Drive defines the boundary between the suburbs of Acton and

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. It was named after Sir

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, an Irish-born Victorian judge and inaugural Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. The road skirts the foot of Black Mountain and joins

Belconnen Way Belconnen Way is a major road in Canberra, Australia. It connects William Hovell Drive and Kingsford Smith Drive in the west to Barry Drive and Fairfax Street, providing access to Civic and the Inner North via Belconnen Town Centre Belco ...

in the

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. Barry Drive, along with Belconnen Way was constructed between 1965 and 1971 as a single carriageway road. It was progressively upgraded to dual carriageways as traffic volumes grew. As a major transport corridor, many

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bus routes transit Barry Drive including cross-city route R4. The Belconnen Transitway, a proposal to upgrade the existing bus corridor between Belconnen and Canberra City, will partly run along Barry Drive. The transitway is designed to improve access, reduce travel times and congestion, and increase productivity.

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