Kings Avenue is a road in

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which goes between New Parliament House (), across Lake Burley Griffin at the Kings Avenue Bridge (), to Russell near the Australian-American Monument. ().

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It begins at State Circle around Capital Hill and forms the border between the suburbs of Parkes and Barton. It passes the

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, Robert Garran offices, Edmund Barton Building, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Bowen Place and Kings Park. It ends at the intersection with Russell Drive. Significant roads off it include: National Circuit; King George Terrace and King Edward Terrace within the Parliamentary Triangle; and, to the north of the Lake, Parkes Way, the major thoroughfare from the Canberra airport to the city. The road was originally named Federal Avenue by the architect of

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It was ultimately named after the

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at the time of the founding of Canberra,

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, who also, as Duke of York opened the first Parliament of Australia in 1901. Principal roads in

are laid out in a geometrical pattern when viewed on a map. One of the predominant features forming this geometry is Capital Hill with major roads (Avenues) emanating radially from it. Two of these roads form the Parliamentary Triangle incorporating bridges crossing Lake Burley Griffin. The speed limit on Kings Avenue is 60 km/h from the State Circle end to the southwestern side of Kings Avenue Bridge. The speed limit over the bridge and up to the Parkes Way overpass is 80 km/h. The avenue is a property on the Australian edition of board game

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