Southern Cross Drive, Canberra is a

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road in the district of

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. It bypasses the suburbs of

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, Florey, Latham, Scullin, Higgins, Holt and Macgregor. Southern Cross Drive becomes Parkwood Road west of Macgregor. Parkwood Road is the main thoroughfare to Parkwood Landfill and

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. The general speed limit is 60 km/h, with an 80 km/h limit between Kingsford Smith Drive and Coulter Drive The road is named after the aircraft flown by Sir

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. Sir Kingsford Smith also has the nearby Kingsford Smith Drive named after him.

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