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Tiger Brennan Drive

Coordinates: 12°25′57.03″S 130°53′29.07″E / 12.4325083°S 130.8914083°E / -12.4325083; 130.8914083
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Tiger Brennan Drive

Darwin CBD to Palmerston

Tiger Brennan Drive in the suburb of Woolner
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General information
TypeRoad
Length19.1 km (12 mi)
Route number(s) A15
Major junctions
West endMcMinn Street, Darwin CBD
East endStuart Highway Interchange, at Yarrawonga near Palmerston
Location(s)
Major suburbsStuart Park, Woolner, Bayview, Winnellie, Hidden Valley, Berrimah, Pinelands

Tiger Brennan Drive is a major arterial road in the western suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The road travels southeast–east starting from Darwin CBD toward Darwin's eastern suburb of Berrimah, then continues to a connection with the Stuart Highway at Palmerston. Tiger Brennan Drive runs parallel with the Stuart Highway for most of its length. The road was named after Harold "Tiger" Brennan,[1] a long serving Northern Territory politician and former mayor of Darwin. The road has been assigned the alphanumeric route designation A15 for its entire length.[2]

Overview

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Tiger Brennan Drive provides the most direct route for freight coming to and from the East Arm Port, instead of using the busy Stuart Highway which runs through established suburbs. Following the completion of major extension works in 2010, the original sections built as single carriageway in stages between 1987 and 1997 are being progressively upgraded to dual carriageway standard.

Most major junctions on Tiger Brennan Drive are controlled by traffic lights, however the road is designed to be upgraded to freeway standard, with some suburban streets connected via limited access slip roads. Additionally, grade separated junctions are provided at Hidden Valley Road and the interchange with the Stuart Highway. Major roads intersecting Tiger Brennan Drive include Amy Johnson Avenue, Woolner Road, Berrimah Road and Tivendale Road. The road provides the primary access to Charles Darwin National Park.

Tiger Brennan Drive extension

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Stage 1 – Construction of the $6.5 million Tiger Brennan Drive extension involving the duplication of Berrimah Road to provide easier access to the East Arm Port and ease traffic congestion on other major arterial roads in the Darwin urban area was completed in 2009.[3]

Stage 2 – Tiger Brennan Drive Extension Stage 2 for the Department of Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) of the Northern Territory Government was completed in 2010. The project comprised the construction of 7.5 km of highway-standard dual carriageway road between Berrimah Road and Palmerston, including a grade-separated interchange with the Stuart Highway at a cost of $95 million. The extension provides an alternative route to reduce travel time for the approximately 34,000 vehicles then travelling the Darwin to Palmerston corridor daily.[3] The total construction cost of both stages was approximately $127 million.[4]

Further upgrades

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In late 2012, work commenced on further upgrades to widen the 12 km section between McMinn Street in the Darwin CBD and Berrimah Road to four lane dual carriageway standard. The funding for this project was provided once again by cooperation between the Federal and Territory governments at an approximate cost of $100 million.[5]

In November 2023, construction began to raise Berrimah Road over Tiger Brennan Drive, a busy intersection that handles a high volume of heavy vehicle traffic. These works were expected to be completed by March 2024, removing a set of traffic lights and replacing the at-grade junction with a full diamond interchange.[6] The project attracted controversy when it was revealed the original announced cost of $61.5 million in 2021 was based on projections from the 1980s, with the actual cost of the project estimated to be closer to $165 million in 2023.[7]

Interchanges

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LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
DarwinDarwin00.0McMinn Street  – Darwin Central Business DistrictSignalised four-way intersection. Western terminus, continues as Bennett Street through Darwin CBD. Eastbound begin Tiger Brennan Drive
DarwinDarwin0.80.50Garramilla Boulevard  – Darwin Central Business DistrictSignal controlled three-way junction for eastbound traffic. Westbound traffic via dedicated slip lane for traffic continuing as Tiger Brennan Drive
DarwinStuart Park1.20.75Dinah Beach Road  – Stuart Park, Frances Bay Marina.Four-way signal-controlled intersection
DarwinStuart Park1.50.93Gothenburg Crescent  – Stuart ParkEastbound access via LILO T-intersection, westbound exit only
DarwinStuart Park1.91.2Gonzales Road – Dinah Beach boat rampSignalised T-intersection
City of DarwinStuart Park2.11.3Ji Niem Road  – Stuart ParkEastbound access via LILO T-intersection
DarwinWoolner2.91.8Woolner Road  – Woolner, Parap (north), Stoddart Drive  – Bayview (south)Signalised four-way intersection
DarwinStuart Park3.82.4Stoddart Drive  – BayviewWestbound access via LILO T-intersection
DarwinWinnellie4.12.5Benison Road  – WinnellieSignalised T-intersection
DarwinWinnellie5.63.5Bowen Street – Winnellie (north), Charles Darwin National Park (south)Signalised four-way intersection
DarwinWinnellie7.54.7Hook Road – WinnellieEastbound exit only
DarwinCoonawarra8.25.1 Amy Johnson Avenue – Coonawarra, Berrimah, Northern SuburbsSignalised T-intersection
DarwinHidden Valley9.96.2Hidden Valley Road – Coonawarra, Berrimah (north), Hidden Valley Raceway (south)Modified diamond interchange
UnincorporatedBerrimah11.77.3Berrimah Road – Coonawarra, Berrimah (north), East Arm, East Arm Port, Darwin railway station (south)Diamond interchange (Under construction as of Dec 2023)[6]
PalmerstonPinelands14.38.9Wishart Road Pinelands, Berrimah, Don Dale Youth Detention Centre (north), Tivendale Road  – Tivendale, Wishart (south)Signalised four-way intersection
PalmerstonPinelands16.110.0Marjorie Street  – PinelandsEastbound exit only
PalmerstonYarrawonga1811 Stuart Highway – Darwin, Alice Springs (north and eastbound), Roystonea Avenue – Palmerston (south)Incomplete free-flow interchange, does not allow left turn movements for east and westbound traffic, or right turn movements for north and southbound traffic.
Route A15 becomes National Highway 1 (Stuart Highway) east of this interchange

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Place Names Register Extract for Tiger Brennan Drive". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Road Photos & Information: Northern Territory: Alphanumeric Routes". Expressway Online. Retrieved 17 January 2024.[self-published source]
  3. ^ a b "Tiger Brennan Drive" (PDF). Australian National Construction Review. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Homepage". 5 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Roads Australia > News". 9 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b "$163M NT overpass hits new milestone". Roads and Infrastructure Magazine. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ^ Thomas Morgan (15 June 2023). "Original cost for Tiger Brennan Drive overpass based on 1980s plans, amid cost blowout". ABC News. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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