Griffin Plan road system

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The Griffin Plan road system is the planned network of avenues, parkways, and bridges designed by Walter Burley Griffin as the foundational transport layout for Australia’s capital city, Canberra.

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Label Occurrences
Griffin Plan road system canonical 1
Griffin Plan water axis 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf transport infrastructure plan ⓘ
urban road network ⓘ
associatedWith development of Australia’s federal capital ⓘ
federal capital competition for Canberra ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
designer Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ
designGoal efficient circulation between civic, residential, and governmental areas ⓘ
hierarchical road structure with monumental avenues ⓘ
scenic approaches to national institutions ⓘ
followsDesignPrinciple City Beautiful movement ⓘ
garden city planning ⓘ
governingBody Australian federal authorities ⓘ
hasCharacteristic formal geometric pattern ⓘ
integration of vistas and view corridors ⓘ
landscape-oriented road reservations ⓘ
parkway-style arterial roads ⓘ
radial-and-axial layout ⓘ
hasComponent avenues ⓘ
axial boulevards ⓘ
bridges ⓘ
parkways ⓘ
radial roads ⓘ
waterfront drives ⓘ
heritageStatus core element of Canberra’s planned city heritage ⓘ
inception 1910s ⓘ
influenced alignment of major avenues in Canberra ⓘ
later Canberra arterial road network ⓘ
location of major bridges in central Canberra ⓘ
influencedBy Lake Burley Griffin basin geometry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
Canberra ⓘ
namedAfter Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ
organizedAround central national triangle ⓘ
land and water axes of Canberra ⓘ
partOf Griffin Plan for Canberra ⓘ
purpose connect key civic and governmental precincts ⓘ
foundational transport layout for Canberra ⓘ
integrate transport with landscape and water features ⓘ
relatedTo Canberra city plan ⓘ
linked to: Canberra

Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
Parliamentary Triangle ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
transportMode road transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth Avenue Bridge → partOf → Griffin Plan road system ⓘ
Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin → isMajorComponentOf → Griffin Plan water axis ⓘ
linked to: Griffin Plan road system