Capital Circle

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For the ring-road in Tallahassee, Florida, see Capital Circle, Tallahassee

Capital Circle is a traffic circle surrounding Capital Hill in the centre of Canberra, Australia's capital city. It is one of three concentric roads on the hill, with State Circle the outermost and Parliament Drive the innermost. There are no buildings on Capital Circle. Parliament Drive surrounds New Parliament House.

Roads named for each of Australia's state capitals converge at Capital Circle or State Circle. The main roads leading from the circle are Commonwealth Avenue to the north and Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide avenues to the south.

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Capital Circle is a three-lane road. All traffic runs in a clockwise direction. A short section under Federation Mall is in tunnel. The road does not form a complete circle, with vehicles forced to exit at Adelaide Avenue or Commonwealth Avenue.