Tiger Brennan Drive Darwin CBD to Palmerston Northern Territory
Tiger Brennan Drive in the suburb of Woolner
General information
Type	Road
Length	19.1 km (12 mi)
Route number(s)	A15
Major junctions
West end	McMinn Street, Darwin CBD
East end	Stuart Highway Interchange, at Yarrawonga near Palmerston
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Stuart 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]

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.

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]

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]

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Darwin	Darwin	0	0.0	McMinn Street  – Darwin Central Business District	Signalised four-way intersection. Western terminus, continues as Bennett Street through Darwin CBD. Eastbound begin Tiger Brennan Drive
Darwin	Darwin	0.8	0.50	Garramilla Boulevard  – Darwin Central Business District	Signal controlled three-way junction for eastbound traffic. Westbound traffic via dedicated slip lane for traffic continuing as Tiger Brennan Drive
Darwin	Stuart Park	1.2	0.75	Dinah Beach Road  – Stuart Park, Frances Bay Marina.	Four-way signal-controlled intersection
Darwin	Stuart Park	1.5	0.93	Gothenburg Crescent  – Stuart Park	Eastbound access via LILO T-intersection, westbound exit only
Darwin	Stuart Park	1.9	1.2	Gonzales Road – Dinah Beach boat ramp	Signalised T-intersection
City of Darwin	Stuart Park	2.1	1.3	Ji Niem Road  – Stuart Park	Eastbound access via LILO T-intersection
Darwin	Woolner	2.9	1.8	Woolner Road  – Woolner, Parap (north), Stoddart Drive  – Bayview (south)	Signalised four-way intersection
Darwin	Stuart Park	3.8	2.4	Stoddart Drive  – Bayview	Westbound access via LILO T-intersection
Darwin	Winnellie	4.1	2.5	Benison Road  – Winnellie	Signalised T-intersection
Darwin	Winnellie	5.6	3.5	Bowen Street – Winnellie (north), Charles Darwin National Park (south)	Signalised four-way intersection
Darwin	Winnellie	7.5	4.7	Hook Road – Winnellie	Eastbound exit only
Darwin	Coonawarra	8.2	5.1	Amy Johnson Avenue – Coonawarra, Berrimah, Northern Suburbs	Signalised T-intersection
Darwin	Hidden Valley	9.9	6.2	Hidden Valley Road – Coonawarra, Berrimah (north), Hidden Valley Raceway (south)	Modified diamond interchange
Unincorporated	Berrimah	11.7	7.3	Berrimah Road – Coonawarra, Berrimah (north), East Arm, East Arm Port, Darwin railway station (south)	Diamond interchange (Under construction as of Dec 2023)[6]
Palmerston	Pinelands	14.3	8.9	Wishart Road Pinelands, Berrimah, Don Dale Youth Detention Centre (north), Tivendale Road  – Tivendale, Wishart (south)	Signalised four-way intersection
Palmerston	Pinelands	16.1	10.0	Marjorie Street  – Pinelands	Eastbound exit only
Palmerston	Yarrawonga	18	11	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
Incomplete access

Australian roads portal

• Northern Territory Transport Group
• Darwin to Palmerston transport corridor

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