ACT Policing has confirmed the body found near the Tuggeranong Parkway belongs to missing 33-year-old Bonython man Shane Watson.
The body was found about 500 metres southbound from the Cotter Road overpass of the parkway.
A bushwalker found the body late on Friday morning and reported it to police, who immediately shut down the southbound lanes of the parkway and redirected traffic up the Cotter Road ramp.