Wanneroo Road

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Wanneroo Road
Length 75 km
General direction South-North
From Mitchell Freeway, via Charles Street,
Joondanna, Perth
via Tuart Hill, Wanneroo, Yanchep, Guilderton
To Lancelin Road, Woodridge, Western Australia
Established 1920s
Allocation Part of State Route 60
Major Junctions Green Street
Walcott Street
London Street
Morley Drive
Balcatta Road
Reid Highway
Warwick Road
Marangaroo Drive
Hepburn Avenue
Gnangara Road
Whitfords Avenue
Ocean Reef Road
Pinjar Road
Joondalup Drive
Gingin Brook Road

for full list see
Major intersections

Wanneroo Road is an important arterial road in Perth, Australia. It is about 75 kilometres long. It links Perth with the City of Wanneroo, and the Towns of Yanchep and Lancelin. It starts from Charles Street in the Perth CBD and then becomes Perth-Lancelin Road after Gingin Brook Road in Woodridge.

After the enactment of the Road Districts Act 1871, the Perth Road Board requested that the Legislative Council proclaim eight public thoroughfares through its territory,[1] and on 4 June 1872, Road No.3, intended as a route from Perth to Champion Bay (now Geraldton) via Wanneroo, was published in the Government Gazette.[2] However, the act of proclaiming a road did not magically bring it into existence, and progress on surfacing the track occurred at a slow rate.

Originally a narrow and often country road with a single lane in each direction it has been periodically widened and (particularly north of Wanneroo) straightened. Around the Carabooda area the road has been realigned. Short sections of the original, narrow road remain providing access to properties along the road. These give a taste of what travel on the road used to be like.

Contents

[edit] Important roads and areas

[edit] Major Intersections

All major intersections are controlled by traffic lights except Pinjar Road and all roads north of Joondalup Drive.

[edit] Photos

Looking south near Balcatta Road (12 km)

Looking south near Hester Avenue (29 km)

Looking north near One Tree Hill (31 km)

Looking South, towards Perth in Tuart Hill

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cooper, W.S.; G. McDonald (1999). Diversity's Challenge: A History of the City of Stirling. City of Stirling, 82. 
  2. ^ "Major Roads", Western Australia Government Gazette, 4 June 1872, p. 1872:126. 
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