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North Beach Road is a distributor road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, running from Gwelup to North Beach. It is mostly a two-lane divided carriageway. The central section of the road, from Reid Highway to Erindale Road, was part of State Route 77 until its revocation in 2024.[1] The route continued along Erindale Road, while North Beach Road heads south to Karrinyup Road.[2]
North Beach Road | |
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| View west of Duffy Road in Carine | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Opened | 1920s |
| Former route number |  State Route 77 (Reid Highway to Erindale Road) |
| Major junctions | |
| Northwest end |  West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), North Beach |
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| Southeast end |  Karrinyup Road (State Route76), Gwelup |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Carine, Karrinyup, Gwelup |
While the road today is minor, discontinuous and choked by roundabouts and other traffic-calming devices, it was previously one of the first major roads in the area, originally built as a plank road serving tourists and holidaymakers staying in North Beach over the summer. It extended to Wanneroo Road along what is now Karrinyup Road and North Beach Drive, but has since been assimilated into several other major road alignments, including Erindale Road and Reid Highway.
In 2000, the road was effectively bypassed by the extension of Reid Highway to Marmion Avenue, built only 300 metres (980 ft) to the north. This made its use as a state route redundant and in March 2024 the decision was made to revoke State Route 77[3]
Until the 1960s, it was known as Balcatta Beach Road, even though the suburb was always known as North Beach.
Major intersections
editThe entire road's length is within the City of Stirling
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| North Beach | 0 | 0.0 |  West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204) – Watermans Bay, Trigg | Western terminus of western section at roundabout | |
| 0.5 | 0.31 | Kitchener Street | Roundabout | ||
| 0.7 | 0.43 | Groat Street | Roundabout | ||
| 1.0 | 0.62 | Charles Riley Road | Roundabout | ||
| Carine, Karrinyup, North Beach, Watermans Bay quadripoint | 1.6 | 0.99 |  Marmion Avenue (State Route 71) – Yanchep, Hillarys, Scarborough, Cottesloe | Signalised intersection. Eastern terminus of western section of North Beach Road. Vehicles must travel 300 m along Reid Highway in order to connect between the two sections | |
| Carine, Karrinyup boundary | 1.9 | 1.2 |  Reid Highway (State Route 3) | Western terminus of section at T junction | |
| 2.3 | 1.4 | Milverton Avenue | T junction | ||
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Clement Drive | Roundabout | ||
| 3.0 | 1.9 | Okely Road | Roundabout | ||
| Gwelup, Carine, Karrinyup tripoint | 3.7 | 2.3 | Duffy Road north / Balcatta Road east | Roundabout. Through traffic must turn here | |
| Gwelup | 5.4 | 3.4 | Erindale Road – Balcatta, Hamersley, Perth | Signalised intersection. Through traffic must turn here. Access to Mitchell Freeway southbound | |
| 5.5 | 3.4 | Porter Street | Roundabout | ||
| 6.0 | 3.7 | March Street west / Salvin Road east | Roundabout | ||
| Gwelup, Innaloo boundary | 6.8 | 4.2 |  Karrinyup Road (State Route 76) – Trigg, Karrinyup, Dianella, Morley | Southern terminus at signalised T-intersection. Access to Mitchell Freeway | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Note: Intersections with minor local roads are not shown | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE ROUTES 2024" (PDF). Main Roads WA. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ Distance book (12 ed.). Main Roads Western Australia. 2012. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0 7309 7657 2. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ "WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE ROUTES 2024" (PDF). Main Roads WA. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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