General highways map of Western Australia
South Western Australia roads in detail

Highways in Western Australia include both roads that are named as a highway, and roads that have been declared as a highway under the Main Roads Act 1930. The standard of highways range from two-lane roads, common in rural areas, to controlled access, grade separated freeways in Perth.

In legislation, a highway is a type of road controlled and maintained by the state road authority, Main Roads Western Australia. Any road or section of road may be proclaimed a highway by the Governor of Western Australia, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Main Roads, under Section 13 of the Main Roads Act 1930.[1] Section 14 of the act allows for the creation of new highways.[1] Main Roads assigns each highway a name and number, which may vary from the official road names used on road signs and by the general public.[2] The highway number does not correspond to a road route that may be allocated to the highway, and some highways are not part of a numbered route.[2]

Proclaimed highways

No Highway Component roads From To Length
(km)[3] 		Length
(mi) 		Notes
H1 Albany Highway
Perth Albany 403.71 250.85
H2 Melville Mandurah Highway
Melville Mandurah 56.04 34.82 Formerly Perth–Bunbury Highway which extended down to Bunbury
H3 Eyre Highway Eyre Highway Norseman WA/SA border 720.71 447.83
H4 Brand Highway Brand Highway Muchea Geraldton 367.62 228.43
H5 Great Eastern Highway
Burswood Kalgoorlie 592.65 368.26
H6 Great Northern Highway Great Northern Highway Midland Wyndham 3,193.31 1,984.23
H7 North West Coastal Highway North West Coastal Highway Geraldton Port Hedland 1,294.87 804.59
H8 South Coast Highway
Albany Esperance 474.38 294.77
H9 South Western Highway South Western Highway Armadale Walpole 513.57 319.12
H10 Coolgardie–Esperance Highway
Coolgardie Esperance 370.74 230.37
H11 Victoria Highway Victoria Highway Lake Argyle WA/NT border 87.51 54.38
H12 Leach Highway Leach Highway Palmyra Kewdale 22.35 13.89
H13 Canning Highway Canning Highway Fremantle Victoria Park 16.06 9.98
H14 Stirling Highway Stirling Highway Crawley Fremantle 15.78 9.81
H15 Kwinana Freeway Kwinana Freeway Perth Lake Clifton 71.55 44.46
H16 Mitchell Freeway Mitchell Freeway Perth Clarkson 36.00 22.37
H17 Tonkin Highway Tonkin Highway Muchea Oakford 80.70 50.14
H18 Roe Highway Roe Highway Middle Swan Bibra Lake 34.88 21.67
H19 Great Eastern Highway Bypass Great Eastern Highway Bypass South Guildford Hazelmere 5.58 3.47
H20 Graham Farmer Freeway Graham Farmer Freeway West Perth Rivervale 6.84 4.25
H21 Reid Highway Reid Highway North Beach Middle Swan 23.82 14.80
H22 Wimbledon–Rupert Street Link Kenwick Link Beckenham Kenwick 3.29 2.04
H23 Armadale Road Armadale Road Armadale Cockburn Central 15.96 9.92
H24 Brearley Avenue Brearley Avenue Redcliffe Perth Airport 0.85 0.53 Closed in 2018 to allow construction of the new Airport Line.
H25 Cockburn Road Cockburn Road Hamilton Hill Henderson 10.02 6.23
H26 Guildford Road Guildford Road Mount Lawley Guildford 11.01 6.84
H27 Rivervale–Wattle Grove Link Orrong Road, Welshpool Road East Rivervale Wattle Grove 10.16 6.31
H28 Karrinyup–Morley Highway Karrinyup Road, Morley Drive Karrinyup Morley 15.13 9.40
H29 Marmion Avenue Marmion Avenue Karrinyup Mullaloo 12.20 7.58
H30 Port Beach Road
  • Port Beach Road
  • Walter Place
  • Curtin Avenue
 North Fremantle 2.64 1.64
H31 Queen Victoria Street Queen Victoria Street North Fremantle Fremantle 0.88 0.55
H32 South Street South Street Canning Vale Fremantle 12.48 7.75
H33 Toodyay Road Toodyay Road Middle Swan Toodyay 22.07 13.71
H34 Tydeman Road Tydeman Road North Fremantle 1.04 0.65
H35 Wanneroo Road
West Perth Yanchep 46.96 29.18
H36 West Coast Highway
Cottesloe Trigg 13.47 8.37
H37 Garratt Road Bridge Garratt Road Bayswater Ascot 0.24 0.15
H38 Thomas Road Thomas Road Kwinana Beach Oakford 18.50 11.50
H39 Stephenson Highway Stephenson Avenue Osborne Park 0.62 0.39
H40 Albany Port Road
  • Hanrahan Road
  • Princess Royal Drive
 Albany 7.29 4.53
H41 Anzac Drive Anzac Drive West Kalgoorlie South Boulder 7.04 4.37
H42 Broome Highway Broome Road Roebuck Broome 41.03 25.49
H43 Bussell Highway
Bunbury Augusta 139.71 86.81
H44 Carnarvon Road Robinson Street Kingsford Carnarvon 5.09 3.16
H45 Coalfields Highway Coalfields Highway Roelands Arthur River 36.22 22.51
H46 Dampier Road
Stove Hill Dampier 25.84 16.06
H47 Derby Highway Derby Highway Willare Derby 42.86 26.63
H48 Minilya–Exmouth Road Minilya–Exmouth Road Minilya Exmouth 211.75 131.58
H49 Goldfields Highway Goldfields Highway Meekatharra Kambalda 788.13 489.72
H50 Geraldton–Mount Magnet Road Geraldton–Mount Magnet Road Geraldton Mount Magnet 335.34 208.37
H51 Port Hedland Road Wilson Street Port Hedland 10.38 6.45
H52 Brookton Highway
Armadale Ravensthorpe 501.07 311.35
H53 Williams–Narrogin Highway Williams–Kondinin Road Williams Narrogin 31.45 19.54
H54 Albany Ring Road Menang Drive Willyung 6.66 4.14
H55 Madigan Road Madigan Road Gap Ridge 5.78 3.59
H56 Beach Street (Victoria Quay Access) Beach Street Fremantle 0.27 0.17 Queen Victoria Street to Victoria Quay access point
H57 Forrest Highway Forrest Highway Ravenswood Bunbury 95.67 59.45
H59 Willinge Drive
  • Willinge Drive
  • Estuary Drive
 Vittoria Picton 4.86 3.02
H61 Australind–Roelands Link Raymond Road Australind Roelands 6.70 4.16
H62 John Willcock Link John Willcock Link Geraldton 4.20 2.61
H65 Horrie Miller Drive Horrie Miller Drive Kewdale Perth Airport 0.22 0.14

Main roads with highway names

A "main road" is another type of road controlled by Main Roads Western Australia.[1]

No Highway From To Notes
M8 Vasse Highway Busselton Diamond Tree
M10 Chidlow–York Road Chidlow York Official road name is Great Southern Highway
M24 Muirs Highway Manjimup Mount Barker
M27 Brockman Highway Karridale Bridgetown
M31 Northam–Cranbrook Road Northam Cranbrook Official name is Great Southern Highway, from York to Cranbrook
M65 Manuwarra Red Dog Highway Karratha Tom Price

Outback tracks with highway names

As the outback covers most of Western Australia, tracks provide vital links to remote communities and settlements. These tracks are unsealed, remote, and in many cases pass through restricted areas such as Aboriginal lands and Indigenous Protected Areas, which require transit permits.[4][5][6][7]

Road routes with highway names

Main article: Highway 1 (Western Australia)

Highway 1 is a route that circumnavigates Australia, joining all mainland state capitals, via roads numbered 1, M1, A1, or B1, as some states use an alphanumeric route numbering system. In Western Australia, most of the highway is designated as National Route 1. However, the sections in the north-east and south-east of the state that are concurrent with the National Highway routes from Perth to Adelaide and from Perth to Darwin are designated as National Highway 1.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "MAIN ROADS ACT 1930". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Metropolitan Road Fact Sheet". Main Roads Western Australia. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. ^ Main Roads Western Australia. Road Information Mapping System (Map). Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ "About entry permits". Department of Aboriginal Affairs. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Indigenous Protected Areas - Visiting". Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Access, Restrictions & Permits".
  7. ^ "Main Roads Western Australia - Touring WA & Maps". Archived from the original on 1 October 2008.

References

  • Main Roads Western Australia (28 February 2011). "Metropolitan Network" (Map). Intergrated Service Arrangement. 1:500,000. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  • Main Roads Western Australia (28 February 2011). "Kimberley Network" (Map). Intergrated Service Arrangement. 1:3,773,585. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  • Main Roads Western Australia (28 February 2011). "Pilbara Network" (Map). Intergrated Service Arrangement. 1:3,092,784. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  • Main Roads Western Australia (28 February 2011). "Goldfields-Esperance Network" (Map). Intergrated Service Arrangement. 1:5,263,158. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  • Main Roads Western Australia (28 February 2011). "Wheatbelt Network" (Map). Intergrated Service Arrangement. 1:2,040,816. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  • Main Roads Western Australia (28 February 2011). "Midwest and Gascoyne Network" (Map). Intergrated Service Arrangement. 1:4,210,526. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  • Main Roads Western Australia (28 February 2011). "South West and Great Southern Network" (Map). Intergrated Service Arrangement. 1:1,818,182. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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