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Scarborough Beach Road

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Scarborough Beach Road

Looking east, in Innaloo
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General information
TypeRoad
Length10.2 km (6.3 mi)[1]
Opened1910s
Route number(s)
Major junctions
Southeast end Charles Street (State Route 60), North Perth
 
Northwest end West Coast Highway (State Route 71), Scarborough
Location(s)
Major suburbsMount Hawthorn, Osborne Park, Innaloo, Doubleview

Scarborough Beach Road is an arterial northwest–southeast road located in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It connects North Perth to Scarborough Beach, and is mostly a single carriageway road, with two or three lanes in each direction. The road is the western section of State Route 75, between Osborne Park and Scarborough, and a short section in Innaloo is also part of State Route 64.[2]

History

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North Beach Road (the original road name[3]) and was built to offer access to Osborne Park, which at the beginning of the 20th century was rural community with established agriculture including market gardens, pig farms, dairy farms, and poultry farms.[3] Whilst it was a formed road from North Perth to the corner of Frobisher Road, there was only a sand track beyond this point to Njookenbooroo, now known as Innaloo.[3] A plank road, completed in 1912, replaced this sand track, and "some years later", a limestone road extension to Brighton Road, near the coast, was built.[3] By 1925 the road had been renamed as Scarborough Beach Road, and was classified as an arterial road by Mr. Arundale, the Perth Road Board engineer in 1925.[3] By 1933, the plank roads in the area had been replaced by regular roads, but these roads were narrow and many accidents occurred due to increase in traffic associated with Scarborough Beach's rising popularity.[3] The increasing traffic meant that the road was continually being upgraded, including a partial reconstruction by the Main Roads Department in 1938.[3][4] In the 1950s, prior to the development of shopping centres at Karrinyup and Innaloo, the Mount Hawthorn section of the road was a popular shopping area.

Route Description

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Scarborough Beach Road begins at Charles Street, in North Perth, as the continuation of Angove Street. The road travels north-west through Mount Hawthorn, which has been a shopping destination since the beginning of the 20th century.[3] Axford Park, at the intersection of Oxford Street in Mount Hawthorn, is named in honour of World War I Victoria Cross recipient Thomas Axford. At Main Street, the road turns west and continues in this direction until Frobisher Street, along what was originally part of Green Street. The Glendalough railway station, built in 1992, picks up passengers on the road underneath the Mitchell Freeway bridge, in between Main Street and Frobisher Street. Scarborough Beach Road is one of only two arterial roads between Perth and Joondalup (along with Beach Road) that doesn't have an interchange with the Mitchell Freeway, although there was a "bus and taxi only" service road that was a southbound entrance ramp, it has since been converted to a PSP path Past here, the road continues north-west around Herdsman Lake, through the Osborne Park commercial centre to Innaloo. The Westfield Innaloo shopping centre, a large cinema and a tavern are located around the Odin Road/Liege Street/Ellen Stirling Boulevard intersections, which also carry traffic to the Mitchell Freeway, via Cedric Street. The Stirling railway station is located at that interchange. The road continues to travel north-west until Hancock Street, Doubleview, after which it heads west to Scarborough Beach. The last major intersection is with West Coast Highway, 100 metres (330 ft) east of its terminus.[1]

Intersections

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LGALocation[1]kmmiDestinationsNotes
VincentNorth Perth00.0 Angove Street / Charles Street (State Route 60) – Perth, WannerooTraffic light intersection; Scarborough Beach Road continues east as Angove Street
0.180.11Sydney Street
0.250.16Hardy Street
0.350.22Eton Street
0.350.22Pennant Street
0.450.28Anzac Road
0.50.31Auckland Street
North Perth–Mount Hawthorn border0.650.40 London Street (State Route 61) / Loftus Street (State Route 61) – Nedlands, JoondannaTraffic light intersection
Mount Hawthorn0.80.50Harrow Street
0.850.53Dunedin Street
0.950.59Shakespeare Street
1.090.68Faraday Street
1.120.70Edinboro Street
1.190.74Oxford StreetTraffic light intersection
1.320.82Fairfield StreetNo right turns possible except Scarborough Beach Road eastbound onto Fairfield Street southbound
1.450.90Flinders StreetTraffic light intersection
1.570.98Coogee Street
1.691.05Matlock StreetNo through traffic on Matlock Street or right turns from Scarborough Beach Road onto Matlock Street
1.751.09Boobook Lane
1.821.13The Boulevarde
1.851.15Dover Street
21.2Kalgoorlie StreetKalgoorlie Street northbound to Scarborough Beach Road westbound only
2.111.31Killarney StreetKillarney Street westbound to Scarborough Beach Road only
2.161.34Buxton Street
2.221.38Ellesmere Street
2.31.4Egina Street
2.411.50Federation Street
2.471.53Merredin Street
2.551.58Eucla Street
2.671.66Birell Street
Vincent–Stirling borderJoondanna–Mount Hawthorn–Osborne Park tripoint2.71.7 Green Street (State Route 75) – Mount LawleyY junction; no right turn from Scarborough Beach Road westbound onto Green Street
Osborne Park–Mount Hawthorn border2.761.71Main Street/Brady Street – Balcatta, LeedervilleTraffic light intersection
2.881.79Donovan Street
3.011.87Jugan Street
Osborne Park3.242.01 Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2)Southbound entry ramp only; no access except for buses and taxis
Stirling3.462.15Harborne Street
3.582.22Harborne Street/Frobisher StreetTraffic light intersection
4.252.64Drake Street
4.562.83Hutton Street – Tuart HillTraffic light intersection
4.863.02Sundercombe Street
5.133.19O'Malley Street
5.433.37Selby Street North/King Edward RoadTraffic light intersection
Osborne Park–Innaloo boundary5.633.50 Stephenson Avenue (State Route 64) – Shenton Park, StirlingTraffic light intersection; State Route 64 eastern concurrency terminus
Innaloo5.823.62Ellen Stirling BoulevardTraffic light intersection
Innaloo–Woodlands boundary5.993.72Liege StreetTraffic light intersection
Innaloo6.263.89 Ewen Street/Odin Road (State Route 64) – StirlingTraffic light intersection; State Route 64 western concurrency terminus
6.494.03Wotan StreetWotan Street onto Scarborough Beach Road only
Innaloo–Woodlands boundary6.524.05Bowra Avenue
6.654.13Muriel Avenue
6.774.21Hazel Avenue
6.894.28Grant Avenue
74.3Mahlberg Avenue
7.064.39Knave Lane
Woodlands–Innaloo–Doubleview tripoint7.164.45Huntriss Road – KarrinyupTraffic light intersection
Doubleview7.244.50Sydenham Road
7.434.62Princess Road
7.544.69St Brigids TerraceTraffic light intersection
7.644.75Woodside Street
7.794.84Wilding Street
7.944.93Beatrice Street
8.024.98Hancock Street
8.135.05Flamborough Street
8.245.12Herbert Street
8.355.19Grand PromenadeTraffic light intersection
Scarborough8.475.26Gildercliffe Street
8.595.34Westview Street
8.75.4Northstead Street
8.825.48Duke Street – Wembley Downs, KarrinyupTraffic light intersection
8.945.56Burniston Street
9.055.62Abbett Street
9.185.70Deanmore RoadScarborough Beach Road westbound to Deanmore Road southbound and Scarborough Beach Road eastbound to Deanmore Road northbound, only
9.315.78Hinderwell Street
9.455.87Grace Street
9.525.92Joyce Street
9.575.95Westborough Street
9.666.00Wheatcroft Street
9.76.0Stanley Street
9.786.08Alga Street
9.96.2Edgehill Street
9.916.16Hastings Street
106.2Filburn Street
10.16.3 West Coast Highway (State Route 71 / Tourist Drive 204) – City Beach, Fremantle, Ocean ReefTraffic light intersection
10.26.3The EsplanadeRoundabout
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Scarborough Beach Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. ^ Distance book (12 ed.). Main Roads Western Australia. 2012. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0 7309 7657 2. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Thomas, Maud (1989). Along The Plank Road: Through Njookenbooroo to Scarborough Beach. City of Stirling. ISBN 0959881956.
  4. ^ Easton, Leonard (1971). Stirling City. Stirling City Council, U.W.A. Press. p. 68.
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