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List of road routes in Western Australia

List of road routes in Western Australia

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Road routes in Western Australia assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state.[1] The route numbering system is composed of National Highways, National Routes, State Routes, and Tourist Drives. Each route has a unique number, except for National Highway 1 and National Route 1, which mark Highway 1 in Western Australia. Routes are denoted on directional signs and roadside poles by appropriately numbered markers, the design of which varies according to route type.[1]

National Highways and Routes in Western Australia
Highways in south-west Western Australia
Road routes in Perth

National Highways and National Routes are designated by the Federal Government along roads of national importance, whilst State Routes and Tourist Drives are designated by the State Government. Highways and some arterial roads are controlled and maintained by Main Roads Western Australia.[2][3] The remaining roads are generally the responsibility of local governments, though there are also some private roads and Department of Environment and Conservation roads.[2]

Many major roads in Perth[4] and in rural Western Australia[5] are not assigned a route number. Not many routes have been added since the 1990s; exceptions include the Graham Farmer Freeway, Mandjoogoordap Drive and Port Gregory Road/George Grey Drive.[citation needed]

Western Australia is the only remaining state to use the 1950s system in full (other than there being 1 National Route), while other states have either discontinued it in favour of an alphanumeric system or switched to a cheaper hybrid system, followed by phasing out the National Highway system. There are no definite plans to stop using it.

National Highways and Routes

National Highways are designated with gold numbers on a green shield.[1] These are the most direct routes between Perth and other Australian capital cities. Black on white shields indicate National Routes that are not part of the National Highway system.[1] Highway 1 is a route that circumnavigates Australia, joining all mainland state capitals, via roads numbered as National Highway 1 or National Route 1 (or as M1, A1, or B1 in states with an alphanumeric route numbering system).

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State Routes

State Routes in Western Australia are designated by a white number on a blue shield.[1] Single digit routes travel completely or partially along urban freeways or highways. Two digit route numbers that end in zero are the major road routes out of Perth, except for Route 10, which designates rural highway connections in the South West region. Other two digit routes connect the urban centres of Perth, while three digit routes connect regional and remote areas of Western Australia.

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Tourist Drives

Tourist Drives, designated by white numbers on a brown shield, are routes through areas of scenic or historic significance.[1] Tourist Drives were introduced into Western Australia while Eric Charlton was the state government Minister for Transport in the 1990s. The 28 numbered routes collectively traverse more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) across the state.[8] In addition to the Tourist Drives, there are also unnumbered routes such as the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail,[9] and local governments may designate and maintain local scenic drives, generally unnamed and unnumbered.[10]

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Decommissioned routes

Whilst the following routes are decommissioned, the component roads generally still exist as physical roads, but without route signposts.

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See also


References

  1. Distance book (12 ed.). Main Roads Western Australia. 2012. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-7309-7657-8. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. "Metropolitan Road Fact Sheet" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  3. "Regional roads". Understanding Roads - Facts. Main Roads Western Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. "Metropolitan Arterial Roads, Perth, Western Australia" (PDF). Western Australian Land Information Authority. 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  5. "State Map" (PDF). Western Australian Land Information Authority. 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  6. END 56. Route markers (Roadside sign). Fitzgerald Street approaching Bulwer Street: Main Roads Western Australia. 2006 via Google Maps.
  7. Rands, Paul. "Port Gregory Road & George Grey Drive (State Route 139)". Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  8. Main Roads Western Australia; Western Australian Tourism Commission; Royal Automobile Club. "Tourist Drives of Western Australia" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2013. Additional archives: 24 September 2019.
  9. "Explore the Pipeline". Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail. The National Trust of Australia (WA). Section 7. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  10. Tourism Western Australia. "State Tourist Drives: Policy Guidelines" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. pp. 2, 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  11. Collie Visitor Centre. "Discover the Collie River Valley" (PDF). Shire of Collie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  12. "Route Numbering System" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. n.d. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  13. "Route Numbering System in Western Australia" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. 2006. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
Route references
  • Distance book (12 ed.), MRWA
  • Metropolitan Arterial Roads, WA Land Information Authority
  • State Map, WA Land Information Authority
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