Hodges Drive is a main west–east road in

Joondalup Joondalup () is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately north of Perth's central business district. It contains the central business district of the regional City of Joondalup and acts as the primary urban centre of Perth's outer ...

, north of

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, Western Australia. It begins in the suburb of Ocean Reef at a T-junction with

Ocean Reef Road Ocean Reef Road is an arterial east-west road in Perth, Western Australia. It is located within the northern suburbs of Perth, from Ocean Reef in the west, to Landsdale in the east, with a portion travelling northwards along the coast to Ilu ...

and runs through the residential areas in Ocean Reef,

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and Heathridge, before terminating at

Joondalup Drive Joondalup Drive is a major distributor road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The road travels through the City of Joondalup's central business district and extends for a few kilometres east through neighbouring residential ...

. The road continues from there as Grand Boulevard. Hodges Drive is a four lane dual-carriageway for its entire length.

History

Hodges Drive's construction began in February 1981, to connect the northern end of Marmion Avenue with Joondalup Drive. Its purpose was to allow for easier access to the Joondalup suburbs development especially the newly built Wanneroo District Hospital and the Shire of Wanneroo's new administration buildings. Developed in two stages, the first clearing and establishing a limestone road base and the second, the sealing of the road with its completion as a two-lane road by the spring of 1981. A underpass for pedestrians was also built to Connolly to Heathridge. The northern part of the

Mitchell Freeway The Mitchell Freeway is a freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with the city of Joondalup. It is the northern section of State Route 2, which continues south as Kwinana Freeway and Forrest High ...

terminated at Hodges Drive between 1999 and 2008, and the road provides freeway access for residents in the Joondalup City area. A project to duplicate Hodges Drive, turning it into a

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for its entire length, was completed by the end of June 2013.

Major intersections

- Ocean Reef *

Marmion Avenue Marmion Avenue is a arterial road in the northern coastal suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking Trigg in the south with Yanchep in the north. It forms part of State Route 71 along with West Coast Highway, which it joins onto at its s ...

(State Route 71) -

, Heathridge, Currambine, Iluka, Beldon, Mullaloo *

(State Route 2) - Craigie, Woodvale,

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(State Route 85) -

, Edgewater, Carramar,

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References

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History

Major intersections

See also

References