James Street is a street which serves the Perth suburbs

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

and Northbridge. It is the main east-west road in the centre of Northbridge. A section of the eastern end of the street has been closed and modified as the James Street Mall in the

Perth Cultural Centre The Perth Cultural Centre is an area of central Perth, Western Australia, near the James Street Mall. It is home to a number of cultural institutions including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, State Library of ...

with the

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Alexander Library Building The Alexander Library Building, is located in the Cultural Centre of Perth, Western Australia. It was named after Western Australian historian and former member of the Library Board, Fred Alexander. It houses the State Library of Western Aust ...

and older government buildings contained within the culture centre area. The central section between William Street and to the western end at

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is a streetscape with a colourful and extensive history of crime, and notoriety. Until December 2016, 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 ...

had a southbound exit onto the street. The exit was removed and replaced with one at

Roe Street Roe Street is a street in Perth (suburb), Perth, Western Australia. The central section of the street forms the southern boundary of the suburb of Northbridge, Western Australia, Northbridge, while the eastern end borders the Perth Cultural Ce ...

to enable the construction of the Charles Street Bus Bridge.

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{{reflist, 30em Streets in Northbridge, Western Australia