Karrinyup Road is a major east-west arterial

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in the inner northern suburbs of

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, Western Australia, connecting the City of Stirling council offices, Osborne Park Hospital and Karrinyup Shopping Centre with residential estates in Innaloo,

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and Balcatta.

Route description

Karrinyup Road is part of State Route 76 for most of its length, east of West Coast Highway, and part of Tourist Drive 204 for the remaining section in Trigg. The speed limit is mostly , though it is within the vicinity of the Karrinyup Shopping Centre and within Trigg.

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controls and maintains Karrinyup Road, and is part of Main Roads' internal designation H28 Karrinyup–Morley Highway, along with

Morley Drive Morley Drive is a major east-west road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the residential areas of Balcatta, Osborne Park, Tuart Hill, Nollamara, Yokine, Dianella, and Morley with major north-south arteria ...

. Karrinyup Road commences in Trigg at a roundabout with West Coast Drive, assuming Tourist Drive 204 which continues along West Coast Drive northwards. After the road reaches a traffic light intersection at

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 ...

(north) and West Coast Highway (south), at which point Tourist Drive 204 turns southbound on West Coast Highway, and Karrinyup Road gains the State Route 76 allocation. later Karrinyup Road intersects with Jeanes Road as well as the entrance to the Karrinyup Shopping Centre. The road then travels along the vicinity of the shopping centre and Karrinyup bus station before reaching Francis Avenue later. Karrinyup Road reaches Huntriss Road later, and then, within the suburb of Gwelup, North Beach Road later. Another takes the road to 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 ...

, which it crosses over for . Following the Mitchell Freeway interchange, Karrinyup Road is within the suburb of

. After providing access to the Osborne Park Hospital the road reaches Cedric Street later. the road reaches Jones Street, and then another takes the road to Grindleford Drive and San Remo Boulevard. Karrinyup Road reaches Main Street in Balcatta , at which point it continues east as

History

The road, especially the portion between the Mitchell Freeway and Main Street, was one of the first roads in the area, known as Balcatta Beach Road and later as North Beach Road. Until the 1990s, most of this stretch of the road was still fledged by functioning

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. For part of 1984, Karrinyup Road represented the northern terminus of the

. Prior to the freeway's construction, this location was the intersection of Odin Road between Innaloo and the Balcatta industrial area. From 2019 to 2021, to coincide with the extensive renovation of the Karrinyup Shopping Centre, roadworks occurred on Karrinyup Road between the Mitchell Freeway and Marmion Avenue, including the addition of bus lanes within the vicinity of the shopping centre, relocation of Karrinyup bus station, and intersection upgrades of Jeanes Road, Francis Avenue, and Huntriss Road.

Major intersections

* West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), Trigg *

(State Route 71) north / West Coast Highway (State Route 71 / Tourist Drive 204) south, Trigg and Karrinyup * Francis Avenue, Karrinyup (at Karrinyup Shopping Centre) * Huntriss Road, Karrinyup, Gwelup and Innaloo * North Beach Road, Gwelup and Innaloo *

(State Route 2), Gwelup, Innaloo and

* Cedric Street (State Route 64),

(State Route 76) east / Main Street north and south,

References

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Route description

History

Major intersections

See also

References