Lord Street is a road in

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. It starts from Victoria Square near

Royal Perth Hospital Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) is a 450-bed adult and teaching hospital located on the northeastern edge of the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. History The hospital traces its history back to the first colonial hospital, whi ...

and runs north-east for to end at Walcott Street,

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. The street formerly extended south to the Swan River, with Victoria Avenue being the new name as of 1903 for the section south of Victoria Square. Lord Street crosses Moore,

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and Wittenoom Streets. Lord Street used to cross the Armadale and Midland railway lines east of

Perth station Perth Station was an ESTRACK Earth station in Australia, located at the Perth International Telecommunications Centre in the suburb of Cullacabardee. It has been retired from service in December, 2015 and has been replaced by the New Norcia S ...

, at the Lord Street

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. Automatic boom gates were installed in 1960 with the

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closed. With the development of the Northbridge Tunnel, and railway upgrades, a bridge was built to cross the works, just east of McIver station by Concrete Constructions in 1999.Official opening of the Lord Street reconstruction project
Minister for Transport 21 December 1999 The easternmost point of Newcastle Street is at Lord Street.

Perth Oval Perth Oval, currently branded HBF Park (under a sponsorship agreement with HBF Health Fund) and called Perth Rectangular Stadium for international football matches, is a sports stadium in Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western A ...

lies on the west side of Lord Street at the intersection with Bulwer Street. The final northern part of Lord Street changes into

Guildford Road Guildford Road is a major road in Perth, Western Australia, linking the inner-city suburb of Mount Lawley with Guildford in the north-east. The road runs mostly parallel to the Swan River, on its northern side, and is part of State Route 5 ...

just south of the Mount Lawley subway.

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Mount Lawley, Western Australia Streets in East Perth, Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-road-stub