North Beach Road is a distributor road in the northern suburbs of
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 i ...
, Western Australia, running from
Gwelup to
North Beach. It is mostly a two-lane divided carriageway. The central section of the road, from
Reid Highway
Reid Highway is a east-west highway and partial freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking North Beach with Middle Swan. As part of State Route 3, it forms half of Perth's outer ring road along with Roe Highway, wh ...
to
Erindale Road
Erindale Road is a connector road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, providing residents of the suburbs of Hamersley and Warwick with a connection to Reid Highway and Mitchell Freeway. The road is a dual carriageway with two ...
, is part of
State Route 77. The route continues along Erindale Road, while North Beach Road heads south to
Karrinyup Road
Karrinyup Road is a major east-west arterial road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the City of Stirling council offices, Osborne Park Hospital and Karrinyup Shopping Centre with residential estates in Inn ...
.
While the road today is minor, discontinuous and choked by roundabouts and other traffic-calming devices, it was previously one of the first major roads in the area, originally built as a
plank road serving tourists and holidaymakers staying in North Beach over the summer. It extended to
Wanneroo Road
Wanneroo Road is a arterial highway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia linking Joondanna and Yokine in the south with Wanneroo and Yanchep in the north. As part of State Route 60, it begins from Charles Street in the inner ...
along what is now
Karrinyup Road
Karrinyup Road is a major east-west arterial road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the City of Stirling council offices, Osborne Park Hospital and Karrinyup Shopping Centre with residential estates in Inn ...
and North Beach Drive, but has since been assimilated into several other major road alignments, including Erindale Road and Reid Highway.
In 2000, the road was effectively bypassed by the extension of
Reid Highway
Reid Highway is a east-west highway and partial freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking North Beach with Middle Swan. As part of State Route 3, it forms half of Perth's outer ring road along with Roe Highway, wh ...
to
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 ...
, built only to the north.
Until the 1960s, it was known as Balcatta Beach Road, even though the suburb was always known as North Beach.
Major intersections
* West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204),
*
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) north & south /
Reid Highway
Reid Highway is a east-west highway and partial freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking North Beach with Middle Swan. As part of State Route 3, it forms half of Perth's outer ring road along with Roe Highway, wh ...
(State Route 3) east,
North Beach,
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Places
* Carine, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
** Electoral district of Carine, in the Western Australian parliament
* Carine, Nikšić, Montenegro
* Carine (Mysia), a town of ancient Mysia, now in Turkey
Owl species ...
and
Karrinyup – north to / south to / east to
**North Beach Road is discontinuous for (Vehicles must travel along Reid Highway to connect between the two sections)
*
Reid Highway
Reid Highway is a east-west highway and partial freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking North Beach with Middle Swan. As part of State Route 3, it forms half of Perth's outer ring road along with Roe Highway, wh ...
(State Route 3),
Karrinyup – west to / east to
* Milverton Avenue,
Karrinyup
* Duffy Road South northbound /
Balcatta Road east,
Carine Carine may refer to:
Places
* Carine, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
** Electoral district of Carine, in the Western Australian parliament
* Carine, Nikšić, Montenegro
* Carine (Mysia), a town of ancient Mysia, now in Turkey
Owl species ...
,
Karrinyup and
Gwelup
*
Erindale Road
Erindale Road is a connector road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, providing residents of the suburbs of Hamersley and Warwick with a connection to Reid Highway and Mitchell Freeway. The road is a dual carriageway with two ...
(State Route 77),
Gwelup – to
*
Karrinyup Road
Karrinyup Road is a major east-west arterial road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the City of Stirling council offices, Osborne Park Hospital and Karrinyup Shopping Centre with residential estates in Inn ...
(State Route 3),
Gwelup and – west to / east to
See also
References
Roads in Perth, Western Australia
Articles containing video clips
City of Stirling
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