Rockingham Road is a major road between

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and Kwinana in the southern suburbs of

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. It is allocated National Route 1 – part of Australia's national Highway 1 – between Stock Road in

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and its southern terminus in Kwinana. The first part of Rockingham Road is a main road and suburban distributor that goes from the southern edge of

into Hamilton Hill and Spearwood, passing the Phoenix Park shopping centre and the offices of the

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. It then leaves the urban area (but not the metropolitan area). After becoming Highway 1, Rockingham Road acquires a very wide

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- at one point the northbound and southbound lanes are 180 metres apart. The road then passes the small towns of Wattleup and Hope Valley before entering the Kwinana heavy industrial area in

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and

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. After the intersection with

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it changes name to

Patterson Road Patterson Road is a major road between Kwinana and Rockingham and is part of Australia's National Route 1 for part of its length. The first part goes through Kwinana's heavy industrial area. After the Ennis Avenue turnoff which takes H ...

and continues on to the city of Rockingham.

Major intersections

All intersections below are controlled by traffic signals unless otherwise indicated.

References

{{WA road routes , route=National Route 1 , shield={{AUshield, R, 1 , roads={{WA road routes/R, R1_full Roads in Perth, Western Australia Highway 1 (Australia) Fremantle

Major intersections

See also

References