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Lord Street is a road in
East Perth, Western Australia East Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located next to the Perth central business district. Claise Brook and Claisebrook Cove are within the suburb. Formerly characterised by industrial land uses and urban blight, the red ...
. It starts from Victoria Square near Royal Perth Hospital 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, 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 Rectangular Stadium (also known as HBF Park under naming rights) is a sports stadium in Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. Located close to Perth's central business district, the stadium currently has a m ...
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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