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Western Australia: Legislative Assembly. pp. 3653– 4. Driving by numbers: An introduction to Western Australia's route numbering system. Western Australia: Main Roads Department. 1986. Driving by numbers: A guide to Western Australia's route numbering system. Western Australia: Metropolitan and Traffic Operations Directorate. 1995.
Highways in Western Australia include both roads that are named as a highway, and roads that have been declared as a highway under the Main Roads Act 1930. The standard of highways range from two-lane roads , common in rural areas, to controlled access , grade separated freeways in Perth .
The distances below are relative to Laverton. Cosmo Newbery – 85 km (53 mi), Tjukayirla Roadhouse – 300 km (190 mi), Warburton – 560 km (350 mi), Warakurna Roadhouse – 786 km (488 mi), Docker River – 890 km (550 mi) and; Yulara – 1,126 km (700 mi). It is recommended that communications equipment be carried while driving on this road.
Construction of new roads that would eventually be part of the Brand Highway began in 1959. Various segments were completed as the need arose, until in 1975, there was a new link between Perth and Geraldton. The route reduced the distance between the cities by 78 kilometres (48 mi), and had a total cost of $4.2 million.
Great Northern Highway is the main north-south route between Perth and the northern areas of Western Australia. Covering a distance of 3,195 kilometres (1,985 mi), [1] it is the longest highway in Australia. [4]
Major roads in rural Western Australia connect regional and remote centres of Western Australia, forming the basis of the road network outside of Metropolitan Perth. Main Roads Western Australia controls and maintains these roads and highways. [ 1 ]
Main Roads Western Australia controls the major roads in the state's Mid West region. [1] There are four main highways through the Mid West: The north-south coastal route of Brand Highway and North West Coastal Highway, the inland alternative Great Northern Highway, and the northern section of Goldfields Highway, which links Meekatharra with Kalgoorlie.
Melbourne is the most car-dependent city in Australia, according to a data survey in the 2010s, having over 110,000 more cars driving to and from the city each day than Sydney. Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane are rated as being close behind. All these capital cities are rated among the highest in this category in the world (car dependency). [5]