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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. In legislation, a highway is a type of road controlled and ...
National Highways and Routes in Western Australia Highways in south-west Western Australia Road routes in Perth. Road routes in Western Australia assist drivers navigating roads in urban, rural, and scenic areas of the state. [1] The route numbering system is composed of National Highways, National Routes, State Routes, and Tourist Drives.
In Western Australia, Highway 1 is a 5,305-kilometre (3,296 mi) long [1] route around the state, from the South Australian border near Eucla to the Northern Territory border near Kununurra. Highway 1 continues around the rest of Australia, joining all mainland state capitals, and connecting major centres in Tasmania .
Freeways, highways, and arterial roads in Perth, Western Australia form the basis of the road network inside the Perth Metropolitan Region. Main Roads Western Australia controls and maintains all freeways and highways, as well as some arterial roads, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] collectively known as state roads.
In Western Australia, roads controlled and maintained by the state road authority, Main Roads Western Australia, are either highways or Main Roads. Any road or section of road may be proclaimed a highway by the Governor of Western Australia, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Main Roads, under Section 13 of the Main Roads Act 1930. [27]
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 ]
There are also many roads classified as a highway, but without a highway name. For example, Great Southern Highway is classified as a main road, not as a highway, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] or Hereward Highway in the Sydney suburb of Blacktown which is a two lane suburban street with the name Highway, while the King Georges Road is classified as a highway ...
Main Roads Western Australia controls the section south-east of Fitzgerald Street, [8] which was part Great Eastern Highway's former route, prior to the construction of the Northam bypass. The highway formerly continued east along Yilgarn Avenue, and west along Fitzgerald Street, Newcastle Road, and Mitchell Avenue.