Hay Street, Perth

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Hay Street, Perth

Western Australia
Rue pietonne centre de Perth.JPG
Hay Street Mall, the pedestrian mall between Barrack and William streets
Hay Street, Perth
General information
TypeStreet
Length7.6 km (4.7 mi) [1]
Route number(s) Australian state route 65.svg State Route 65 (Subiaco, Jolimont)
Major junctions
East end
 
West end
  • Australian state route 65.svg Underwood Avenue (State Route 65)
  • Australian state route 64.svg Selby Street (State Route 64)
Location(s)
Suburb(s) East Perth, Perth CBD, West Perth, Subiaco, Jolimont
Trams in Hay Street in 1949, Perth Town Hall is on the left HayStreet 1949.jpg
Trams in Hay Street in 1949, Perth Town Hall is on the left
Hay Street 1911/12 by Albert Henry Fullwood HAY ST. PERTH, W. AUSTRALIA.jpg
Hay Street 1911/12 by Albert Henry Fullwood

Hay Street is a major road through the Perth central business district, Western Australia and adjacent suburbs. The street was named after Robert Hay, the Permanent Under Secretary for Colonies. Sections of the road were called Howick Street [note 1] and Twiss Street [note 2] until 1897. [2] One block in the central business section is now a pedestrian mall with extremely limited vehicular traffic, so that it is necessary to make a significant detour in order to drive the entire length of Hay Street.

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Route description

Orientated east-west, the road starts at The Causeway travelling west through the suburbs of East Perth, Perth, West Perth, and Subiaco, where the road originally terminated at Subiaco. Unusually, the street numbers reset to 1 when Hay Street crosses Thomas Street and enters Subiaco.

A subway under the Fremantle railway line was constructed in the early 1900s, replaced when the railway line was moved underground through Subiaco in 1999. From that point it becomes Underwood Avenue through Jolimont, Floreat (past Perry Lakes) and ends in Swanbourne.

Buildings

A number of buildings are along the road, including:

History

In 2024, the City of Perth commenced work on converting Hay Street back to a two-way street between Bennett Street and Victoria Avenue. [3]

Pedestrian mall

The Hay Street pedestrian mall was the earliest conversion from street to mall in Perth, introduced in 1972, [4] despite the road being a major thoroughfare. Through traffic was initially diverted to either Murray Street or St Georges Terrace.

Cathedral Square

Hay Street between Pier and Barrack streets defines the northern boundary of a block, that has evolved in name from the Cathedral precinct to Cathedral Square, in which the Perth Town Hall, and the City of Perth Library are situated on the Hay Street side of the square.

Major intersections

LGALocation [1] kmmiDestinationsNotes
Perth East Perth 00.0Australian state route 5.svg Riverside Drive (State Route 5) / Adelaide Terrace / The Causeway (State Route 5)Traffic light controlled teardrop roundabout: no access to Riverside Drive or Adelaide Terrace.
0.150.093Braithwaite Street / Trinity AvenueTraffic light controlled; no right turn from Hay Street northbound to Trinity Avenue
0.350.22Hale Street / Erskine Link Traffic light controlled
0.650.40Australian state route 65.svg Plain Street (State Route 65)Traffic light controlled; no right turns from Plain Street
10.62Bennett StreetTraffic light controlled; Hay Street becomes one-way westbound west of intersection
East Perth–Perth boundary1.30.81Hill StreetTraffic light controlled; Hill Street is one-way southbound
Perth 1.60.99 Victoria Avenue Traffic light controlled; Victoria Avenue is one-way northbound
1.81.1Irwin StreetTraffic light controlled; Irwin Street consists of two staggered one-way roads (north is northbound only, south is southbound only); Hay Street becomes two-way west of intersection
21.2 Pier Street Traffic light controlled; Pier Street north of intersection is one-way southbound
2.21.4Australian state route 53.svg Barrack Street (State Route 53)Traffic light controlled; no left turn from Barrack Street southbound to Hay Street
Hay Street Mall
Perth Perth 2.51.6Australian state route 53.svg William Street (State Route 53)Traffic light controlled; Hay Street is one-way westbound west of intersection
31.9 Milligan Street Traffic light controlled
3.32.1Elder StreetTraffic light controlled; Elder Street is one-way southbound
Perth–West Perth boundary3.32.1Australian state route 2.svg Mitchell Freeway (State Route 2)Freeway northbound exit ramp only; ramp continues after traffic lights as George Street
West Perth 3.42.1George StreetTraffic light controlled; George Street is one-way northbound and continues from freeway ramp
3.52.2Harvest TerraceHarvest Terrace is one-way northbound north of intersection; slip road from Hay Street to Harvest Terrace southbound south of intersection
3.82.4Havelock StreetTraffic light controlled
42.5Colin StreetTraffic light controlled
4.22.6 Outram Street Traffic light controlled
Perth–Subiaco boundary West Perth–Subiaco boundary4.52.8Australian state route 61.svgAustralian state route 65.svg Thomas Street (State Routes 61 and 65)Traffic light controlled; State Route 65 westbound concurrency terminus
Subiaco Subiaco 5.33.3Townshend RoadTraffic light controlled
5.73.5Rokeby RoadTraffic light controlled
Subiaco–Daglish boundary6.13.8Australian state route 65.svg Roberts Road (State Route 65) / Railway RoadTraffic light controlled; State Route 65 eastbound concurrency terminus; Hay Street is two-way west of intersection
6.33.9Stubbs Terrace / Mouritzen WayTraffic light controlled
Jolimont 6.94.3Jersey StreetTraffic light controlled
Subiaco–Nedlands–Cambridge tripoint Jolimont–Shenton Park–Floreat tripoint7.64.7Australian state route 65.svgAustralian state route 64.svg Underwood Avenue (State Route 65) / Selby Street (State Route 64)Traffic light controlled; Hay Street continues west as Underwood Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

A photograph of the Hay Street pedestrian mall taken in the early 1980s was used as the cover art for Perth-based psychedelic rock band Pond's 2017 album The Weather.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Named after Earl Grey Viscount Howick [2]
  2. ↑ Named after Horace Twiss, Under Secretary of State [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hay Street". Google Maps . Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Olde Perth" (PDF). Department of Land Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2007.
  3. ↑ Two-Way Streets Program City of Perth
  4. ↑ "Pedestrianisation: Hay Street: a central precinct. (Perth)", Royal Australian Planning Institute Journal, 19 (May 1981): 61, May 1981, retrieved 20 September 2013
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