Kalamunda Road

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Kalamunda Road

Kalamunda fountain.jpg
Kalamunda Road at its terminus, in the Kalamunda town centre.
Kalamunda Road
General information
Type Road
Length11 km (6.8 mi)
Route number(s) Australian state route 41.svg State Route 41 (southeast of Roe Highway)
Major junctions
Northwest endAustralian national route 1.svg Great Eastern Highway (National Route 1), South Guildford
 
Southeast endAustralian state route 41.svg Canning Road (State Route 41), Kalamunda
Location(s)
Major suburbs Perth Airport, High Wycombe

Kalamunda Road is a minor arterial road linking the historic suburb of South Guildford with the Darling Scarp suburb of Kalamunda, in Perth, Western Australia.

Contents

It serves as a major access road for Perth Airport, and provides the foothills suburbs with access to the Perth central business district.

Route

Beginning at the historical and now bypassed Great Eastern Highway in South Guildford, the road passes through a light industrial area, and meets the Great Eastern Highway Bypass, which provides access to Perth City and Midland.

It then passes by Perth Airport and Guildford Cemetery, [1] before passing through the foothills suburbs of High Wycombe [2] and Maida Vale. After meeting Roe Highway, it is allocated State Route 41, and is dual carriageway for this section between the highway and Hawtin Road. It then reverts to single carriageway and ascends the Darling Scarp. This section is colloquially known as Kalamunda Hill. It ends in the Kalamunda town centre.

Major intersections

All of the below intersections are controlled by traffic lights, except for the Newburn Road and the terminus in Kalamunda, which are controlled by roundabouts.

See also

Australia road sign W5-29.svg   Australian Roadsportal

Notes

  1. Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority (1999), Kalamunda Road realignment, Guildford Cemetery, South Guildford:Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, The Authority, ISBN   978-0-7309-8137-4
  2. Western Australian Planning Commission (2005), Metropolitan Region Scheme amendment no. 1078/33, Kalamunda Road, High Wycombe : report on submissions, submissions, transcripts of public hearings : Shire of Kalamunda, City of Swan, Western Australian Planning Commission, ISBN   978-0-7309-9477-0

Coordinates: 31°57′40″S116°02′31″E / 31.961°S 116.042°E / -31.961; 116.042


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