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Leederville hotel on the corner of Newcastle Street and Oxford Street | |
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General information | |
Type | Road |
Length | 3 km (1.9 mi) [1] |
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Location(s) | |
Major suburbs | Perth, Northbridge, West Perth, Leederville |
Newcastle Street is a road in Perth, Western Australia. It connects Leederville with East Perth, starting from Oxford Street and ending at Lord Street, crossing a number of roads leading north out of Perth including Loftus Street, Charles Street, Fitzgerald Street, William Street, and Beaufort Street.
Newcastle Street is named after Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1852 to 1854. [2]
It has been in the past parts of major bus routes leaving Perth. The tramline (closed in the 1950s) along William Street also crossed Newcastle Street. [3]
The street has also been identified in name, by schools and businesses. The Newcastle Street State School was at 478–482 Newcastle Street. [4] It was sometimes also named the Newcastle Street Infants School, as well as the Newcastle Street Primary School or even Newcastle Street School. [5]
It has been in the scope of the Northbridge Urban Renewal project. [6]
LGA | Location [1] | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Perth - Vincent boundary | Perth | 0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Freeway westbound exit ramp only; ramp continues after traffic lights as Newcastle Street; traffic lights shared with Lord Street |
0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Traffic light controlled; traffic lights shared with Graham Farmer Freeway ramp | ||
0.4 | 0.25 | Stirling Street | Traffic light controlled | ||
0.55 | 0.34 | ![]() | Traffic light controlled | ||
Perth - Northbridge boundary | 0.85 | 0.53 | ![]() | Traffic light controlled; William Street is one-way southbound north of intersection | |
Northbridge - Perth - West Perth tripoint | 1.6 | 0.99 | Fitzgerald Street | Traffic light controlled | |
West Perth - Northbridge boundary | 1.8 | 1.1 | ![]() | Freeway southbound entry and northbound exit ramps only; ramps continue after traffic lights as Charles Street | |
1.8 | 1.1 | ![]() | Traffic light controlled; no right turn from Newcastle Street westbound onto Charles Street northbound or Charles Street southbound onto Newcastle Street westbound; Charles Street continues after traffic lights as freeway ramps and Charles Street Bus Bridge | ||
Vincent | West Perth | 2.2 | 1.4 | Cleaver Street | Traffic light controlled; no through traffic on Cleaver Street, Cleaver Street southbound is left-only to Newcastle Street eastbound; no right turn from Newcastle Street westbound to Cleaver Street northbound (except buses) |
West Perth - Leederville boundary | 2.5 | 1.6 | ![]() | Traffic light controlled; no right turn from Loftus Street southbound onto Newcastle Street westbound | |
Leederville | 3 | 1.9 | Oxford Street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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