North Lake Road

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North Lake Road

North Lake Road, Kardinya, Western Australia 03.jpg
North Lake Road facing south in Kardinya
General information
TypeRoad
Length12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Major junctions
North endAustralian state route 6.svg Canning Highway (State Route 6), Alfred Cove
 
South East endAustralian state route 14.svg Armadale Road (State Route 14), Cockburn Central
Location(s)
Major suburbs Kardinya, Bibra Lake, South Lake

North Lake Road is a major road in the southwestern suburbs of the Perth metropolitan area functioning as an intermediate arterial collector positioned between the limited-access Stock Road to the west and Kwinana Freeway to the east. North Lake Road's northern terminus is at Canning Highway with its southern end at Armadale Road with the Kwinana Freeway exit as of December 2021. North Lake Road was part of the old State Route 14 until the early 2010s when upgrades and extensions to the more south-westerly Spearwood Avenue and Beeliar Drive resulted in its status being revoked.

Contents

North Lake Road varies between a four to six-lane dual carriageway except for a two lane section north of Marmion Street. The northbound carriageway is three lanes between Leach Highway and Winterfold Road while the southbound's three lane section is longer but further south between Somerville Boulevard and Phoenix Road.

History

North Lake Road was developed in the late 19th Century in line with the wider City of Melville area. It was the main northern access road to the Beeliar Wetlands, particularly Bibra Lake, with two smaller lakes to the north and south. North Lake Road terminated at an intersection with Forrest Road, at the time the main west–east road connection between Fremantle and Armadale and followed the now defunct Spearwood–Armadale railway line. North Lake Road also marked the western boundary of a pine plantation owned by the University of Western Australia.

As Perth expanded southwards in the 1970-1980s a new corridor was developed to the west of the existing route to cater for the expected development of residential areas in suburbs such as Winthrop, Kardinya and Coolbellup, industrial and tourism developments in the suburb of Bibra Lake while at the same time also trying to relocate heavy traffic away from the wetlands. In the 1990s the extension of the Kwinana Freeway severed the original Forrest Road connection. The name North Lake Road would be used as the western section from the original terminus at Forrest Road and would curve south to the realigned intersection with the newly constructed Beeliar Drive. The section east of the freeway would be renamed to Armadale Road. The renaming effectively doubled the length of North Lake Road as a result.

By 2008, the remaining sections of the renamed North Lake Road were a single carriageway from Beeliar Drive to Hammond Road and again from Bibra Drive to Discovery Drive. In 2009, the northern section (Bibra to Discovery) upgraded to a dual carriageway. In the early 2010s, North Lake Road had its state route status revoked and was passed on further to Beeliar Drive and then to Spearwood Avenue, which was then-recently extended. Despite the revocation the road would continue to see major upgrades. In 2013, North Lake Road would be realigned southeast of Kentucky Court to terminate just west of the Kwinana Freeway and recurve to provide bus-only access to the Cockburn Central railway station. The original southern alignment was four-laned and renamed Midgegooroo Avenue. [1] The remaining section between Midgegoroo Avenue and Hammond Road was duplicated in 2016. In late 2021 a half-diamond interchange and flyover was built to provide direct access to the Kwinana Freeway and Armadale Road, in effect restoring the old Forrest Road connection severed nearly 30 years ago. [2] [3]

The old North Lake Road alignment, between Archibald Street in Willagee and Elderberry Drive in South Lake, remains as a set of mostly discontinuous local roads.

Major Intersections

All intersections listed are controlled by traffic signals unless otherwise indicated.

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Melville Alfred Cove Attadale boundary0.000.00Australian state route 6.svg Canning Highway (State Route 6)  Midland, Perth, Como, Fremantle Northern terminus
Myaree 1.00.62Marmion Street  Booragoon, Melville, Fremantle
1.40.87McCoy Street  Melville
Myaree Winthrop Willagee tripoint1.71.1Australian national route 1.svgAustralian state route 7.svgWestern Australia MR-SM-11.svg Leach Highway (National Route 1) (State Route 7) Fremantle, Willetton, Welshpool, Perth Airport
Winthrop Kardinya boundary3.22.0Somerville Boulevard  Bateman
Kardinya 4.22.6Australian state route 13.svg South Street (State Route 13) Fremantle, Murdoch, Canning Vale, Armadale
Melville-Cockburn boundary Kardinya North Lake Coolbellup tripoint5.23.2Farrington Road – Murdoch, Leeming
Cockburn Bibra Lake 6.74.2Forrest Road west/Gwilliam Drive east – Hamilton Hill, Fremantle Access to Adventure World
7.04.3Phoenix Road – Spearwood, North Coogee
8.45.2Bibra Drive – North Lake, Murdoch Roundabout intersection. Access to Cockburn Ice Arena.
South Lake Yangebup boundary9.35.8Omeo Street
9.96.2Osprey Drive – Beeliar
10.36.4Western Australia MR-SM-11.svg Berrigan Drive – Jandakot, Treeby , Jandakot Airport Access to the Kwinana Freeway southbound
South Lake Cockburn Central boundary10.86.7Hammond Road – Success, Hammond Park Unsignalised T-junction
Cockburn Central 12.37.6Midgegooroo Avenue south/Kentucky Court north – Success, Atwell, Rockingham, Mandurah Access to Kwinana Freeway southbound (via Australian state route 14.svg Beeliar Drive (State Route 14)), Cockburn Central railway station and Gateways Shopping Centre
Jandakot Cockburn Central boundary12.57.8Australian state route 2.svg Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2)  Perth, Jandakot, Forrestdale, Armadale Southern terminus. Continues east as Armadale Road. Half-diamond interchange (northbound entry & southbound exit) for non-bus traffic, direct bus only access to Cockburn Central railway station. [4]
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  2. Cipriano, Belinda (14 March 2018). "Sod turning marks the start of Armadale Road upgrades". Cockburn Gazette. Community News. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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  4. "Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge". Main Roads WA. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.