St Georges Terrace

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St Georges Terrace

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View west along St Georges Terrace from Barrack Street
St Georges Terrace
General information
TypeRoad
Length1.6 km (1.0 mi) [1]
Major junctions
East end
 
West end
  • Malcolm Street
  • Elder Street
Location(s)
Major suburbs Perth
Old Treasury Buildings on St Georges Terrace Treasury Buildings, Perth 2018.jpg
Old Treasury Buildings on St Georges Terrace

St Georges Terrace (colloquially known as "The Terrace") [2] is the main street in the city of Perth, Western Australia. It runs parallel to the Swan River and forms the major arterial road through the central business district.

Contents

Its western end is marked by the Barracks Arch near Parliament House across the Mitchell Freeway; the eastern end joins Adelaide Terrace at the intersection with Victoria Avenue.

Naming

St Georges Terrace was named after St George's Cathedral. Originally, houses occupied by clergy of the cathedral and lay clerks of the cathedral choir constituted a substantial portion of the Terrace. Some of these houses such as The Deanery remain, however the majority of these were demolished in the 1960s. The apostrophe was removed [3] :22 from the name in the 1980s.

Streetscapes

The level of St Georges Terrace is in effect at the top of a ridge, where the short roads that descend southerly towards Perth Water all provide views of the Swan River, including Barrack Street, Sherwood Court, Howard Street, William Street, Mill Street and Spring Street.

Buildings

The main streetscape between Barrack Street and William Street in the 1930s and 1940s constituted considerable uniformity of design and building height. By the late 1970s removal of significant older buildings for taller more modern buildings changed this permanently. Perth's earlier tallest buildings were located on St Georges Terrace, including the Colonial Mutual Life building (tallest building in Perth from 1936 to 1962), [4] subsequent tallest buildings were: Citibank House (37 St Georges Terrace, 1962 until 1970; it was then known as the T & G Building), [5] Parmelia House (191 St Georges Terrace, 1970 to 1973), 140 St Georges Terrace (AMP Building, 1975 to 1976), Allendale Square (77 St Georges Terrace, 1976 to 1977), St Martins Tower (44 St Georges Terrace, 1978 to 1988), 108 St Georges Terrace, 1988 to 1992) and Central Park (152-158 St Georges Terrace, tallest since 1992).

A number of other buildings are along the road:

Footpath

Set into the footpath along the street are a series of commemorative plaques honouring notable figures in Western Australia's history. Originally 150 plaques were installed in 1979, as part of the WAY '79 celebrations, [6] [7] marking the state's 150th year of European settlement. Since then, additional plaques have been added, so that there was one for each year from 1829 to 1999. [8] [9] In 2014, the 1959 plaque, commemorating Rolf Harris, was removed after Harris was convicted of sexual assault. [10] [11]

Intersections

LGALocation [1] kmmiDestinationsNotes
Perth Perth 00.0 Adelaide Terrace / Victoria Avenue Traffic light controlled; Victoria Avenue is one-way northbound north of intersection; St Georges Terrace continues east as Adelaide Terrace
0.250.16Irwin StreetTraffic light controlled; Irwin Street is one-way southbound
0.40.25 Pier Street Traffic light controlled; no right turn from St Georges Terrace westbound onto Pier Street
0.50.31 Cathedral Avenue
0.60.37Australian state route 53.svg Barrack Street (State Route 53)Traffic light controlled; no right turn from St Georges Terrace eastbound to Barrack Street southbound or Barrack Street southbound to St Georges Terrace westbound
0.70.43 Sherwood Court Sherwood Court is one-way southbound; left turn from St Georges Terrace westbound onto Sherwood Court only
0.80.50Howard StreetHoward Street is one-way southbound; left turn from St Georges Terrace westbound onto Howard Street only
0.90.56 William Street Traffic light controlled; no right turn from St Georges Terrace westbound to William Street northbound or William Street southbound to St Georges Terrace westbound
1.10.68 King Street King Street is one-way northbound
1.10.68Mercantile Lane Left-in/left-out from St Georges Terrace westbound
1.20.75 Mill Street Traffic light controlled
1.40.87 Milligan Street / Mount StreetTraffic light controlled; no right turn from Mount Street to St Georges Terrace eastbound or Milligan Street to St Georges Terrace westbound
1.60.99Malcolm Street / Elder StreetTraffic light controlled; Elder Street is one-way southbound; St Georges Terrace continues west as Malcolm Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Australia road sign W5-29.svg   Australian roadsportal

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