West Coast Drive

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West Coast Drive

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West Coast Drive near Watermans Bay
West Coast Drive
General information
TypeRoad
Length7 km (4.3 mi)
Opened1930s
Tourist routesAustralian Tourist Drive 204.svg Tourist Drive 204 (north of Karrinup Road) [1]
Major junctions
South endAustralian state route 71.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 204.svg West Coast Highway (State Route 71 / Tourist Drive 204), Trigg Beach
 
North end
Location(s)
Major suburbs North Beach, Watermans Bay, Marmion, Sorrento

West Coast Drive is a scenic north-south route along the Indian Ocean in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. [1]

Contents

History

The road was initially a street which formed part of North Beach, which from the 1920s onwards was a coastal village which served as a holiday destination for Perth residents. During the Great Depression a tent city was located at the North Beach Road intersection. The road had to navigate around the original Hamersley family residence at Beachton Street, but this was demolished in 1961 under Town Planning Scheme No.14 which was drafted in 1959 by the Shire of Perth in order that the road could be straightened. In 1967, the road was extended north to the newly built Sacred Heart College, Sorrento.

Before 1985, West Coast Drive was part of West Coast Highway and connected through to Scarborough. However, the demands of massive urban growth in the northern suburbs necessitated the extension of Marmion Avenue to Scarborough. West Coast Drive was cut off in Trigg and southbound traffic directed onto Karrinyup Road.

In recent years, two- and three-storey houses, often with wide front windows and balconies, have been constructed along the east side of the road.

Public transportation

Until 2015, during the summer its entire length, which is mostly a single-carriageway road with one lane in each direction and many curves, was served by Transperth bus routes ferrying passengers between the beaches, including Mettams Pool at Trigg, Watermans Beach, Marmion Beach and Sorrento Beach. Transperth abolished route 458 in 2015, and the still existing route 423 serves only the northern part of West Coast Drive.

Major intersections

All intersections below are controlled by roundabouts unless otherwise indicated.

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
Joondalup Hillarys Sorrento boundary0.00.0Australian state route 82.svg Hepburn Avenue (State Route 82)  Padbury, Greenwood, Ballajura , Hillarys Boat Harbour Northern terminus. Continues as Australian Tourist Drive 204.svg Whitfords Avenue (Tourist Drive 204) north.
JoondalupStirling boundary MarmionWatermans Bay boundary3.01.9 Beach Road   Duncraig, Warwick, Balga, Malaga Unsignalised T-intersection
Stirling North Beach 4.72.9 North Beach Road   Carine, Gwelup, Karrinyup
Trigg 6.23.9Australian state route 76.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 204.svg Karrinyup Road (State Route 73;Tourist Drive 204)   Karrinyup, Dianella, Morley, Eden Hill Tourist Drive 204 (Sunset Coast Tourist Drive) southern concurrency terminus. Traffic continuing south to West Coast Highway must turn here.
6.44.0Trigg Place
6.54.0King Albert Road
6.94.3South Trigg Beach Access roadsWest Coast Drive converts to one-way northbound
7.04.3Australian state route 71.svgAustralian Tourist Drive 204.svg West Coast Highway (State Route 71 / Tourist Drive 204)Southern Terminus. No access from West Coast Drive to West Coast Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Note: Intersections with minor local roads are not shown

See also

Australia road sign W5-29.svg Australian roadsportal

References

  1. 1 2 Distance book (12 ed.). Main Roads Western Australia. 2012. pp. 4–5. ISBN   0 7309 7657 2. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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