Armadale Road
| Armadale Road Western Australia | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 16.2 km (10 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
 State Route 14[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| East end |
 Albany Highway (State Route 30), Armadale |
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| West end |
 Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2) |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Armadale, Brookdale, Forrestdale, Banjup, Atwell |
Armadale Road is a major road in the south and south east of the Perth Metropolitan Area. It serves three purposes: firstly, providing a main route from Armadale to Fremantle; secondly, connecting Armadale to the Kwinana Freeway; and thirdly, since 2005, connecting it to the Tonkin Highway which ferries traffic to the eastern suburbs, Perth Airport and the Forrestfield and Kewdale industrial areas.
It commences at the Albany Highway/South Western Highway intersection in central Armadale, and follows the dismantled Spearwood-Armadale railway line west then northwest for 16.2 kilometres (10.1 mi) to terminate at the Kwinana Freeway/Beeliar Drive intersection in Cockburn Central. The road is signed as State Route 14 for its entire length.
History
Until the Kwinana Freeway extension in the early 1990s, Armadale Road terminated in Forrestdale. At this time, Forrest Road was the main road from Hamilton Hill to Armadale. The realignment of Forrest Road as the Kwinana Freeway was extended saw it renamed as Armadale Road up to the Freeway (with most of the remainder of the old Forrest Road being renamed North Lake Road.)
Major intersections
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Albany Highway (State Route 30) / South Western Highway (State Route 20), Armadale - Church Avenue, Armadale (to Armadale Shopping City)
- Railway Avenue, Armadale (to Kelmscott)
- Seventh Road, Armadale (to Brookdale)
- Seville Drive, Armadale (to Seville Grove)
- Eighth Road, Armadale (to Haynes and Brookdale)
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Lake Road (State Route 13), Forrestdale (to Champion Lakes, Southern River, Canning Vale) -
Tonkin Highway (State Route 4), Forrestdale (to Byford, Gosnells, Perth Airport) - Anstey Road, Forrestdale (to Southern River))
- Weld Street, Forrestdale (to Forrestdale town centre)
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Nicholson Road (State Route 31), Forrestdale (to Oakford, Harrisdale and Canning Vale) - Warton Road, Banjup (to Canning Vale and Thornlie)
- Tapper Road, Atwell
- Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2), Atwell/Cockburn Central
Speed limits
The road has speed limits of 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) between the Kwinana Freeway and Tapper Road in Atwell, and between the Armadale railway line and Albany Highway; all other sections (apart from a short distance either side of the Nicholson Road intersection) are signed 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph).
See also
Australian Roads portal
References
- ↑ Distance book (12 ed.). Main Roads Western Australia. 2012. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0 7309 7657 2. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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