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North Beach Road

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North Beach Road

View west of Duffy Road in Carine
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General information
TypeRoad
Length6 km (3.7 mi)
Opened1920s
Route number(s) State Route 77 (Reid Highway to Erindale Road)
Major junctions
Northwest end West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), North Beach
 
Southeast end Karrinyup Road (State Route76), Gwelup
Location(s)
Major suburbsCarine, Karrinyup, Gwelup

North Beach Road is a distributor road in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, running from Gwelup to North Beach. It is mostly a two-lane divided carriageway. The central section of the road, from Reid Highway to Erindale Road, is part of State Route 77. The route continues along Erindale Road, while North Beach Road heads south to Karrinyup Road.[1]

While the road today is minor, discontinuous and choked by roundabouts and other traffic-calming devices, it was previously one of the first major roads in the area, originally built as a plank road serving tourists and holidaymakers staying in North Beach over the summer. It extended to Wanneroo Road along what is now Karrinyup Road and North Beach Drive, but has since been assimilated into several other major road alignments, including Erindale Road and Reid Highway.

In 2000, the road was effectively bypassed by the extension of Reid Highway to Marmion Avenue, built only 300 metres (980 ft) to the north.

Until the 1960s, it was known as Balcatta Beach Road, even though the suburb was always known as North Beach.

Major intersections

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The entire road's length is within the City of Stirling

LocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
North Beach00.0 West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204) – Watermans Bay, TriggWestern terminus of western section at roundabout
0.50.31Kitchener StreetRoundabout
0.70.43Groat StreetRoundabout
1.00.62Charles Riley RoadRoundabout
Carine, Karrinyup, North Beach, Watermans Bay quadripoint1.60.99 Marmion Avenue (State Route 71)  – Yanchep, Hillarys, Scarborough, CottesloeSignalised intersection. Eastern terminus of western section of North Beach Road. Vehicles must travel 300 m along Reid Highway in order to connect between the two sections
Carine, Karrinyup boundary1.91.2 Reid Highway (State Route 3)Western terminus of section at T junction. State Route 77 western concurrency terminus.Through
2.31.4Milverton AvenueT junction
2.61.6Clement DriveRoundabout
3.01.9Okely RoadRoundabout
Gwelup, Carine, Karrinyup tripoint3.72.3Duffy Road north / Balcatta Road eastRoundabout. Through traffic must turn here
Gwelup5.43.4 Erindale Road (State Route 77)  – Balcatta, Hamersley, PerthSignalised intersection. Through traffic must turn here. State Route 77 eastern concurrency terminus. Access to Mitchell Freeway southbound
5.53.4Porter StreetRoundabout
6.03.7March Street west / Salvin Road eastRoundabout
Gwelup, Innaloo boundary6.84.2 Karrinyup Road (State Route 76)  – Trigg, Karrinyup, Dianella, MorleySouthern terminus at signalised T-intersection. Access to Mitchell Freeway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Note: Intersections with minor local roads are not shown
View approaching the West Coast Drive, North Beach

See also

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KML is from Wikidata

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References

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  1. ^ 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 28 December 2013.