Bussell Highway
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 Old Coast Road / South Western Highway Bunbury ( WA ) ( 33 ° 21 ′ S , 115 ° 40 ′ E ) |
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Augusta ( WA ) ( 34 ° 19 ′ S , 115 ° 10 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 143 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The Bussell Highway is a trunk road in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia . It connects the South Western Highway and the Old Coast Road in Bunbury with the port city of Augusta in the extreme southwest of the state. The highway is signposted as State Route 10 except for a short section in Busselton . The construction of the bypass means that the former part through the city is now called Alternate State Route 10 .
history
The Bussell Highway were named after the Bussell family, one of the first settlers in the region. It was built in 1894 by MC Davis , a sawmill owner from Karridale, to better connect Vasse and the area beyond to the existing road at Bunbury.
course
The Bussell Highway leaves Bunbury to the southwest as a continuation of the Old Coast Road (R1) and the South Western Highway (S20) and leads along the coast of Geographe Bay to Capel , Busselton and Vasse . To the southwest of Capel, it opens up the Tuart Forest National Park . Shortly before Busselton, the Vasse Highway (S10 / S104) branches off to the southeast.
From Vasse, the Bussel Highway heads south, while Caves Road (T250) continues to follow the coast of Geographe Bay and the west coast. After 46 km you will reach Margaret River on the river of the same name . The road continues south through the town of Karridale , where the Brockman Highway (S10) branches off to the east and takes the name State Road 10.
On the last 14 km to the end point Augusta on Flinders Bay , the Caves Road (T250) joins again from the west .
Road conditions
From Bunbury to Capel and the Busselton bypass are two lanes in each direction. The rest of the route from Capel to Busselton and from Vasse to Augusta is only one-lane, with overtaking lanes at regular intervals.
Web links
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 80
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bussell Highway ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , www.mainroads.wa.gov.au. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
