Old Coast Road
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| Operator: | Main Roads |
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Pinjarra Road Halls Head ( Mandurah ) ( WA ) ( 32 ° 32 ′ S , 115 ° 45 ′ E ) |
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 / South Western Highway Glen Iris ( Bunbury ) ( WA ) ( 33 ° 20 ′ S , 115 ° 42 ′ E ) |
| Overall length: | 96 km |
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The Old Coast Road is a trunk road in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia . It connects the Pinjarra Road and the coastal road to Perth in Western Australias second largest city Mandurah , 75 km south of Perth, with the South Western Highway in Bunbury , Western Australias third largest city.
history
In the 1850s, the first road on this route was made by convicts through Lake Clifton . For most of its route the road ran through thickly forested limestone lands of little agricultural value. The first European settler in this area was John Fouracre , who built his house there in 1852 and an inn and a horse changing station in Wellington Location 205 in 1854 . Because of the poor soil, only a few new settlers settled in the beginning, but with increasing possibilities of soil improvement, such as. B. phosphate fertilization , these were used there.
After the Second World War , the demand for residential buildings in the area around Myalup and Binningup increased . At that time, the South Western Highway through Armadale , Pinjarra and Harvey , some 20–30 km further east, was designated Route 1 (R1) and was used for much of the traffic from Perth to Bunbury. The street was officially named 'Old Coast Highway' on January 27, 1959.
In the 1950s, Kwinana became the most important heavy industrial region in Western Australia, and from the 1960s the small villages of Rockingham and Mandurah, which were previously only inhabited by holidaymakers and pensioners, became rapidly growing residential areas. In 2001 Rockingham, Mandurah and Bunbury each had over 50,000 inhabitants, while Perth was on the way to becoming a 1.5 million inhabitant city. At the same time, the South West region became increasingly popular as a tourist destination because the increase in air travel brought it closer to the rest of Australia and the rest of the world.
The Old Coast Road was exactly what its name suggests: an old, two-lane coastal road that, like the city center of Mandurah, was unprepared for the new conditions.
In 1983, the Australian Labor Party under Brian Burke was elected to office for the first time in over 10 years with a development platform for the growth of regional centers and adaptation of the corresponding infrastructure. Back then, the Old Coast Road began on Pinjarra Road at the western end of Mandurah Bridge , then to the city center, and was a two-lane road through the southern suburbs of the city and on to Bunbury. There was no Mary Street or the canal, and Leighton Road was a small street in the northern part of Halls Head .
In 1987, Mandurah Road was completed as a bypass of the eastern and southeastern districts of Mandurah. It bypassed Halls Head, Mandurah Bridge and the city center, and directed traffic to the old Fremantle Road in Silver Sands (then called Mandurah Road) and on to the Rockingham bypass, Ennis Avenue , which was known as the late 1970s small local connecting road was created and later expanded. In 1988 Rockingham became a city and in 1990 Mandurah.
At the other end of the street, Bunbury was growing too. In 1988 and 1989, after the port was expanded, a number of industrial establishments were established, e. B. a titanium oxide factory and a silicon smelter in Kemerton , directly on the Old Coast Road near Australind . During the 1980s, residential development increased in Eaton and Australind . The Bunbury Tower was built in 1986 and state authorities were established there. In 2001 the population of Australind had grown to 5,900. In the late 1990s, the Australind bypass was built to divert traffic from the Old Coast Road.
The next step was to extend the Kwinana Freeway (S2) from its earlier end on Safety Bay Road in Baldivis to Pinjarra Road and to build the Forrest Highway (S2) from Pinjarra Road to Old Coast Road in Lake Clifton on May 20 September 2009 these road connections were opened.
Parts of the Old Coast Road are particularly prone to accidents. Main Roads Western Australia data cites 1,560 serious accidents from 1996 to 2006, with 42 fatalities. Some residents of the 30 km long, still two-lane section of the road call the Old Coast Road 'Old Ghost Road'.
course
In Mandurah
The road begins at the Mary Street roundabout in Halls Head as a small local access road for the canal area to the east of Halls Head. Before the development of the canal area in 1986/1987, it was part of the main route through Mandurah to Perth and led as Pinjarra Road to Mandurah Bridge , while Leighton Road was a small local road in the northern part of Halls Head.
Then Old Coast Road turns right at Mandurah Road, takes on the designation R1 and becomes four lanes. It runs through the southern suburbs of Falcon and Wannanup and crosses the Dawesville Channel on a four-lane bridge. About 1 km further, the highway becomes the Dawesville bypass , while the Old Coast Road turns into a small local access road in a north-south direction that runs through the eastern parts of Dawesville before joining the highway again.
From Mandurah to Australind
The highway becomes a two-lane road again and leads through the towns of Bouvard, Herron and Lake Clifton . This accident-prone stretch has earned the street the nickname 'Old Ghost Road'. A series of fatal accidents between August 2008 and February 2009 prompted Main Roads Western Australia to adjust the speed limit from 110 km / h to 100 km / h in both directions.
Then the road ends abruptly at a roundabout that connects the Forrest Highway at the same level. The Forrest Highway leads back to the Ode Coast Road, but remains four lanes. It passes the exits to Preston Beach, Myalup and Binningup . The landscape is overgrown with Jarrah and Marri forests. There are also wetlands and some farmland, especially around Myalup.
Shortly after the exit for the Kemerton industrial area, the R1 follows the Australind bypass, while the Old Coast Road leads past the rural suburb of Leschenault into the center of Australind.
From Australind to Bunbury
The road continues for about 4 km, crosses the Collie River and passes through the towns of Eaton and Pelican Point . It ends at the Australind bypass in the suburb of Glen Iris about 6 km before Bunbury town center.
Important junctions and junctions
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( in Halls Head ) Mandurah Road to Rockingham and Perth . -
( in Dawesville ) Dawesville bypass (both ends)
- ( in Herron ) Old Bunbury Road to Pinjarra
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( in Lake Clifton ) Forrest Highway to South Yunderup and Perth
- ( in Myalup ) Forestry Road / Uduc Road to Harvey
- ( in Binningup ) Binningup Road to Binningup
- ( in Leschenault ) Wellesley Road, Treasure Road and Marriott Road to Kemerton and Brunswick Junction
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( in Leschenault ) bypass from Australind to Bunbury
- ( in Australind ) Paris Road to Brunswick Junction, via Clifton Road
- ( at Pelican Point ) Hamilton Road to Eaton; Estuary Drive to Bunbury (Tourist Road)
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( in Glen Iris ) bypass from Australind to Perth
Web links
source
Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . Pp. 80 + 82
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dept. of Conservation and Environment: Yalgorup National Park . Archived from the original on September 18, 2006. Retrieved October 10, 2006.
- ^ Naming of Old Coast Road . Gazette WA, January 27, 1959. Page 1959: 313 for streets 47 and 797, from 1872 and 1900, respectively
- ↑ 201 dead - yet drivers still speed , news.com.au News Limited. December 23, 2006.