North Beach Road, Perth

North Beach Road Western Australia
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View west of Duffy Road in Carine
General information
Type	Road
Length	6 km (4 mi)
Opened	1920s
Route number(s)	State Route 77 (Reid Highway to Erindale Road)
Major junctions
Northwest end	West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), North Beach
	Marmion Avenue (State Route 71) Reid Highway (State Route 3) Erindale Road (State Route 77)
Southeast end	Karrinyup Road (State Route76), Gwelup
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Carine, 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.

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 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

• West Coast Drive (Tourist Drive 204), North Beach
• Marmion Avenue (State Route 71) north & south / Reid Highway (State Route 3) east, North Beach, Carine and Karrinyup – north to Hillarys / south to Scarborough / east to Perth, Midland
  • North Beach Road is discontinuous for 300 metres (980 ft) (Vehicles must travel along Reid Highway to connect between the two sections)
• Reid Highway (State Route 3), Karrinyup – west to North Beach / east to Perth, Midland
• Milverton Avenue, Karrinyup
• Duffy Road South northbound / Balcatta Road east, Carine, Karrinyup and Gwelup
• Erindale Road (State Route 77), Gwelup – to Balcatta
• Karrinyup Road (State Route 3), Gwelup and Innaloo – west to Karrinyup / east to Morley

File:North Beach Road (E from Groat St).ogv

View approaching the West Coast Drive, North Beach

See also

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