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.
Armadale Road | |
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| 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 |
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/North Lake Road interchange in Cockburn Central. The road is signed as State Route 14 for almost its entire length, with the section west of Beeliar Drive unsigned.
History
editUntil 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).
Prior to 2003, Armadale Road was a single carriageway from Lake Road in Forrestdale, to Solomon Road near the freeway. However, as part of the Tonkin Highway extension from 2003 to 2005, Armadale Road was upgraded to a dual carriageway from Lake Road to Anstey Road. This was done in anticipation of the large volumes of traffic expected due to the extension.[2]
Recent upgrades
editFollowing the 2017 election of Western Australian Labor to the state parliament, the controversial Perth Freight Link project was cancelled. This allowed for a new Commonwealth-State agreement to be reached, which would allow for A$2.3 billion of funding to be relocated to other road projects. Two of these projects were the $145-million Armadale Road dual carriage upgrade between Anstey Road and Tapper Road,[3] as well as the $237-million North Lake Road bridge over Kwinana Freeway.[4][5]
Anstey Road to Tapper Road
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Work commenced on 7 March 2018, with Premier Mark McGowan, Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities Paul Fletcher and State Transport Minister Rita Saffioti turning the first sod on the project.[6] It was completed by February 2020.
The project involved the widening of the road to a dual carriageway.[7] The intersection with Nicholson Road, one of the state's worst black spots, was upgraded to a bridge over a roundabout with the bridge named the Hugo Throssell VC Bridge after the late Victoria Cross Recipient. A shared path for pedestrians and cyclists was built adjacent to the road, with various facilities being installed along the length of the road. This was opened in March 2020.[8] The upgrade also delivered new roundabouts at the intersection with Liddelow Road and at the intersection with Taylor Road and Wright Road, as well as upgrades at the Ghostgum Avenue intersection.
Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge
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This project involved the construction of a bridge over Kwinana Freeway with north-facing on and off ramps, connecting Armadale Road to North Lake Road. This removed another one of the state's black spots, the Beeliar Drive and Midgegooroo Avenue intersection, reduce congestion on the Kwinana Freeway interchange, and improve access to Cockburn Central railway station. Grade separated roundabouts will be constructed at Tapper Road and Verde Drive and at a new Beeliar Drive and Solomon Road intersection. Going westwards Armadale Road is constructed to pass over the former roundabout as an overpass bridge but then lowers to pass under the latter roundabout, leading to the intersections being termed a duck and dive interchange.
This project will link with the Kwinana Freeway northbound widening from Russell Road to Roe Highway, the aforementioned Armadale Road widening and the extension of the Thornlie branch to terminate at Cockburn Central. Construction commenced in late 2019, with the new roads opening to traffic on 16 December 2021.[9][10]
Major intersections
edit| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Armadale | Armadale | 0 | 0.0 |  Albany Highway (State Route 30) north, east / South Western Highway (State Route 20) south – Perth, Bunbury, Albany | Traffic light intersection; Armadale Road continues as Albany Highway east of this point |
| 0.3 | 0.19 | Church Avenue | |||
| 0.5 | 0.31 | Orchard Avenue | |||
| 0.9 | 0.56 | Abbey Road southwest / Railway Avenue northeast – Brookdale, Kelmscott | Traffic light intersection | ||
| 2.5 | 1.6 | Seventh Road | |||
| Armadale–Seville Grove boundary | 2.9 | 1.8 | Seville Drive – Seville Grove | Traffic light intersection | |
| Armadale–Seville Grove–Haynes tripoint | 3.6 | 2.2 | Eighth Road | ||
| Seville Grove–Haynes–Forrestdale tripoint | 4.6 | 2.9 |  Ranford Road (State Route 13) north / Twelfth Road south – Canning Vale, Fremantle | Roundabout | |
| Forrestdale | 5.3 | 3.3 | Alex Wood Drive | ||
| 6.2 | 3.9 |  Tonkin Highway (State Route 4) – Byford, Welshpool, Morley | Traffic light intersection | ||
| 6.6 | 4.1 | MacFarlane Road | Traffic light intersection. Formerly known as Keane Road | ||
| 8.0 | 5.0 | Anstey Road north / Weld Street south | Roundabout | ||
| Forrestdale–Piara Waters boundary | 9.4 | 5.8 |  Nicholson Road (State Route 31) – Oakford, Canning Vale | Roundabout interchange favouring Armadale Road. Overpass known as the Hugo Throssell VC Bridge | |
| 11.1 | 6.9 | Taylor Road south / Wright Road north – Harrisdale | Roundabout | ||
| Armadale–Cockburn boundary | Forrestdale–Piara Waters–Treeby–Banjup quadripoint | 12.1 | 7.5 | Warton Road – Southern River, Gosnells | Traffic light intersection |
| Cockburn | Treeby–Banjup boundary | 13.1 | 8.1 | Liddelow Road south / Torwood Avenue north | Roundabout. Torwood Avenue exit currently unbuilt[11] |
| 14.2 | 8.8 | Ghostgum Avenue | Traffic light intersection | ||
| Banjup–Atwell–Jandakot tripoint | 14.9 | 9.3 | Tapper Road south / Verde Drive north – Atwell, Aubin Grove | The Duck and Dive. A set of two roundabout interchanges favouring Armadale Road as an overpass at Tapper Road / Verde Drive before switching to an underpass at Beeliar Drive / Solomon Road. Modified collector-distributor lanes with pedestrian signals connect the two roundabouts. State Route 14 western concurrency terminus at Beeliar Drive. Provides access to the Kwinana Freeway southbound. | |
| Atwell–Jandakot boundary | 15.4 | 9.6 | Beeliar Drive (State Route 14) west / Solomon Road east – Cockburn Central, Success, Beeliar, Yangebup | ||
| Cockburn Central–Jandakot boundary | 15.9 | 9.9 | North Lake Road west / Kwinana Freeway (State Route 2) north / Knock Way south – North Lake, Fremantle, Perth | Half diamond interchange with southbound exit and northbound entry only. Westbound terminus: continues as North Lake Road. Knock Way provides access to Cockburn Central railway station for westbound traffic only | |
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Speed limits
editThe 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 are signed 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph).
See also
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References
edit- ^ Distance book (12 ed.). Main Roads Western Australia. 2012. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-7309-7657-8. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Armadale Road – Construct dual carriageway from Anstey Road to Tapper Road" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Roe 8 Alliance redeployed to three new projects". Media Statements. Government of Western Australia. 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge". Main Roads Western Australia. Government of Western Australia. 14 December 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge Fact Sheet" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Work starts on major Armadale Road upgrade". Ministers for the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Armadale Road Upgrade - Tapper Road to Anstey Road". Main Roads Western Australia. Government of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Work starts on $145m Armadale Road upgrade in Perth". Urbanalyst. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Cipriano, Belinda (14 March 2018). "Sod turning marks the start of Armadale Road upgrades". Cockburn Gazette. Community News. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Armadale Road to North Lake Road Bridge". Main Roads WA. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Lake Treeby Estate Plan". Lake Treeby. Retrieved 26 December 2021.