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Gilmore Avenue is a main road and suburban distributor in Kwinana south of Perth, and runs through or alongside the suburbs of Medina, Orelia, Calista and Leda, linking them to the Kwinana Freeway via Thomas Road and also to Kwinana Hub Shopping Centre.
Gilmore Avenue | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Thomas Road, Medina |
| Wellard Road | |
| South end | Mandurah Road, East Rockingham |
In 1999 it was extended to Mandurah Road through the Leda Nature Reserve. It continues as Dixon Road into Rockingham.
The northern section services the town of Centre of Kwinana.
A $4 million project to upgrade the road to a dual carriageway, between Runnymede Gate and Mandurah Road, began in September 2014. Completion is expected in March 2015.[1]
Major intersections
editThe entire road, save for its southern terminus, is within the City of Kwinana,
| LGA | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwinana | Postans–Orelia–Medina tripoint | 0 | 0.0 |  Thomas Road (State Route 21) – Byford, Kwinana Beach, Perth | Northern terminus at signalised T-intersection. Access to Kwinana Freeway and Kwinana railway station |
| Medina–Orelia–Kwinana Town Centre-Calista quadripoint | 1.5 | 0.93 | Summerton Road westbound / Sulphur Road eastbound | Signalised intersection. Access to Kwinana railway station | |
| Kwinana Town Centre-Calista boundary | 2.0 | 1.2 | Harlow Road westbound / Chisham Avenue eastbound | Signalised intersection. Access to Kwinana Marketplace | |
| Calista-Kwinana Town Centre-Wellard-Leda quadripoint | 3.1 | 1.9 | Wellard Road westbound / Henley Boulevard eastbound | Roundabout. Access to Wellard railway station | |
| Kwinana–Rockingham boundary | East Rockingham–Leda–Cooloongup–Hillman quadripoint | 6.7 | 4.2 |  Mandurah Road (State Route 22) – Kwinana Beach, Rockingham, Baldivis, Mundijong. | Southern terminus at signalised intersection. Continues as Dixon Road (State Route 22) westbound |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Gilmore Avenue dual carriageway upgrade commences". City of Kwinana. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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