Read Street is a main road and suburban distributor in Rockingham south of Perth, and runs through or alongside the suburbs of Rockingham, Cooloongup, Safety Bay and Waikiki, linking them to the Rockingham Shopping Centre. It ends in a roundabout at Safety Bay Road and becomes Warnbro Sound Avenue at that point. It is a dual carriageway for all of its length.[1]
Read Street | |
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| The intersection of Read Street and Council Avenue | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 5.80 km (3.6 mi)[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Patterson Road, Rockingham |
| Council Avenue, Rae Road, Malibu Road | |
| South end | Safety Bay Road, Waikiki |
Major intersections
editThe entire road's length is in the City of Rockingham, with all intersections listed below controlled by traffic signals unless otherwise indicated.[1]
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham | 0 | 0.0 |  Patterson Road (State Route 18) – Garden Island, Kwinana Beach, Fremantle, Perth | Northern terminus. Road continues north as Flinders Lane. | |
| 1.0 | 0.62 | Swinstone Street | |||
| 1.4 | 0.87 | Centaurus Street west / Chalgrove Avenue east | |||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Cygnus Street west / Council Avenue east – Hillman | Access to Rockingham Centre | ||
| Rockingham–Cooloongup–Safety Bay tripoint | 2.3 | 1.4 | Rae Road – Shoalwater | Access to Rockingham railway station. | |
| Cooloongup–Safety Bay boundary | 2.7 | 1.7 | Willmott Drive | Roundabout | |
| 3.0 | 1.9 | Malibu Road | Roundabout | ||
| Waikiki | 4.5 | 2.8 | Gnangara Drive | Access to Waikiki Village Shopping Centre | |
| Waikiki–Warnbro boundary | 5.8 | 3.6 | Safety Bay Road (State Route 18) – Safety Bay, Baldivis, Kwinana Freeway | Southern terminus at roundabout. Continues as Warnbro Sound Avenue southbound. Access to Warnbro railway station | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Road Information Mapping System". Main Roads Western Australia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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