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Wanneroo Road Western Australia
Looking south, towards Perth in Tuart Hill
General information
Type	Highway
Length	43.6 km (27 mi)
Opened	1920s
Route number(s)	State Route 60
Major junctions
South end	Charles Street, (State Route 60), Joondanna
	Morley Drive (State Route 76) Reid Highway (State Route 3) Yanchep Beach Road
North end	Indian Ocean Drive (State Route 60), Yanchep
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Tuart Hill, Wanneroo, Yanchep
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in Western Australia

Wanneroo Road is a 44 kilometre arterial highway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking Joondanna and Yokine in the south with Wanneroo and Yanchep in the north. As part of State Route 60, it begins from Charles Street in the inner city and becomes Indian Ocean Drive up to Dongara.

Originally a narrow and often country road with a single lane in each direction it has been periodically widened and (particularly north of Wanneroo) straightened. Around the Carabooda area the road has been realigned. Short sections of the original, narrow road remain providing access to properties and businesses along the road.

The road is also multiplexed with State Routes 81 and 83 for short lengths.

History

After the enactment of the Road Districts Act 1871, the Perth Road Board requested that the Legislative Council proclaim eight public thoroughfares through its territory,^[1] and on 4 June 1872, Road No.3, intended as a route from Perth to Champion Bay (now Geraldton) via Wanneroo, was published in the Government Gazette.^[2] However, the act of proclaiming the road was not contiguous with its development, and progress on surfacing the track occurred at a slow rate.

A proposal to rename the road as "Yanchep Highway" was made in November 1940.^[3] The Perth Road Board (now City of Stirling) was in favour of the proposal, subject to the Wanneroo Road Board (now City of Wanneroo) renaming their portion of Wanneroo Road,^[3] but the Wanneroo Road Board indicated that they would support a name change if it included Charles Street, in the Perth City Council area.^[4] There was no agreement reached.

In 2008, the intersection with Ocean Reef Road (SR84) was upgraded. A second left turn lane was added for drivers entering Ocean Reef Road westbound from Wanneroo Road from the North, a second right turn lane to enter Ocean Reef Road westbound, and a second left and right turn lane at Ocean Reef Road (westbound).

In 2010 Wanneroo Road was duplicated from Wallawa Street to Joondalup Drive.

In 2013, traffic lights were installed at Hester Avenue and widened.

Junctions

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Stirling	Joondanna–Yokine boundary	0.0	0.0	London Street (State Route 61) – Leederville, Subiaco, Nedlands south-west / Charles Street (State Route 60) – North Perth, Northbridge south-east	Wanneroo Road terminus; road continues south as Charles Street; Traffic light controlled y-junction
	Tuart Hill–Yokine boundary	1.0	0.62	Cape Street – Yokine, Tuart Hill, Osborne Park	Traffic light controlled intersection
		1.6	0.99	Royal Street – Yokine, Tuart Hill, Osborne Park	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Tuart Hill–Yokine–Balcatta–Nollamara quadripoint	2.5	1.6	Morley Drive (State Route 76) – Karrinyup, Stirling, Morley	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Balcatta–Nollamara boundary	3.2	2.0	Nollamara Avenue – Nollamara, Mirrabooka	Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Balcatta–Nollamara–Westminster tripoint	4.3	2.7	Amelia Street – Balcatta, Westminster, Mirrabooka	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Balcatta–Westminster boundary	4.9	3.0	Main Street – Balcatta, Osborne Park	Traffic light controller t-junction
		5.5	3.4	Balcatta Road (State Route 77) – Balcatta	Traffic light controlled t-junction
		5.7	3.5	Halley Road – Balcatta west / Victoria Road – Westminster east	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Balcatta–Westminster–Hamersley–Balga quadripoint	6.0	3.7	Reid Highway (State Route 3) – North Beach, Morley, Midland	Diamond interchange
Stirling–Joondalup–Wanneroo tripoint	Hamersley–Balga–Warwick–Girrawheen quadripoint	7.9	4.9	Beach Road – Carine, Malaga, Dayton	Traffic light controlled intersection
Joondalup–Wanneroo boundary	Warwick–Girrawheen–Greenwood–Marangaroo quadripoint	8.9	5.5	Warwick Road (State Route 81) – Warwick, Duncraig	State Route 81 southern concurrency terminus; Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Greenwood–Marangaroo boundary	9.2	5.7	Marangaroo Drive (State Route 81) – Marangaroo, Ballajura	State Route 81 northern concurrency terminus; Traffic light controlled intersection
	Greenwood–Marangaroo–Kingsley–Madeley quadripoint	10.4	6.5	Hepburn Avenue (State Route 82) – Hillarys, Malaga	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Kingsley–Madeley boundary	11.2	7.0	Woodlake Retreat west / Kingsway – Darch, Landsdale east	Traffic light controlled intersection
		12.3	7.6	Gnangara Road (State Route 83) – Wangara, Ellenbrook	State Route 83 southern concurrency terminus; Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Kingsley–Madeley–Woodvale–Wangara quadripoint	12.7	7.9	Whitfords Avenue (State Route 83) – Padbury, Craigie	State Route 83 northern concurrency terminus; Traffic light controlled intersection
Wanneroo	Woodvale–Wangara boundary	13.7	8.5	Prindiville Parade – Wangara	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Woodvale–Wangara–Wanneroo–Pearsall quadripoint	14.7	9.1	Ocean Reef Road (State Route 84) – Ocean Reef, Wangara, Ellenbrook	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Wanneroo	18.4	11.4	Hastings Street	Entrance to Wanneroo Central; Traffic light controlled intersection
		18.5	11.5	Dundebar Road – Wanneroo	Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Wanneroo–Sinagra–Ashby tripoint	19.8	12.3	Pinjar Road – Ashby, Tapping, Banksia Grove	Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Wanneroo–Ashby boundary	20.3	12.6	Wallawa Street	Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Wanneroo–Tapping–Neerabup–Carramar	22.9	14.2	Joondalup Drive (State Route 85) – Joondalup, Bullsbrook	Traffic light controlled intersection
	Neerabup	26.4	16.4	Neerabup Road – Clarkson, Mindarie west / Flynn Drive  – Neerabup, Banksia Grove	Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Neerabup–Nowergup boundary	29.5	18.3	Hester Avenue – Ridgewood, Merriwa, Quinns Rocks	Traffic light controlled t-junction
	Yanchep	43.6	27.1	Yanchep Beach Road – Yanchep, Two Rocks west / Indian Ocean Drive (State Route 60) – Guilderton, Lancelin, Jurien Bay north	Northern terminus of Wanneroo Road; Road continues north as Indian Ocean Drive
Concurrency terminus

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See also

• Highways in Australia


• List of highways in Western Australia

References

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